"Email is your to-do list that other people can write on. Be proactive and focus on your own to-do list.

Scan your inbox for urgent/important items in the morning, and then work on your top priorities. edicate blocks of time to processing email, and treat email processing as one of your priorities—not the default #1 priority.

If you're ever sucked into 'doing email,' ask yourself, 'Is clearing my inbox really the best use of my time right now?' Eventually it will be, but make a conscious decision about it."