5 Secrets to an Empty Email Inbox

5 SECRETSto achieving an empty

email inbox

dread?Does your email inbox leave

you with a deep sense of

haunt you?Do you have nightmares about

unread or forgotten emails coming back to

You don’t haveto be afraid

of your email inbox!

Just apply these5 easy secretsto your inbox…

1. Clear out what’s there

1. Clear out what’s there

1. Clear out what’s there• Create 2013 and 2014 folders

1. Clear out what’s there• Create 2013 and 2014 folders• File all inactive emails into the folders

1. Clear out what’s there• Create 2013 and 2014 folders• File all inactive emails into the folders• Delete any nonessential emails

2. Prioritize

2. Prioritize

2. Prioritize• Respond to important emails then file

2. Prioritize• Respond to important emails then file• Create filters to move recurring nonessential

emails into a folder, skipping your inbox

3. Delegate

3. Delegate

3. Delegate• Don’t feel obligated to answer every email

3. Delegate• Don’t feel obligated to answer every email• If someone else is a better fit to reply, forward it

to them

3. Delegate• Don’t feel obligated to answer every email• If someone else is a better fit to reply, forward it

to them• If you can’t answer right away, create a task in

your To Do list

4. Embrace email’slimitations

4. Embrace email’s limitations

4. Embrace email’s limitations

• Email is not a task manager

4. Embrace email’s limitations

• Email is not a task manager• Email is not a project management tool

4. Embrace email’s limitations

• Email is not a task manager• Email is not a project management tool• Use email for short, impactful communications

4. Embrace email’s limitations

• Email is not a task manager• Email is not a project management tool• Use email for short, impactful communications• Bonus Secret: Redbooth users can create a task

directly from an email

5. Keep the inbox emptyApply secrets 1-4 every day to keep from

revisiting email inbox overload

The true secret to having an empty email box is:

keeping an empty email box

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