Use Automatic Responses

There’s no “definitive” system. The best framework is the one that works for you. Ideally, it should model your work style, supporting the way you work. Bonus points if it’s low-maintenance, fast to set up, and adaptable as your work changes.

Some people like to use folders with spec...

Some examples:

• Undo Send: for when you accidentally press the send button.
• Canned Responses: create a template that you can reuse with canned responses.
• Send and Archive: Automatically archive an email after replying to it using the send and archive...

think of every email you get as either something you need to take action on, track, or refer to later. 

Every time you open a conversation, decide right away what to do with it. Don’t postpone and come back to it. You touch it once and move on.

Treat checking emails as you would any other tasks: a to-do. Schedule specific times in your calendar to process email. And reduce the times you check email to 2 per day: one in the late morning and another in the late evening.

1. Create a folder in your email inbox named “sort”.
2. Pick a topic that describes several of your unread messages.
3. Move all messages related to that topic into the sort folder.
4. Go into the folder and process the messages until the folder is empty.
5. Return to your i...

• Unsubscribe: from anything you don’t need, such as newsletters, groups, mailing lists, and notifications. 
• Send fewer emails: to get less email, send less. 
• Be succinct: Reply to every email in three sentences or less
• Respond with statement...

• Keep it short.
• Make it scannable: use short paragraphs and formatting to make sure your content is read.
• Know what you want to communicate.
• Bold the important.
• Keep conversations small: only include the people who need to be ...