{"id":1534,"date":"2011-12-30T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2012-04-19T11:21:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T18:21:35","slug":"repost_a_few_howtos_for_achieving_inbox_zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/30\/repost_a_few_howtos_for_achieving_inbox_zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Repost &#8211; A Few &#8220;How-To\u2019s&#8221; for Achieving Inbox Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a church leader in Canada, your mission is too important for you to consider your time as merely a commodity to be managed. Your time must be viewed as a powerful weapon to be wielded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1110\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/email-blog1.png\" alt=\"email\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/email-blog1.png 350w, https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/email-blog1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>But in very practical terms, many leaders continue to have the sharp edge of this weapon dulled by the inability to stay on top of email.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a plan I\u2019ve followed for years for achieving \u201cinbox zero\u201d. It\u2019s a process based on a triage system I follow with ruthless discipline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Delete<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Respond<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the day I rarely respond to emails as they arrive. Instead, I set aside the final 30 to 40 minutes in the office every day where I push everything aside and apply \u201cdelete, move, respond\u201d to each of the 100 or so emails which have accumulated in my inbox that day<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><strong>Delete<\/strong><br \/>\nThe majority of emails require no action or response. A simple glance will glean the information that\u2019s pertinent. These emails are immediately deleted. Total time: about 5 \u2013 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong><strong>Move<\/strong><br \/>\nI find that about 1\/3 of emails will require some sort of acknowledgement or follow up within 24 hours. Using Outlook, I physically drag these emails out of my inbox and place them in a strategic slot in my calendar the following day. Total time: about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong><strong>Respond<\/strong><br \/>\nThe end of the day will see me then left with a handful of emails that call for a timely response. Total time: about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrive in the office the following morning, I\u2019m immediately on mission, on the offensive, not endlessly reacting to the agenda of others.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been losing ground in the email wars, try giving this a shot and reclaim your time as an offensive tool in your leadership arsenal. Your mission is too important for your time to be merely a commodity to be managed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you achieve inbox zero?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a church leader in Canada, your mission is too important for you to consider your time as merely a commodity to be managed. Your time must be viewed as a powerful weapon to be wielded. But in very practical terms, many leaders continue to have the sharp edge of this weapon dulled by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[577,7,585],"tags":[689,690,691,692],"class_list":["post-1534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus","category-leadership","category-wisdom-2","tag-efficiency","tag-email","tag-prioritizing","tag-time-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}