February 14th, 2008
Overwhelmed By Email? 6 Tips For Organizing Your Inbox
1. First and foremost, you need to change your mindset about the purpose of your in-box. An in-box is “a box or tray for holding incoming mail or a computer folder devoted to incoming e-mail”. We are going to redefine as “a location for temporarily holding incoming mail until you are able to process it”. The in-box should not be a ‘forever home’ for your incoming mail (paper or email). It is an intermediate step in an effective email (or paper) management system.