Comments on: Try less choice for a productivity boost

By: Phillip

Phillip — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:46:53 +0000

Oh now this is news to me! I wasn't aware of this option from google so this should help quite a bit to trim down my inbox. I like that I can do this on the go like you said when standing in line somewhere, etc. thanks for the tip!

By: chelpixie

chelpixie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:28:49 +0000

I never answer email on the go unless it's urgent, but I'm constantly culling what email comes in so there's less to deal with later.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:53:30 +0000

Fully agree, do something with it, and move on.

Brian Tracy (famous get what you want type guy) talks about only ever handling a piece of paper once. Do something with it once only. The same should apply to email.

I always look an email and think, if I did nothing with this, would it matter. If the answer is no (it would not matter). I delete it.

And short, curt answers are often better.

Don't forget about not checking email 1000 times a day either, why not just check it once an hour or something like that.

Like I could do that though. lol

By: Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:11:14 +0000

I recently printed out GMail's keyboard shortcuts to help me better wade through my email. It has helped tremendously.

By: TimWalker

TimWalker — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:20:54 +0000

This is a terrific idea — quickly cuts the pile down to size.

The folks I know who have perpetually-overstuffed inboxes tend to get bogged down in thinking of Big Answers to everything, instead of getting things triaged quick-and-dirty.