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Today’s edition introduces a simple trick you can deploy that will radically transform how you operate inside your email inbox. It’s part of a broader “sweep routine” you can use to prevent being overwhelmed by the build-up of small tasks.

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Forget inbox zero

Most people try to get to inbox zero every day.

I know I did as an active seller. It was a frustrating game because it rarely happened. As soon as I did, bam…a new email arrived!

Everything changed when I adopted this sweet trick called “Yesterbox.”

This approach comes from the late Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos. I learned about it from the book Doing to Done by Mike Williams, the former Productivity Architect at Zappos.

It has one simple rule: Get yesterday’s email to zero.

Here’s why it works so well: Your Yesterbox has a fixed number of emails by design and doesn’t grow when you hit zero.

You win!

Before I fine-tuned my personal operating system, I lived in my email inbox all day. I thought being hyper-responsive to prospects and clients was a competitive advantage.

However, I noticed by the end of the day, I didn’t get anything meaningful done…plus, I still had more emails coming in!

All of my time was being reactive to everyone else’s needs and requests. I didn’t leave room to make progress on what I said was important to complete that day. Yesterbox helped change that.

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