How I Spend 5 Minutes Per Day on Email

3. Schedule time each day to process email and stick to Inbox Zero once every 24 hours.

Always keeping emails short is a simple rule, but the effects can be profound. Once you no longer think of email as a general-purpose tool for talking about anything at any time, its stranglehold on your attention will diminish.

6.In-box zero should be your goal, if only for productivity and efficiency purposes.

If you use other tools, make sure everything ends up in one place, a central inbox or something like that, where you can process it soon, ideally within a day.