Answering customer and employee e-mails keeps you grounded a little bit, because you’re in these meetings, and you can get a little bit in the ivory tower, and it keeps you kind of focused.

回复客户和员工的邮件会让你对基层的把握更坚实一些，因为许多的会议让人处于一个象牙塔般，而与客户员工沟通使人回归重点，更专注于问题。

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Answering customer and employee e-mails keeps you grounded a little bit, because you're in these meetings, and you can get a little bit in the ivory tower, and it keeps you kind of focused.

回复客户和员工的邮件会让你对基层的把握更坚实一些，因为许多的会议让人处于一个象牙塔般，而与客户员工沟通使人回归重点，更专注于问题。

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Allow one hour before bedtime for a relaxing activity. Watching the news or answering e-mails does not count!

就寝前一个小时允许做些轻松的活动，看新闻或者回复电子邮件并不指望。

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The crisis has caused a communications logjam in Washington this week, with officials being swamped with requests for comment and not returning calls or answering e-mails.

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Gartner, another research firm, said this week that failing to communicate with customers on social networks could be as damaging to companies as not answering phone calls or e-mails.

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Constantly barraged by endless e-mails, spending weekends travelling, answering the phone throughout the night.

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