Empty Your Inboxes Once<\/strong><\/h1>\nInbox zero is not the utopia that lasts forever. In many cases, it is not necessary to reach inbox zero to adjust your priorities. Your inbox will not\u00a0always be empty.<\/p>\n
There\u00a0are several items\u00a0to consider that will help you to handle an item only once:
Have\u00a0one unambiguous thought process for how you process email.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Keep your email as simple as possible. In many cases, your calendar will be a mix of events that should take place or might happen. This uncertainty can\u2014at times\u2014be confusing for your brain and even drain your mental energy. This\u00a0challenge is unavoidable because the future is uncertain. To help restore mental energy, keep your email inbox approach simple.<\/p>\nThink About Process<\/strong><\/h1>\nGrab everything once when updating your lists. To be more productive you have to be proactive, not reactive.<\/p>\n
Here is the\u00a0thought process to help you move forward. It is six simple questions, and each question has only two possible answers: yes or no.
Push each item through these questions and you will know what to do next.<\/p>\n
1. Will you ever do anything with the task or project at hand?<\/strong><\/h3>\nYes:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Move on to question 2.<\/p>\nNo<\/strong>: Either you will delete the item\/dispose of it or archive it.\u00a0This is one of the few places in the conceptual scheme in which the item is completely finished. Remember, O.H.I.O.<\/p>\n\u00a02. Can you do something about this project this week?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nYes:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Move to question 3.<\/p>\nNo:<\/strong>\u00a0Put the item in your incubation list. This week you do not have\u00a0the time, energy or other resources to do it. Whether the item is not ready to take action. It means that the decision you took will be evaluated again today. Either active item, either deleted or remains in the incubation list.<\/p>\n3. Is the task or activity a single action?<\/strong><\/h3>\nYes<\/strong>: Move to question 4.<\/p>\nNo:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>It will take more than one action before the item is completely finished. Put the item in your Master List. When will the item is completely finished? How do you know that no more action needs to take place? Put that on the item on your master list. Learn about your Master List on the blog.<\/p>\n4. Will your next action take two minutes or less to complete?<\/strong><\/h3>\nYes:<\/strong>\u00a0Move to question 5.<\/p>\nNo:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>It will not take more time than two minutes. Put it on a list, then do it.<\/p>\n5.\u00a0Are you best suited to do this task?<\/strong><\/h3>\nYes<\/strong>: Move to question 6.<\/p>\nNo:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Then you delegate. After you have delegated, you need to follow up to see how it is going.<\/p>\n6. Should your next action take place at a particular time?<\/strong><\/h3>\nYes:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Your next action is going into your calendar.<\/p>\nNo:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The action goes on your next action list for the coming week.<\/p>\nOnce you are finished, return to start for your next item. Take that item and then ask the same questions. Repeat this process until all your inboxes empty.<\/p>\n
Post this thought process next to you to make your inbox empty and to find clarity with your work.<\/p>\n
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