A lot of authors are addicted to checking email. Poor email habits hold many authors back from success because it wastes time and zaps mental energy. If you can learn to do email better you will have more time to market your book and more mental energy to write.

Talking Points:

Authors are not great at email. Addicted to getting that email from our publisher.
Old way to do email.

Folders. Lots and lots of folders.
Email Rules & Filters
Checks for new email every 5 minutes.

Merlin Mann: inBox Zero
Recommended Folders

Need Action
Need Reply
Need Read
Archive
Waiting On

Rules for Time Effective Email  

Turn off auto check for email (or at least notifications).
Schedule email
Don’t check email. Process Email. Only touch each email
Get rid of your topical folders and rules.

Don’t be Afraid to start with Email Bankruptcy
The emotional side of e-mail

What does it give you?
What does it distract from?
The lies we tell ourselves about e-mail
About checking e-mail first thing in the morning

Tools to Cheat:

Boomerang for gmail
Boomerang for yahoo mail

Links:

Original Inbox Zero Video
Unroll.me
RescueTime.com

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