Email can expand to fill all available space. One Before Breakfast listener writes in with an inbox strategy that has helped her do better work for her clients without getting burned out.

Email can expand to fill all available space. One Before Breakfast listener writes in with an inbox strategy that has helped her do better work for her clients without getting burned out.

In each bite-sized, daily episode of Before Breakfast, host Laura Vanderkam shares a time management strategy or an answer to a listener’s schedule question. How can listeners make the most of their time, both at work and at home? The mission is to give listeners practical tools to feel less busy and get more done.

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Second Cup: How to Spend Less Time on Email

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Consider the downstream consequences of things that feel satisfying in the moment

Consider the downstream consequences of things that feel satisfying in the moment

Play the tape to the end

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Make it more enjoyable for people to meet your expectations

Make it more enjoyable for people to meet your expectations

Second Cup: Be flexible on the details

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Make getting dressed easier by taking pictures of what you own

Make getting dressed easier by taking pictures of what you own

Second Cup: Make a wardrobe photo file

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Second Cup: How to Spend Less Time on Email

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