Demystifying Email Inbox Zero

On February 26, 2014, we discussed on #ProdChat, the topic: Demystifying Email Inbox Zero. Here are the discussion questions, articles and other notes that I found, noted or wrote in the process of preparing for the tweetchat. Please add any other resources or links you think would help!

Here are the discussion questions:

Q1: CONFESSION TIME: HOW OFTEN DO YOU REALLY HAVE ZERO EMAILS IN YOUR INBOX WEEKLY? #prodchat

Q2: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS (TANGIBLE OR OTHERWISE) OF INBOX ZERO? #prodchat

Q3: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DRAWBACKS OF TRYING OR MAINTAINING INBOX ZERO? #prodchat

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Q4: HOW DO YOU SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATE AND MAINTAIN YOUR EMAIL INBOX? #prodchat http://goo.gl/uXBtlR

Q5: WHAT ARE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMAIL OVERLOAD THAT COMPETES WITH INBOX ZERO? #prodchat

Q6: WHAT ARE *OTHER* EMAIL STRATEGIES THAT HELP YOU MANAGE EMAIL BETTER? #prodchat

I have placed an asterisk next to the resources I found especially helpful.

• The myth of Inbox Zero and the path to peace of mind

• Inbox Zero: Don’t Believe the Hype

  • A List of Realistic Email Management Strategies That Just May Work

• Inbox zero: The mythical state of oneness with your email

• The Myth of Inbox-Zero — How to use the internet — Medium

• Inbox Zero: Myth or Fact?

• Here Are 5 Ways To Take Control Of Your Inbox And Take Back Your Life

• 5 ways to reach an empty email inbox (and keeping it that way) in 2014

• How to Conquer Your E-Mail Inbox

• Kyle’s Updated Near Zero Inbox Recipe for Getting Things Done

These are additional random thoughts and questions that came up in the process of writing the discussion questions:

• DO YOU BELIEVE THAT INBOX ZERO IS A MYTH, OR SOMEHOW UNATTAINABLE FOR YOU? WHY, OR WHY NOT?