Reducing Email Usage
*Bonus post*
I've had a bit more time to review my inbox processing since I'm just starting work. Saw a video about it the other day, with the majority of the information at a website http://www.inboxzero.com/.
A few points that I thought were worth remebering:
- Processing email doesn't mean just reading and not doing anything. It means making a decision on the email (should I reply, should I bin, should I delegate? The actions are Delete, Delegate, Respond, Defer, Do)
- Don't live in the inbox. Try not to define your job as what comes into the email inbox
- Have a system, but if the system is too fun to use, you'll end up fiddling and not doing enough work
- Knowledge workers have a finite amount of attention and time, so distractions are a killer for productivity.
- There are just some emails that you won't reply to, even if you want to. Just be done with it and delete it, instead of leaving it in the inbox.
With these, I'm doing email less, ie check only once per hour. Will see how this goes !
1 comment:
hey big fella, finally got a hold of your new blog. Not that I check blogs all the time. Good to hear that you have settled in NY as the first few months can be a little bit frustrating and difficult.
Hope you guys are having a blast and look forward to seeing some pics.
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