March 19, 2015
Did you really need that extra mail?
How many mails come into your inbox on a daily basis? Now take that number and determine how many of those mails were actually addressed to you vs those you were cc:ed on. Now of the mails that you were cc:ed on, how many of those were actually useful or that you took action on? (An action cannot be the action of deleting the email). Probably close to zero right? Before email, two people could have a conversation and know they were important to the outcome of that conversation. With email – you never know! You could cc the world on an email thread,