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“Your Brain on Email”: A Psychologist Reveals How Email Affects You

We’ve talked a little bit about the psychological impact of email here at Timyo before, but I wanted to recommend a great article at the Huffington Post by real psychologist Dr. Emma Seppälä, who is the Associate Director at the Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (which has got to be one of the coolest job titles ever). The whole article is well worth a read, but a few key takeaways: 1. Not just quantity, but variety counts. When it comes to stress, it isn’t just the quantity of stressors that reach us through our inbox,… Continue reading “Your Brain on Email”: A Psychologist Reveals How Email Affects You

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Help Me Help You: The Non-Zero Sum Game of Email

From the beginning, our founders Fabrice and Alfred have been clear about the fundamental problem with the email status quo: the imbalance of power between sender and recipient (which I’ve already written a bit about here, if you’d care for a quick review). To sum up, Fabrice and Alfred’s key insight was that by asking the sender to provide just a bit more information at the top of an email—namely, when he would like a response to the email and how he would like the recipient to respond—the recipient’s life becomes a whole lot easier. Our work with Timyo has… Continue reading Help Me Help You: The Non-Zero Sum Game of Email

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The Good (Stress), The Bad (Stress), and The Email

When we think about ‘peace of mind’, it’s easy to think of it as just a lack of stress—but ‘lack of stress’ would actually be a horrible, life-threatening state that you shouldn’t wish on your worst enemies. Allow me to explain. Back when I was in junior high, my dad was my health and sex-ed teacher—why yes, it was very awkward! Thank you for asking!—and one of the things he taught us that stuck with me the most was about the two kinds of stress: distress and eustress. Distress is what it sounds like—the thing that damsels are always getting… Continue reading The Good (Stress), The Bad (Stress), and The Email

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