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This week's topic is:

True Inbox Zero

I have outlined the 12 Digital Productivity Rules for Life on Twitter.

These are some of the most important rules to follow when learning personal digital productivity.

However, it's not always easy applying these principles in practice because there can be many factors at play that were never considered before such as differences between apps, platforms, and experiences.

Rule 3 of 12: "Don't use your email inbox for tasks and notes, use other apps instead"

Email is the main source of incoming and outgoing information for every professional.

In the age of information overload the first step to start building your Digital Productivity Skills is figuring out how to deal with a high volume of emails. Yet, the majority of people live in their inbox all day. Keeping it open to check tasks, meetings, and notes.

As you have a very limited amount of time and attention to allocate for your projects, at the same time, there's unlimited demand from outside sources. Therefore, it is your job to decide what to spend your efforts on at any given time.

Never Check Email

Checking email never does anything. What you need is to do something with them.

Your email is a medium to processing emails.

What is processing? It's basically decision making.

What to do with the email?

Respond
Add as an event
Archive or delete
Save as a reference
Add as a task or delegate

Pro Tip: Only process email at specific times: You decide how often to check it. Once a day. Twice a day. etc.

Exporting Functions

To be able to:

Add email as an event: You need a calendar system
Save email as a task: You need a task manager
Sace email as a reference: You need a knowledge system

Check out my Digital Productivity Toolkit to see what tools you can use to do that.

Check out Digital Productivity Toolkit

Whenever you're ready, there are 3 ways I can help you:

1. If you're looking for a complete step-by-step program to master personal digital productivity you can join the Momentum-Proof Mastery Program

2. For a Notion life dashboard that manages all your projects, goals, vision, and life purpose you can get the Lifeboard Notion Template

3. Get a consultation with me 1:1 to grow your digital productivity system

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