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Mar 2025
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1039: How to Stop Wasting Time on Email ...

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About this episode

Randall Dean shares practical tips for taming an overwhelming inbox. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The best time-saving investment you can make 

2) How to keep unread emails from flooding your inbox 

3) The inbox shortcuts that’ll save you hours 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1039 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT RANDALL — 

Randy Dean, The E-mail Sanity Expert®, author of Amazon bestseller Taming the E-mail Beast, is an expert on time & e-mail management and the related use of technology. For 25+ years his humorous and engaging programs have given attendees key strategies on better managing their time, e-mail, apps & technology. 

• LinkedIn: Randall Dean 

• YouTube: Randy Dean, MBA, CVP: The E-mail Sanity Expert(R) 

• Get a free copy of Randy’s e-book by visiting his Contact Form and writing down Pete or Awesome in the “How did you hear about us?” field! 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload by Cal Newport 

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen 

• Book: Clutter's Last Stand: It's Time To De-junk Your Life by Don Aslett 

• Past episode: 647: Cal Newport: How to Break Free from Your Email Inboxn 


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