In this episode, we go through 8 tips (plus a bonus) on how to escape your inbox and focus on tasks that matter. We’ll discuss apps and systems that you can use to cut down on the time you spend processing your emails.

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Cheat Sheet

Behind-the-scenes peek at how we built the final stages of the Escape Your Email course

The toxic results of email-related stress on your ability to think clearly and work efficiently

The amazing efficiencies that are created when you can integrate email with your task manager

Tips for reducing the amount of email that you receive (which in turn leads to you spending less time in your inbox)

One trick you can use to instantly find everything you are currently subscribed to in your inbox

Why unsubscribing to even one email is a bigger deal than you think

How the carbon copy feature multiplies the true productivity cost of an email

The use cases that email really isn’t good for (and alternatives that can improve the communication efficiency of YOUR team)

8 Tips + A Bonus on How You Can Escape Your Inbox

Turn off notifications on your computer and phone

Have a system you can trust

Touch it once

Unsubscribe

Use other team communication tools instead of email

Stop using folders to store your messages

Automate common responses

Turn off the unread badge

BONUS: Use Sanebox to improve the quality of what ends up in your inbox

Links

TPS111: Why You Must Escape Your Email

Animal Farm

Omnifocus

PostBox

Dispatch iOS app

Zapier

IFTTT

TPS105: The AE Email Workflow

Airmail

AE Blog Post: What’s the Best Way to Handle Email on a Mobile Device?

Bonusly

Fitness in Post podcast

HipChat

Slack

JIRA

Confluence

TextExpander

Mailmate

Basecamp

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