How to Clear Your Inbox – The Mark Hurst Interview

Posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 5:04 PM PST

The 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.

Olivia Kuhn-Lloyd

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…
http://www.techzulu.com Efren Toscano

Great interview and awesome tips from Mark. Also love those short description videos and the one free tip, fantastic way to reel them in ;)
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Andrew Warner

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.
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