How much e-mail should a successful person receive?

How much e-mail should a successful person receive?

Tim Burress (E-mail Etiquette and Organization Specialist) gives expert video advice on: What are the consequences of inappropriate e-mail?; Can I retract an e-mail I send? and more...

Some people brag about the amount of e-mail they receive. They equate it to their worth or their value within a company. They will say, "Oh, I get 100 e-mails a day so I must be more important than you because I am getting more of this." In reality, most of us are saying that about 60% of our e-mail is unnecessary. It is not timely. It is not relevant. It's not complete. It is over targeted. Bragging about something that we really don't find necessary is not a sign of how productive but maybe how busy we are.