Manage your mailbox in four steps

Email is a fantastic tool but, poorly managed, it can take over your life. Indeed, email has created an instant response culture in which messages are often followed up with a phonecall. Talk about double handling! Here are four stages to managing your inbox effectively: Stage one: Getting your head back above water A flooded inbox is overwhelming and often you don’t know where to start. Here’s where: 1. Create an “Action” folder in your email application. This is where you are going to store any emails that you need to take action on. 2. Pick the most important. Go through yo...