Yes, it is possible to have email inbox-zero
After yesterday’s video, I got a few messages and emails asking me how is it possible I have a clean inbox with nothing in it, they didn’t understand how that was possible. So I’d make a follow-up video to explain a little further.
It’s not hard to do; you have to work on other parts of your workflow to get here. It is also possible to have inbox-zero if you only work on just your email workflow. I explain more in the video.
Transcript
so in yesterday's video I showed you my
email inbox and my folders and how I
actually work with my email I've been
since yesterday I've actually got a few
emails asking me it's not possible and
how do you do it how is it possible that
you have nothing in your inbox well it
is quite simple to do the the the issue
here is not to how can I explain not to
like jump straight into it just doing
your email like this will probably not
work you'll probably find if you put
everything into your I'm looking away
there's nothing in my inbox if you put
everything into your archive you'll
probably find throughout the day you're
just getting loads and loads of emails
well the point is yeah obviously you're
going to get emails or all day all the
time but you have to try to figure out
what those emails are can you
unsubscribe from them can you get rid of
some emails that you don't need the
emails coming in from your website for
instance if you've got a contact form
are they to do with the project those
are things that you actually do need to
deal with on top of having your email
like this the reason why I showed you my
email was pure purely and simply to show
you that it is possible and you can do
it there's no secret to it necessarily
you know having an inbox is something
coming in you're dealing with it and you
get rid of it you archive it but you've
got to decide what you know what emails
come in and what you need to deal with
straightaway there are people that talk
about inbox bankruptcy or or some sort
of term like that what they mean
basically is whatever's in your inbox
just archive it because you haven't
looked at it don't bother with it it
depends on how many things you have in
your inbox I've seen people with like
five six seven thousand things in their
inbox so whenever they go in there
there's a whole load there and to me
having so many things in the inbox
doesn't help me process what I need to
do
of that one particular email because I
see all this other stuff around it so
that's why I like to have nothing in my
inbox have a zero inbox so the point is
it is possible you have to work with the
other things around it as well to make
sure it works and to keep it like that
but it's definitely possible I've done
this for countless clients and they're
happy with it they're like wow I can't
believe there are some clients I haven't
been able to do it with purely because
of the way they work in their workflow
so they have to have a few mailboxes
well folders or in an email box and
that's okay I prefer that you didn't
have anything because I do believe if
you have an actual system in place you
don't you really don't need it and you
shouldn't have it but you know some
people are I wouldn't say stuck in their
ways but they have a process and they've
got to kind of wean off that process so
I haven't yet had anyone weaned off
their process because obviously they're
working but it is definitely possible I
there's a couple of people a few people
not just a couple of a few people that
I've done that have done this and
they're happy with it and they're not
worrying about it anyway I just wanted
to clarify in this video why I have
nothing in my inbox and how to deal with
it and it's really not a one day to the
next transformation to make this
transformation it does take some time
guess you've got to get into a process
to be able to actually do it anyway
that's the video today hope that makes
sense to you if you've got any if you've
got any questions leave them down below
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anyway have a great day and I will it's
Thursday right yeah so I will see you
tomorrow Friday take it easy
keep it simple ciao bye