[tosh]

Don't do Inbox Zero.

I forgot the quote but it is very spot on imho: your inbox is someone elses todo list. Especially starting the day with email is one of the worst things you can do imho. It puts you into reactive mode.

You want to stay pro-active and actively chose the things you need to be on top of.

I keep a few tabs open on email threads that are important to me and for people I'm close to I usually tell them to reach out to me via facebook (white-list opt-in vs opt-out).

I can not emphasize enough how big of a game changer that was. People think about handling email and inbox zero all the time and obsess about it as if processing all emails in a day was the key to getting stuff done. I think that's too narrow of a pov.

Disclaimer: CEO & Product @ blossom.io