Use the 2 minute rule - action anything that can be done in less than two minutes. Read each email and action it then and there. The majority of our emails can be handled immediately with a quick answer.about 1 year ago
Create a folder called Follow-Up, Interesting or To Do. This is where you will file some of the e-mail from your inbox that peaked your interest that you would like to review in more detail but just don\'t have the time.about 1 year ago
Put your DELETE button to work! If you do not recognize the sender, look at the SUBJECT: field. Are there funny characters, alpha-numeric gibberish or it just doesn't make sense? Deleteabout 1 year ago
Your goal is to reduce the amount of incoming e-mail. So cancel subscriptions to unwanted mailing lists. The messages become a nuisance if you don\'t have time to read them.about 1 year ago
Resist the temptation to jump around in your Inbox in no particular order. Begin processing the message at the top of your Inbox and only move to the second one after you've handled the first.about 1 year ago
read only One email per topic. If there's a chain of email on a topic, only the most recent gets to sit in my inbox. Everything else is filed.about 1 year ago
Read, take action, and delete or save. Small task or big one, if it's in the inbox, I do it. If not, it doesn't exist DO IT (in less than two minutes) Defer it write them down to master listabout 1 year ago
Set aside specific times during the day you will go through the emails to see what is important. Don’t be in a habit of replying emails as soon as it arriveabout 1 year ago