Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? But it isn't. A book released just yesterday offers invaluable solutions to today's most common-and usually toxic-emailing practices. Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-mail Excellence, written by Marsha Egan, is a guide to learning how to control your e-mail and maximize your productivity.

Think you don't need to read a book about email habits?  Consider these questions:

• Do you know how much time you (or your employees) waste daily due to poor email management habits?
• Do you know that poor email habits can cost businesses a minimum of $200 in lost productivity per employee per week (that's over $10,000 a year for each employee)?
• Do you know that an employee who receives 30 emails a day will likely spend 120 minutes recovering from those 30 interruptions?
• Do you, or your team, spend an inordinate amount of time,periodically, looking through hundreds or thousands of old mails for forgotten messages?

Author Marsha Egan is also a successful businesswomen and dynamic speaker. In addition to email productivity, she addresses audiences on topics such as managing and motivating teams, coping with change, building profitable relationships, and more.

Oh . . . and about the tools offered the Inbox Detox, I've started applying some of them myself. Okay, bad habits aren't easy to break and I haven't become an expert at handling my inbox yet, but the good news is that they really work!  I've heard Marsha deliver a one-hour presentation on the topic of the book, too. A lot of people challenge her ideas, and they certainly don't walk away with the expected, simple solutions.  But in the final analysis, those who really want to free themselves from the tyranny of the inbox and better manage their email, discover that Marsha's tools are the answer.  And like just about everything that is worthwhile in life, they take real work and consistent practice to produce the desired results. The bottom line is you need this book and Marsha's email solutions.

For more information, check out Marsha's page on the ES website, or to start learning how to master your inbox, go to Amazon.com and purchase Inbox Detox.