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How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done
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A modern, no-nonsense guide to getting rid of email anxiety, reclaiming your productivity, and spending more time on the work that matters.
Let’s face it: Email is killing our productivity. The average person checks their email 11 times per hour, processes 122 messages a day, and spends 28 percent of their total workweek managing their inbox. What was once a powerful and essential tool for doing our daily work has become a near-constant source of frustration, anxiety, and distraction from our work.
Unsubscribe will show you how to tame your inbox and reclaim your focus, with tips on how to:
Let’s face it: Email is killing our productivity. The average person checks their email 11 times per hour, processes 122 messages a day, and spends 28 percent of their total workweek managing their inbox. What was once a powerful and essential tool for doing our daily work has become a near-constant source of frustration, anxiety, and distraction from our work.
Unsubscribe will show you how to tame your inbox and reclaim your focus, with tips on how to:
- Break free from email addiction and the “inbox zero” obsession
- Build a daily email routine that reduces stress and anxiety
- Process your inbox based on what (and who) really matters to you
- Write messages that get people to pay attention and take action
- Set boundaries and say “no” to time-wasting distractions
- Plan your day around meaningful work — not busywork
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Praise
Insights from Unsubscribe have been featured on NPR, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Harvard Business Review, The Guardian and other outlets including:
"Office productivity may be a dorky subject, but Glei is dusting off the cobwebs. If one of your resolutions is to finally get on top of your inbox, the 'email whisperer' can help." --The Sunday Times
"Email - it's a good servant but a bad master. Packed with insights, practical strategies, and engaging illustrations, Unsubscribe is an invaluable resource for making great use of email." --Gretchen Rubin // Bestselling author, Better Than Before
"This is a vitally important book, an urgent call for reason that can transform the way you spend hours every day." --Seth Godin // Entrepreneur & Bestselling author
"Unsubscribe is an unfailingly smart, funny and down-to-earth guide to mastering email so that it no longer masters us." --Oliver Burkeman // Guardian columnist & author
"Before you declare email bankruptcy, read Unsubscribe!" --Simon Sinek // Bestselling author, Start With Why
"Unsubscribe is full of good advice." --Shane Parrish // Founder, Farnam Street
"I highly recommend Unsubscribe. Lots of simple, actionable tips for anyone who uses email (which is everyone reading this)." --Jeff Sheldon // Founder, Ugmonk
"I started reading Jocelyn's new book over lunch and didn't want to put it down." --Tina Essmaker // Editor-in-Chief, The Great Discontent
"Unsubscribe has completely changed the way I work." --Dan Mall // Founder, SuperFriendly
"Office productivity may be a dorky subject, but Glei is dusting off the cobwebs. If one of your resolutions is to finally get on top of your inbox, the 'email whisperer' can help." --The Sunday Times
"Email - it's a good servant but a bad master. Packed with insights, practical strategies, and engaging illustrations, Unsubscribe is an invaluable resource for making great use of email." --Gretchen Rubin // Bestselling author, Better Than Before
"This is a vitally important book, an urgent call for reason that can transform the way you spend hours every day." --Seth Godin // Entrepreneur & Bestselling author
"Unsubscribe is an unfailingly smart, funny and down-to-earth guide to mastering email so that it no longer masters us." --Oliver Burkeman // Guardian columnist & author
"Before you declare email bankruptcy, read Unsubscribe!" --Simon Sinek // Bestselling author, Start With Why
"Unsubscribe is full of good advice." --Shane Parrish // Founder, Farnam Street
"I highly recommend Unsubscribe. Lots of simple, actionable tips for anyone who uses email (which is everyone reading this)." --Jeff Sheldon // Founder, Ugmonk
"I started reading Jocelyn's new book over lunch and didn't want to put it down." --Tina Essmaker // Editor-in-Chief, The Great Discontent
"Unsubscribe has completely changed the way I work." --Dan Mall // Founder, SuperFriendly