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Welcome to before breakfast.
A production of iHeart Radio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to respond to emails, even if you can't give an answer yet.
People want to know that you have received their messages. and will deal with them.
Letting them know that that is true can ultimately save you time.
Today's tip, like some others this week, comes from Laura Mae Martin's new book, Uptime.
She works at Google as the company's productivity guru, coaching executives to be more efficient with their time.
In her book she notes that the frequent productivity advice to check email just a few times a day doesn't really work in a corporate environment.
Many people's jobs require them to see email more often than that.
Plus, no one likes collaborating with a person who doesn't respond to email, Martin says.
It's just frustrating.
And if you are working with someone non-responsive, It feels like they are putting their desires over the need for the team to move along.
And, more importantly, she writes.
A lot of inefficiencies in email come from people checking back in or bumping up an email because they haven't heard back from someone.
If you don't respond to an email, it usually ensures you'll get another email.
Now, if you don't respond to that, another email is then followed by an instant chat to get your attention which turns into a meeting added to your calendar.
Probably, it would be better to answer the email. in the first place.
Of course, you don't always know the answer to an email or you don't have time to deal with it right now.
That is fine.
Even if you can't answer, you can respond.
Martin suggests several holding responses, such as hey, I got your request and need to think about it this week.
I'll let you know next week.
Or, thanks for your email.
I have time scheduled next Tuesday to work on this, so I'll get back to you Wednesday next week.
And if you really aren't sure, try, hi, this is on my radar, but I'm not sure when I'll get to it.
If you don't hear from me in the next month or so, feel free to follow back up.
When you send emails like this, you come across as responsive and helpful.
And most likely, people will stop pinging you or trying to get time on your calendar.
As Martin notes, people just want to be heard.
Now, you don't have to respond to 100% of your email.
I'm sure we all get lots of spam.
But actual colleagues requesting actual things is a different matter.
Being responsive even when you can't answer shows that you are a team player.
And we'll probably save time overall.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at LauraVanderkam.com.
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