The New York Times writes in the article “Struggling to Evade the E-Mail Tsunami” how email has become the bane of many professional lives. They quote several entrepreneurs (Mike Arrington of TechCrunch, Mark Cuban Owner of the Dallas Mavericks) and how they struggle with email overload. They haven’t found a solution because they are constantly declaring “email bankruptcy” and it would be interesting to find out more about how they are actually using their email.

Here are my thoughts on how you can get back in control of your inbox are:

STEP #1

Most important is to change your mindset that your email inbox is a storage place for things you have to do in the future. You don’t manage your tasks with your inbox, you have a to do list or other tools for that. Your inbox is your communication channel and therefore should be empty whenever you finished processing.

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