#026 Efficiency Tips - Control Your Email

Control Your Email. Here’s how. 1. Create 4 new folders 2. Delete everything in your inbox 3. Only do emails 3 times a day 1. Create 4 new folders Folder 1 is Awaiting Urgent Reply Folder 2 is Immediate Response Folder 3 is General Folder 4 is Marketing Now if you put an exclamation mark ! in front of those words, they should appear at the top of yout folder list and not in alphabetical order way down the list of other folders you might have already created. 2. Delete everything in your inbox. Yes you heard me. Your inbox should say zero emails. Go for it. It's Refreshing. You could move everything into General in one fell swoop or you could allocate chosen emails to folders - takes longer but it might be for you. Even if you put them into General you can still search for them 3. Only do your emails 3 times a day. Between 0600 and 0700 Then at 11am Then at 4pm Two Great Websites for controlling email: Use www.Nudgemail.com www.Unroll.me All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important. For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack email us on: [email protected]