#057: Reach Inbox Zero Without Derailing Your Workday

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

Education, Timemanagement, Productivity, Focus, Organization, Michaelhyatt, Planning, Achievement, Business, Worklifebalance, Goals

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🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

You sit down to start the day with a clear vision on your most important tasks. But then you check your email. Before you know it, you’ve spent half the day responding to requests and working on other people’s priorities instead of your own. You’re sacrificing your best time and energy in the name of inbox zero. You hate feeling at everyone’s beck and call and can’t stand the way you’re always behind. But what can you do? There’s another way forward. We know what it’s like to feel trapped by our inboxes. And we’ve developed a four-step strategy for making your inbox work for you. When you implement it, you’ll move from reacting to requests to accomplishing your most important work. Finally, you can stop being perpetually behind and feel empowered to make real progress towards your goals. In this episode, you’ll discover— Why you should never operate out of your inbox for task management. How to stack habits and set aside specific times for checking email. The difference between synchronous and asynchronous communication. App suggestions that can make your life a lot easier. Tips on communicating expectations with team members and clients. The value of declaring email bankruptcy—and why it’s not as scary as it sounds. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, what do you think is worse? Living in constant reaction mode or missing the goals that
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0:47.2	This episode of Focus on this is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's Countdown to 2021. Join this exclusive newsletter and free community of like-minded achievers who are
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1:02.0	slash countdown. Recording. We are recording.
1:12.5	Welcome to another episode of Focus on This, the most productive podcast on the internet,
1:19.1	so you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done, and finally start loving Mondays,
1:24.2	with your host, Courtney Baker, and Blake Stratton.
1:28.2	Woo-hoo. Happy Monday, Courtney Baker and Blake Stratton. Woo-hoo.
1:29.3	Happy Monday, Courtney.
1:30.4	Hey, Blake.
1:31.4	Yeah, happy Monday.
1:33.2	You're looking cozy in your closet.
1:35.8	Honestly, I feel like maybe it needs a makeover.
1:38.5	I'm sending so much time in here these days.
1:41.2	Do you take all your Zoom calls in here?
1:42.9	Is it just the podcast?
1:44.6	Yeah, all Zoom calls.
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