Week 5 - Refactoring Email

• Start by watching Lesson 620 - 24 & Out. If you previously watched the public version, please watch the subscription version in this link as it has many more examples that will help you with this process. This is an introduction to the email inbox Best Practice that are core to iFocusToday.

• Next on your agenda is Lesson 610 - Email Refactoring. This contains six specific actions for managing your email so that you will get better results both with your inbox and also with the people who receive your emails.

In the videos you have learned several practices that we want you to adopt.

First on the list, bring your inbox to 24 and Out state. Depending on how overloaded your inbox is, this could take from a few minutes to hours. This is important work and should be your next order of business. As you work through those emails, move them to your Tactical Support System as appropriate, but I'd really hope that you can simply delete most of them.

• The next step is to eliminate the messages in your inbox that you have requested but you never really read. This article provides insight into how I see people spamming themselves.

Then it's on to practice - to keep your email inbox in the 24 and Out state. Add this to your weekly VR sheet.