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New Video Player for the MYN-Outlook Complete Video Training Course

If you own the MYN-Outlook Complete Video Training course, then here’s a free upgrade for you. We’ve created a new video delivery page, one that works better on mobile devices and on a variety of...

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It’s the New Year and let’s Forget Goals—Ask What Your Priorities Are Instead

It’s the start of the new year, and I am asking you what your priorities are. Notice that I did not ask what your goals are. Why not? Well, there is nothing wrong with setting goals for the new year....

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New Year 20%-Off Coupon for MYN 3-days Only

For the New Year, here is a 20%-off coupon code to use on the MYN Outlook Complete Video Training course. Good for three days only (expires Friday the 4th). Here is the code: NEWYEARMYN Enter the...

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Goals

Hi All, quick reminder: January is coming to a close, so a good time to set goals. Check out my book Master Your Workday Now for good instructions on how to do that. Michael

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Blog-Post Subscription List Is Replaced (Old list is Gone)

We’ve got a new blog-post subscription service and form for this blog-series. This was the mailing that you may have subscribed to that sends you an email immediately everytime I post a blog. The new...

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Outlook for Mac Drag and Drop Email to Task Conversion

I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while. Starting in late 2017 Microsoft started releasing a new version of Outlook Mac 2016 and Outlook for Office 365 for Mac that enables drag-and-drop...

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Outlook Tip: Create Email from Task (Reverse of what I Normally Recommend)

I’ve covered the normal forward version of this a billion times: in Windows Outlook you can convert an email into a task—with all the text of the email placed automatically in the body of the task....

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Quick Poll: Would You Like a Mac Version of the MYN-Outlook Video Training?

Microsoft has been improving Outlook Mac lately, so I am thinking about creating a Mac version of my MYN-Outlook Complete Video Training. But my Question is this: Is a Mac Version of the Video...

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Another Good New Feature in Latest Windows Outlook

As I have mentioned in a previous post, the new versions of Windows of Outlook that are rolling out to the monthly Office Insiders group in Microsoft Office 365 are pretty darn good. You might have to...

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Thoughtful Article About Responding to Email

In the big online world of misinformation about email and work habits, it is refreshing to read this thoughtful article in the NY Times about the importance of responding to incoming email. The...

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11 Months Left On Clutter Folder

When Microsoft rolled out Outlook’s Focused Inbox a year or so ago, it announced that it would discontinue their support for the Clutter Folder in Outlook. Well, that time is fast approaching:...

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Quick Poll–Next Products?

Hi there, in this quick poll I’d like to simply ask this: What sort of product do you or your colleagues need next? First I’d like to thank those of you who responded to my quick poll about whether a...

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The Amazing (and underused) Exchange Retention Policies: They Can Help Clear...

Microsoft Exchange includes an elaborate, mostly behind the scenes, facility to automatically delete old mail. It’s got a ton of rather complicated features mostly set by your Exchange Administrator...

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Using Online (In-Place) Archive in Exchange (New Video)

If you use Exchange and need a True archiving solution (one that makes room on your mail server), you might want to look at Microsoft’s latest and preferred archive solution. You will see it called...

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Faxing vs. Emailing, and Security

My doctor, who is part of a large modern medical complex, will not let me email him anything–even simple questions. But he is happy for me to fax things to him. I often wondered about that: why? I...

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Which is the Real Outlook Archive folder?

There are multiple ways to archive mail in Outlook. Each can lead to a folder or folder group on the left side of your Outlook window with the word Archive on it. As a result, you might have an...

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Announcing $ Awards to You for Referring Video Courses

Starting immediately, if you refer someone to purchase one of our video training classes, we now have a very generous award program in place. We will give you 25% of the fee. So, for example, if...

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New Video Added to Outlook Inbox Ninja Course: Showing More Old Email

I have a pet peeve with newer versions of Outlook/Exchange. The default setting for these is to cache (or store) less mail locally, meaning when you scroll or search, only newer mail is shown and...

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6 Time-Saving Ways to Use Outlook Rules

Many people have used Outlook rules to automatically move incoming email to a folder. But there are a ton of other useful ways to use rules in Windows Desktop Outlook. In this article I’ll give an...

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Competing Task Systems: 1MTD vs. MYN (and extending 1MTD)

You probably know that I created and teach two task (to-do list) management systems: the One Minute To-Do list (1MTD) and Master Your Now (MYN). The first, 1MTD, is a great starter system, and it’s...

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