Inbox Zero
This link is regarding “Perfecting Your Presentations” but the slide show of Merlin Mann‘s “Inbox Zero” is excellent (Merlin Mann of 43folders.com fame). Keeping that Inbox to zero is surprisingly useful (and relieving). Get all that stuff into your trusted system and OUT of your Inbox ala GTD.
Highlights.
- Make sandwiches, don’t just take orders. My translation – You need to make Action decisions and “just do it.” Just taking orders is equivalent to just fiddling in your inbox all day.
- Turn off your email sometimes.
- Am I putting my time into the right place? Is there a way to make this email less noisy and more useful?
- ToDo list are for collection, reducing anxiety. Now what do you do with it?
- You have to stop sucking before you get good.
Just funny. - Addresses How to get started – Create a DMZ in email. Move all current stuff into the DMZ and start over. Deal with DMZ as you go, but do the system along the way.
- The technology will do your bidding, but it won’t FIX communication problems or broken practices. (excellent point).
- More on Inbox Zero at InboxZero.com.
- Common sense stuff. My adage — It needs to be put into practice when most often it’s not.
- 1-5% of emails are actually actionable at Google. 500+ emails per day. (sounds familar)
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