Steveer Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is dealing with too much incoming email.

Hi, Steveer. I love the podcast. Thanks. You've covered email backlogs as well as templates and macros, but I have yet another email question.

How can I best handle the glut of incoming emails that I get every day?

I have spam filters galore and I'm still overwhelmed by email from coworkers, friends, lists

that have you still information, etc.

Usually I just end up archiving the messages, meaning to go back to them and never get around

to doing it.

This means that about one day a month is wasted on sorting through my archive when it piles up

to the point that I have to go through it or risk being buried in electronic garbage.

Please help.

The quick and dirty tip is to empty your inbox and keep it empty by separating email, scanning,

and planning from action.

Use the technique recommended by Mark Forster, time management guru.

Jim, I feel your pain, more than you know.

I've used email since seventh grade and had an empty inbox exactly twice.

It was bliss.

Pure Nirvana.

I stared at the screen with a goofy smile, thrilled that I'd handled everything.

Fifteen seconds later, a talking paperclip proudly informed me that,

I had more mail.

So much for bliss.

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