![]() In the event you’re a visual learner and are thus far thoroughly confused, I drew a diagram to illustrate the elegant simplicity: Do this using GQueues, Evernote, Keep,, or using an old fashioned post-it note (or using the 2014 version). If the task takes more than 60 seconds, capture the task. If the task associated with the email takes less than 60 seconds, complete the task. When you open an email, you have two options: complete the task associated with the email or capture the task associated with the email. The concept is straightforward and simple. This article addresses the two steps (or decisions) that are the core components to attaining and maintaining zero emails: complete email or capture email. I am also going to skip discussing step three because I already covered how to close-out email in my last post: Inbox Zero: The Key to Less Email is No Email. I am going to skip discussing step one because everyone knows how to check email (well, sort-of - stay tuned for my to-be-published batch email processing discussion). The entire process itself could not be more simple: Most importantly, it has been forged, tested, and proven on the battlefield of my own personal work/life balance. It was born purely out of necessity - sink or swim. ![]() ![]() This process works because I didn’t invent it out of boredom or curiosity. I won using a very simple, 100% repeatable, dummy-proof set of rules to guide how I process emails every day. However, at one point in my life I did have three separate careers and five email inboxes that were threatening both my marriage and my sanity. The simple truth is, I’ve never read Getting Things Done and I had never seen Merlin Mann’s inbox zero video until a few weeks ago. ![]() Do you need a simple process to keep your inbox empty? Need a process that you can remember? Need a process with just one decision to make, every time? If so, take a second to see if this straightforward approach to inbox zero is for you. ![]()
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