

You get all kinds of messages into your inbox. Now lets look at it from an email standpoint. While we won’t get into details here (I highly recommend you pick up the book), let’s tap into the big idea from the book – here is what the Getting Things Done workflow looks like. You might already be familiar with David Allen’s cult book Getting Things Done.
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Most work will still probably fall to the good old Delete button, but things such as “reply & delete“ or “mark as read, archive & forward”, can be completed with a single click. They allow you to automate repetitive tasks, giving you the option to basically program your own buttons. There’s one specific feature that I’ve come to love, and have not seen mentioned very often. Whatever the reason, it is a tool that offers much functionality. Some of us are not left with much choice, because it’s a company demanded standard. While it is losing it’s popularity, Microsoft Outlook is still the email client many use. We all have our own approach to dealing with it and our own convictions on what works best. Let’s look at the thing most of us have to deal with – email. But as always, the devil is in the details. Sure, there’s a time and place for adding new tools and gadgets to the process.
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We try to battle this by arming ourselves with gadgets, tools and tricks, yet often it’s not about new tools we should be using, but the existing tools we’re not using to their full potential.

Sometimes it’s the little things that add up and eat at our productive time.
