19 Sep, 2007

My Inbox Is Empty

Posted by: Rob Bluey In: On the Job

I just finished reading Mark Hurst’s book, “Bit Literacy,” about managing information overload in the digital age. I’d highly recommend it if you’re even slightly overwhelmed by e-mail, photos, files or anything electronic.

I just completed the first step — emptying my inbox. I filed the e-mails that I need to save, acted on the ones I could complete in under two minutes and sorted through all the events and to-dos by putting them in my Outlook calendar and tasks. Mark promised I’d be relived. It feels great so far.

4 Responses to "My Inbox Is Empty"

1 | Paul

September 19th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

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Please, PLEASE don’t tell me you’re going to turn into a GTD freak. David Allen is the Tony Robbins of the Internet. Snake oil to cure what common sense can take care of.

2 | Rob Bluey

September 20th, 2007 at 8:53 am

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No wonder I liked it so much. Tony Robbins is my hero!

3 | Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » Achieving My Highest Priorities

September 20th, 2007 at 8:57 am

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[...] today at a Franklin Covey time-management seminar that’s being offered at Heritage. As you might have read yesterday, I’ve been on a kick lately to better organize myself at work. While my friend Paul [...]

4 | Bluey Blog | RobertBluey.com » Stop the E-mail!

December 20th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

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[...] is nothing new, of course. I’ve always had trouble getting a handle on my inbox. Things improved for a time after I read “Bit Literacy” by Mark Hurst. And while I now do a much better job of [...]

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