Project Inbox Zero
Posted November 1, 2008
on:Your inbox is not a to-do list
Merlin Mann is a golden god! … at least in terms of what he’s done by helping thousands of people tame their inbox. In his one hour podcast/video (a lecture given to Google employees in 2007) he makes many salient points about the use [misuse] of email as a ‘to do’ list. For me, the main takeaways were:
- Process your inbox (to zero) each day – aim to have zero emails each day (10 mins habit)
- Action each email – Delete (or Archive), Delegate [Diarise], Respond, Defer, Do
- Devolve complicated folder taxonomies (when do you really use them)
- Systems are anal but useful – so make it simple
- Time and attention are finite – why tax it more than necessary?
- Filters can be useful, but again, keep them simple
Links: 43 Folder Inbox Zero Project | The Video
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Tags: GTD, Merlin Mann
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