I get a lot of mail… and it builds up over time… My inbox at work always appears to have at least 100 items in it. However, I sometimes go to some user’s desks and find that they have very little or nothing in their inbox. They had a system that they stuck to and I have decided to do the same.
Recently Meriln Mann (an productivity blogger) did a talk at the Google Campus about managing your inbox with these 5 options:
– Delete or Archive
– Defer
– Delegate
– Do
– Respond
This is an amazing talk and your should take some time to check it out.
Google Video of “Inbox Zero” Talk
Merlin Mann’s “Inbox Zero” site on 43folders.com