Inbox zero 📬
Each week, I deconstruct ideas on product, growth, and building the future.
Hello friends,
In today’s edition of Elliott Poppel’s Newsletter, we explore five strategies for achieving inbox zero.
But first… I’m hosting a rise and run for founders and investors at NY Tech Week along the Hudson River Greenway. Spots are limited. If approved, I’ll send the starting location and coffee meetup.
5 strategies for inbox zero 📬
The 2-minute rule
If an email can be dealt with in two minutes or less, answer it immediately.
Touch-it-once
Take action immediately: reply, delete, archive, defer, delegate.
The “no cc” rule
If you’re not the primary recipient of an email, don’t respond to it.
Timeboxing
Block off time (morning, noon, and night) to answer emails.
Tooling
The right tools make Inbox Zero easy:
LiveChat
Superhuman
General Collaboration
Thank you for reading,
Elliott
👋 Hi, I’m Elliott, founder of General Collaboration, a Chrome Extension that interconnects apps like Notion, Google Docs, and Jira so you can @mention anything from anywhere and see all your @mentions in one place.