Despite the advent of new tools like Slack, email remains the communication mode of choice for most of us in the office. While email is a useful tool, it can quickly become overwhelming – we can spend hours trying to get through all of our messages and important information can slip through the cracks. The team at Works For Me, a popular Bloomberg podcast on office life, has felt the pain of the email crunch and turned to Inbox Zero to solve it. Take a listen to find out how they found their own inbox zen. – Felicity Duncan
Inbox Zero is an aggressive email management approach pioneered by Merlin Mann. It’s a strategy for using filters and tools to maintain a peaceful inbox, an inbox with zero messages in it. For some people, who have tens of thousands of unread emails piled up, this can seem like an unachievable goal. Yet using modern inbox tools like filters and folders, you can manage your daily email flood and find inbox nirvana.
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Francesca Levy of the Works For Me team decided to get serious about minimising her mail, and in an engaging episode of the podcast, shared her experience – the good, the bad, and the ugly. For those of us seeking to get a handle on our own inboxes, her story can be helpful and even inspiring.
