Inbox Zero

Process email, do not store it. An empty inbox is a processed inbox, not a suppressed one.

Definition

An email management approach where the goal is to process the inbox to empty on a regular basis by deciding on each item: delete, delegate, respond, defer, or do.

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.