Nov 8, 2018
The knowledge of 43folder's Mr. Merlin Mann is still propagating throughout the internet, both high and, hm, low. Long after David Allen has passed by.
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The knowledge of 43folder's Mr. Merlin Mann is still propagating throughout the internet, both high and, hm, low. Long after David Allen has passed by.
People aren’t transformed by locations, unless they’re a fruity artist. If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us are looking through the lens of the life we’ve always had, and from a distance, it looks transformative.
Merlin Mann
Why the concept of Inbox Zero is great
Before we dive deeper into what we are up to and what mailfred.de is all about, we'll share some posts outlining what we believe in. Not some abstract values or mission statements. Rather some specific concepts and methods.
We love the concept of Inbox Zero. It is a term coined by Merlin Mann, founder of 43folders. The basic idea is to have your inbox to "zero" most of the time (at the end of the day or at least at the end of the week). That’s not “Zero mails unread”, that’s “Zero mails I need to do something about (right now)”.
Every mail is an "action" item. Once a mail is opened/read there are basically five "purposeful" actions: delete, delegate, respond, defer, do. Choose at least one.
Image source: Slideshare presentation by Merlin Mann (see below).
The implications of this approach are simple yet powerful. Acting directly on an email and doing the next step means that
The amount of how often a mail is touched is drastically reduced.
Clutter is removed from the inbox.
Mails are out of your head because they are where they belong. It just feels better, doesn't it?
To get a basic idea of the concept check out the slide show from Merlin Mann:
If you have more time you can also watch this video with a presentation at Google from 2007.
a handy list of tasks and projects that you may not be remembering quite so well right now...
Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD's David Allen
What’s “Inbox Zero?”
These links point to the orig i nal Inbox Zero Series that Merlin wrote for 43 Folders in 2006. They cover the skills, tools, and atti tudes that can help empty your email inbox
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann’s website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.
Nothing wrecks your living room decor quite like a giant, rented hospital bed. The one my Dad laid in for a couple months in the fall of 1974 was an alarmingly stiff and sturdy affair, the frame of which was forged of impossibly heavy iron, with half a dozen jaggy coats of putty-flesh latex paint doing a shit job of concealing the dings and dents kissed by dozens of clutches of burly rental guys trying to navigate unaccommodating residential doors. Jammed cattywampus between a teddy-bear brown sectional, an antiqued rococo credenza, and what had until recently been my Father's favorite armchair, the hospital bed left little room for easy socializing, let alone aesthetic speculation. This was a living room where a very ill person would mostly die soon. [...]
http://www.43folders.com/2011/04/22/cranking