Don’t Let Your Inbox Manage You
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In today’s world, the most prominent mode of communication is e-mail. Either on our phones or on laptops, we are desperately waiting for the next e-mail to come and reside in our We start our day with checking and actioning e-mails. But this is the
Mails come with their attachments. To be philosophical – what is attachment? The free dictionary definition says a bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard. In the more practical (computer-ruled) world, it means a computer file appended to an e-mail. As humans, we have the natural tendency of getting attached. Bad news is that the digital world has identified this human weakness of getting attached to its advantage. Precisely, now you have e-mails with excel files, word documents, power point presentations, images, workflows, etc., as attachments which bond us to our inbox.
Now, all thoughtful people should take note. No one is more cheerful than the one that lives in the greatest detachment (O’Neal p.123). The detached person is the happiest, for to live without attachment is to live in true freedom. This is the
In the digital world, we should not only value our time but also learn to
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Sanjeet Kumar Sen is the SMB & Cloud Marketing Manager,
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