Stop Checking Your Email w/ Zachary Sexton – ABR015
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This week, Zack goes solo to help you with tackle email overwhelm to effectively respond to the people you need to respond to.
In this episode we cover:
- How to control the flow of emails
- Strategies to reduce the flow of emails
- Why you should stop checking your email (and what to do instead)
Is this email actionable?
- NO
- A date that needs to go on your calendar?
- Put it on your calendar.
- Interesting information?
- Archive it and use search to find in the future.
- Irrelevant information?
- Delete it.
- Reference material you need to save?
- Download it straight into your organized reference system.*
- A date that needs to go on your calendar?
- YES
- Will it take less than five minutes to take action?
- Do it now!
- Do you need to respond?
- Do it now!
- Will it take more than 5 minutes?
- Defer it
- Say No
- Delegate
- Will it take less than five minutes to take action?
Visual Email Workflow:
Quotables:
- “Processing email is a way of making decisions on the front end with every email that comes in as soon as you open it.”
Links and resources mention:
- How to bulk archive in Gmail:
- Email Hacks
- Email Game
- Boomerang
- Unroll.me
- Follow-up unroll.me episode: https://zacharysexton.com/unrollme-safe/
- Task Managers
- Reference Managers
- Schedulers
- Other
Connect with Zachary Sexton
- Email – coach@zacharysexton.com
- Twitter – @zwsexton
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The shownotes can be found at zacharysexton.com/15
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