Being brutal with emails

Inbox overflowing?

Here’s some simple rules I’m following to reduce email clutter and get on top of things:

1. Read emails a couple of times per day.
2. Turn off any ‘you got mail’ notifications.
3. Respond immediately if its a minor (< 2 minute job), and delete the email you’re responding to.
4. If some action is required (> 2 minute job) move the email to a ‘for action’ folder
5. For all other information-based emails, read and delete, move to a ‘read later’ folder, or archive it