[zhte415]

I, simply, remember them.

Inbox Zero seriously depreciates my effectiveness. Not every email is a task, some are echos of tasks and some are simply OK to let sit.

By becoming task-based, a lot of the people-based stuff can be left behind. And making people-stuff tasks, well, the people part that has just become a task, and is not a check-off and not a meaningful interaction.

I recommend taking a look at the relationships and tasks you with to garner/complete and go from there. Managing yourself is not managing day-to-day tasks, but is.

[tosh]

Spot on. Tools like RelateIQ that put a releationship layer on top of email communication can help here.

You don't want to miss an email from your team or from your investors but at the same time it is perfectly fine to not chase inbox zero, that's a very menial and time-consuming effort if not busy-work.