Mike, Thanh, and Zack discuss how to tame the email monster, one of the topics that we at Asian Efficiency get the most questions about. In the episode, we dive into some of our favorite tips for controlling your email instead of letting it control you, strategies getting to inbox zero, and show you how to use technology to systematize your email management.

Cheat Sheet

How to maintain inbox zero

Why you should process your emails regularly

Why Thanh is currently checking his email only once a week

How to process your individual emails when you receive them, and decide what to do with those emails

Why the number of unread emails you have in your inbox isn’t that important

How to use pull notifications instead of push, so that you don’t get distracted

The “touch it once” concept

How to use email technology and software to your advantage

How to sort your email and read from the oldest received email

How to put boundaries in place to stop “email creep”

Links

Hipchat

Slack

Inbox Zero webinar

Touch it Once article

Boomerang

Spark Mail

Sanebox

Postbox

MailMate

MailPlane

TextExpander

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