#117 Clear Out Your EMAIL Inbox

How many emails do you have in your inbox? Need some tips to help clear out your inbox? You can increase your productivity and reduce your email anxiety by doing 3 things: make behavioral changes; employ technology hacks; and effectively managing our sent mail. Let’s clear out your inbox!

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Books

• “Unsubscribe: how to kill email anxiety, avoid distractions, and get real work done” by Jocelyn K Glei –  https://amzn.to/2Qm4HYt
• “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely – https://amzn.to/30dxJhi
• “Because, Internet: Understanding the new rules of language” by Gretchen McCulloch – https://amzn.to/2QkZqAo
• “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen – https://amzn.to/31KRfP2
• The GTD Workbook –  https://amzn.to/31HI02b

Podcasts

• TalkAboutTalk ep.21 TRUST with Baron Manett – https://talkabouttalk.com/trust-with-per-se-brand-experience-president-baron-manett/
• TalkAboutTalk ep.29 Q&A episode: https://talkabouttalk.com/29/
• Tim Ferriss Interviews Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of DropBox.: https://tim.blog/2018/08/29/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-drew-houston/
• Gretchen Rubin  – Happiness guru & advocate of the one minute rule – https://GretchenRubin.com

Email History & Statistics

• Raymond Tomlinson (inventor) 
  • https://www.internethalloffame.org//official-biography-raymond-tomlinson
  • https://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Email-Statistics-Report-2019-2023-Executive-Summary.pdf
• Statista: https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/
• eMarketer: https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Please-Dont-Unsubscribe-Why-Consumers-Email-Fatigue/1015219
• LifeWire: https://www.lifewire.com/how-many-emails-are-sent-every-day-1171210
• Expanded Ramblings: https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/email-statistics/
• Adobe Consumer Email Survey: https://theblog.adobe.com/love-email-but-spreading-the-love-other-channels/ 
• NewYorker “Was Email a Mistake?” https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/was-e-mail-a-mistake

Tips On Conquering Your Inbox

• HBR: https://hbr.org/2014/04/8-ways-not-to-manage-your-email-and-5-tactics-that-work
• https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-to-spend-way-less-time-on-email-every-day
• FastCompany: https://www.fastcompany.com/90379441/how-to-manage-email-so-that-it-doesnt-control-you
• Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-be-more-productive/#23676df55605
• Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2018/06/03/8-simple-tips-that-will-improve-the-way-you-use-email/#24d6b637115e
• Inc.: https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/12-email-tips-to-increase-your-productivity.html
• Getting Things Done: https://gettingthingsdone.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GettingEmail.pdf
• Unpacked on Inbox Zero: https://unpacked.mailbutler.io/2019/01/09/gtd-email-inbox-zero-flowchart/
• City A.M.: https://www.cityam.com/inbox-anxiety-how-regain-control-email/

Technology

• Canned Responses for Gmail & G-Suite: https://google.oit.ncsu.edu/core/gmail/canned-response/
• Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/
• https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-month-email-service-superhuman/
• Spark: https://sparkmailapp.com/
• Slack: https://slack.com/intl/en-ca/
• https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/14/say-hello-to-slack-the-newest-enterprise-social-network-and-the-latest-effort-from-flickr-co-founder-stewart-butterfields-tiny-speck/

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