In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to keep rolling the same boulder up a hill, over and over again, for eternity. For many employees, handling email is an equally futile task — a never-ending avalanche of messages interrupted only by feeble and futile attempts at inbox management.“The statistics are scary,” says Randy Dean, a time-management consultant (www.randalldean.com) who specializes in ratcheting up email efficiency. “On average, professional workers spend a little more than two hours a day just managing their email … and check their inboxes 15 times a day. And nearly 25 percent of professionals check their inbox 20
