Those are a hidden feature of Gmail and setting those up is the first thing we'll want to do. What's with those sections on the right? How did those get there? When you're all done, your Inbox will look something like this: More responsibility on you for the outcome than a 'Waiting On') Delegated (something that you're responsible for following up to ensure it happened.SomedayMaybe (you might do this, probably not, but get it out of here for now and you'll think about it again in a week or two).But, when you have over 100 messages in your Inbox, that's usually what happens anyway.) There's nothing you can do about it yet, but you also don't want it to slip through the cracks. This is probably the sort of message that's taking up the majority of your Inbox space today. Waiting On (something you don't want to forget about, but get it out of sight and out of mind for now.We're going to use Gmail's labels to assign every email you receive to one of the following categories:

You don't need to dive in on his books or talks to get going, we'll cover the basic foundations along the way. The method I'll demonstrate makes use of GTD or ' Getting Things Done' by David Allen.

If you're stuck with Outlook at work, I am so, so sorry. I haven't used a mail client in years and I don't miss it one bit. If you're still rolling with Sparrow or in love with Postbox, I probably won't convince you to change but it's worth considering the switch. The steps I'll demo below make use of Gmail's web client, and it's the same process I helped my wife implement to get her Inbox down from many thousands to the magical and totally achievable Inbox Zero. If you have hundreds or thousands of messages just hanging out in your Inbox, I've got good news for you:

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