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The Hamster Revolution: How to manage your email before it manages you
Written in parable form, The Hamster Revolution tells the story of Harold, an HR Director who has fallen victim to the dreaded clutches of info-glut. Paralyzed by a deluge of electronic data and e-mail, his days fill with repetitive and fruitless action. In a Kafkaesque twist, he actually turns into a hamster running on a wheel, though he's too busy to even notice. Ha...more
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Published
January 23rd 2007
by Macmillan Audio
(first published January 1st 2006)
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Some parts of this book should be required reading for everyone in our lives. The book demonstrates how to be courteous in drafting the subject line and the actual body of the e-mail to spare your reader wasted time and frustration.
It was AMAZINGLY helpful at tackling the challenge of "email overload"...which I have been living in for awhile now!
In a few weeks, I've totally changed my outlook on e-mail and for the first time feel I can manage it on a daily basis.
A must read for e-mail users!
In a few weeks, I've totally changed my outlook on e-mail and for the first time feel I can manage it on a daily basis.
A must read for e-mail users!
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Super simple, nothing really revolutionary, but did highlight the fact that no one really know how to 'speak' email.
This is what you need to think about when writing one:
Brief, Warm Greeting
Action Summary
* Specific action, purpose & response time
* Dig up context
Background:
* Clear, concise and relevant
* Bullet points & numbers
* clear ,bold paragraph titles
Close:
*Next step and niceties
* sig
...more
This is what you need to think about when writing one:
Brief, Warm Greeting
Action Summary
* Specific action, purpose & response time
* Dig up context
Background:
* Clear, concise and relevant
* Bullet points & numbers
* clear ,bold paragraph titles
Close:
*Next step and niceties
* sig
...more
Had to read this book for work. There is some good information, but it could have been summarized in an article, rather than drawn out into a 100+ page book.
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Not bad -- some good ideas on how to get a handle on E-mail. Need to tailor to your own work environment, especially those who work in Dept of Defense or a non-profit. Didn't like the "hamster" analogy/picture -- seemed kind of trite and sophmoric at times.
I actualy listened to the audio book for this one. I learned a little but it wasn't mind-blowing. I think if you've read Getting Things Done, this won't come as much of surprise. The big take away is to be more critical of the e-mails you send out.
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