Zack and Mike go in-depth on some new workflows that the Asian Efficiency team has been developing regarding our most time-intensive task: email. Email often takes a huge chunk out of your day, and we’re here to fix that. Learn how you can ruthlessly process your inbox to move on with your tasks and increase your productivity.

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Cheat Sheet

A recap of the original AE email workflow and why it needed to be updated

Startling statistics about how much time people actually spend dealing with email and how you can escape your inbox

How to effectively use triggers to make sure you see emails at the right time

How you can achieve (and keep) inbox zero

One simple trick which can make your inbox processing MUCH simpler

Why you should always archive messages after you process them

The real reasons why you NEED a task manager when processing email

Criteria to use when trying to decide if you should send emails into the reference folder

When to delegate actions from emails you receive instead of doing the task yourself

Links

Inbox Zero challenge

Simple Guide to Managing Email

Getting Things Done

Todoist

Inside Omnifocus: Email

Omnifocus

Remember the Milk

Trello

Dispatch

Polymail

SaneBox

Advanced AE Email Workflow

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