Interview
How to Clear Your Inbox – The Mark Hurst Interview
on Jul 25, 2008 - 5:04 PM PSTThe full program
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A few lessons from this program
I used to have hundreds of unread emails in my in-box. I assumed that an overwhelming in-box was the price of working at an Internet company. Then at a Creative Good event, I got a book called Bit Literacy, by Mark Hurst. After I read it, my email became manageable.
I interviewed Mark recently about how his system works and recorded it so you can learn from him. Most of our conversation deals with getting your in-box down to zero unread messages. At the end of the interview, I ask him about other productivity techniques.
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July 25th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Awesome tips. I do some of them (like deleting) but I like the idea of creating a to-do list from my emails that mandate more than a quick reply.
Keep the tips coming…
July 26th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Great interview and awesome tips from Mark. Also love those short description videos and the one free tip, fantastic way to reel them in ;)
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 am
[...] (Listen to this interview that I did with Mark Hurst to learn how to rip through your emails quickly.) [...]
October 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
[...] and crowded. Email is the most crowded. (Maybe because most people haven’t listened to my interview with Mark Hurst.) In-person, he says, is the least crowded channel. So he went to events that let him connect with [...]
November 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
For some reason Sean McPhail couldn’t add his comment, so I’m posting it for him. (Thanks for the input Sean!)
I kept waiting for a reference to David Allen’s Getting Things Done, but somehow it never happened. I was also surprised that Mark was
unable to respond adequately to the question about the consequences of fast response with some comments about setting boundaries to your
attention and time.
IMO you should read this:
http://www.43folders.com/izero
and this:
http://www.43folders.com/topics/making-time-make-time
and especially this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
… and then come back and reassess Mark Hurst’s contribution.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
[...] Emails – They read every single email they get. Guy Kawasaki, Apple’s former evangelist, says to build a community, you have to support your “thunder lizards,” your most passionate people. If someone takes the time to write in, they’re signaling that they’re probably a thunder lizard. (If you get too much email, this interview will help.) [...]