7 Reasons to Keep the Inbox Empty - Part 3
This is part 3 of the 7 Reasons to Keep the Inbox Empty
#3: Things are not lost or forgotten
It’s easy to forget important actions and tasks when they’re buried amongst so many other messages in your inbox. When you do finally get around to addressing them, it is usually under time pressure with a deadline looming (or already past). At best, important e-mails will require reminders; at worst, they will go undone (thereby negating any benefit of using e-mail for that action item).