The ODR Podcast

On Deeper Reflection is a podcast on making our lives as happy and productive as possible! Today's episode deals with the bugbear of many in medicine--email.

Part II is now Up as Well

1. Understand the Technology

Email is an amazing Technology!

Async-Mail Sync-Phone, Telegraph, Text, Chatapps, Email-Asynchronous with instant delivery--but this should not mean instant viewing

Philosophy is wrong, not tactics

Bad Solutions

An article on just keeping emails in inbox misses the entire point. There are only two acceptable solutions and ignoring email is definitely one of them, but inbox zero is the better version of that.

Inbox Zero

Arrival Rate vs. Departure Rate Every inbox item costs you decision dollars We don't want to make decisions

Too Much Email-No!!!!! Too Much Stuff I Just Check Once Per Day

Vs. I set aside time to do Deep Work Analogous to I took Facebook off my phone...

1. Email Should Spark Joy

Used to have combined work and home Never, ever do this!!!! Separate Work and Email Work Check Once, while at work or every day depending on your job Horrible human being would email on Friday afternoon with something horrible

1. Don't treat an async tech as sync

Don't expect or encourage real-time use It is fine to reply right away, but dissuade the belief that you will consistently Pacing

1. Your Email Inbox cannot be your ToDo system

2. Just 1 Touch

DoIt SystemIt DelegateIt SaveIt UnsubIt-goes back to brings joy, true joy--not dopamine hit FilterIt Trashit (actually archive) SpamIt Maybe-Bringit Back Services

1. Archive, Don't Delete

2. Search, Don't File

3. Inbox Elimination to Keep You Honest

Too Many Inboxes Gmail Mailboxes

1. Cut out Back & Forth Steps

2. For Some Use cases, Are Slack/Basecamp/Teams the Solution?

Books to Read

You need to prune down to what is important!!! Life Changing! We'll do a book club on this one ASAP

Now on to the Podcast...