One way to make your inbox more fun
Before Breakfast
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Reach out to new and old connections to get more friendly messages back
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.9 | Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:12.7 | Good morning. |
| 0:14.6 | This is Laura. |
| 0:16.6 | Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. |
| 0:20.2 | Today's tip is about how to make your inbox more fun. |
| 0:25.1 | If you send messages to people you like, there is a very good chance that they will respond. |
| 0:32.7 | All of a sudden, your inbox is a place you might actually enjoy, rather than just a chore. |
| 0:41.8 | A great many people complain about email, both the time spent managing it and the draining |
| 0:48.4 | nature of so much of it. But here is an experiment. Look at your sent messages from the past few days. How many are there |
| 0:59.7 | that you initiated? If you're like a lot of us, the answer is probably not that many. |
| 1:06.2 | You are generally responding to stuff that is coming in. Even the stuff you are initiating is probably |
| 1:12.8 | pretty functional, like, hey, I'm going to need you to cover the sales meeting on Tuesday, |
| 1:17.8 | because I have a dentist appointment. No wonder email feels like a chore. But here's an idea. |
| 1:25.2 | If you start reaching out to people you like, admire, or want to be back in touch with, a great many of these people will respond. Their messages will make your inbox more fun. |
| 1:39.5 | I was thinking of this recently when I was reaching out to some author friends about my upcoming |
| 1:44.4 | book, Big Time. |
| 1:46.2 | I was asking people if I could send advanced copies to them. |
| 1:50.3 | A lot of people wrote back with very nice messages. |
| 1:53.9 | How cool to see so many friends in my inbox. |
| 1:59.3 | I feel this way every Friday when I email my accountability partner, and she responds. |
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