This hack might seem straightforward, but its impact on my work life has been profoundly positive. Imagine, for example, that a stack of five cards builds up under the to discuss column for my department chair during a given week. In a twenty-to-thirty-minute meeting, the two of us can come up with a reasonable plan for each of these cards. If I had to instead shoot off a quick email for each of the tasks, the result would be five different conversations occurring in my inbox that I’d have to tend throughout the week—leading to dozens of extra inbox checks each day and frustratingly fractured
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