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Ideas, methods and experience reports on productivity, email and leverage.
How to turn emails into tasks, by hand or with AI
An email isn't a task: what it asks you to do is. How to spot the actions hidden in your messages, rank them and pick the one to start with.
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AI email assistants and GDPR: 6 questions to ask before installing one
An AI assistant that reads your email sees everything: clients, contracts, HR. Six questions about access, hosting, the DPA, subprocessors and data deletion.
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Motion alternative: plan your days from your email
Motion uses AI to schedule your tasks into your calendar. What it does well, what it costs, and when an alternative that starts from your email to find the actions fits better.
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SaneBox alternative: sort your email, or find what needs doing?
SaneBox automatically files secondary email to lighten your inbox. What it does well, its pricing, and when an alternative that extracts and ranks the actions goes further.
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How to plan your workday: a simple 4-step method
A well-planned day doesn't start in the inbox. Pick the action that matters, protect it in your calendar, batch the rest: the method, step by step.
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Shortwave alternative: what to pick if you're not on Gmail
Shortwave is an AI-powered email client built for Gmail. What it does well, its pricing, its limits outside Google, and when an alternative that extracts and ranks your actions fits better.
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Prioritization matrix: 4 models to decide what to do first
Eisenhower, impact/effort, MoSCoW, RICE: four prioritization matrices, what each one measures, when to use it, and how to apply it to your inbox without losing your morning.
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GTD for email: empty your inbox without doing everything
David Allen's Getting Things Done, applied to email: five decisions, four folders and one weekly review for an inbox that stops overflowing.
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Which AI should sort your email? A 2026 guide to choosing
Gemini, Copilot, SaneBox, Superhuman… Email AI tools don't all do the same job. Three families of tools, four questions to ask, and how to choose without switching inboxes.
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Superhuman alternative: a European option for 2026
Superhuman is fast, but American, built around speed and now part of a wider suite. What it does well, what to check, and when a European alternative makes more sense.
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AI personal assistant: Muse, Grok Bot and the one that knows your files
Meta launched Muse, xAI launched Grok Bot: the AI personal assistant is becoming an agent. What these tools do, what to check, and why the assistant that knows your files matters as much as the one that acts.
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Personal RAG: chat with your own data
A general chatbot knows neither your clients nor your files. Personal RAG gives it access to your emails and documents, with verifiable sources. How it works and what to check.
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Building a second brain with AI: turn your email and documents into memory
Tiago Forte's second brain method in the age of AI: capture, organise, distil, express — and ask questions of everything you've already written and received.
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Contact graph: the memory of your professional relationships
Who writes to you, how often, for which company, and when you last spoke: a contact graph turns your inbox into a map of your relationships.
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Fyxer alternative: which AI should sort your email?
Fyxer sorts your inbox and drafts your replies. What it does well, what it costs, what to check, and when a European alternative that picks your priority of the day makes more sense.
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AI in Outlook: what Copilot does, and what it doesn't
Copilot in Outlook ranks your email by priority, summarises threads and drafts replies. What it really changes, its limits, and how to use it with a prioritisation method.
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AI in Gmail: what Gemini changes for your inbox
Thread summaries, questions asked to your inbox, writing help, sorting of important messages: what Gemini brings to Gmail, its limits, and how to use it with a real priority method.
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The Eisenhower matrix: prioritise without drowning
Urgent or important? The Eisenhower matrix helps you sort your tasks along the only two axes that really matter.
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The Domino Method: One Email Changes Everything
In a chain of dominoes, one tile can topple thousands. Your inbox has the same structure. The algorithm finds the tile.
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The Pareto principle (80/20) applied to your work
20% of your actions produce 80% of your results. Learn to spot that 20% and focus your energy on it.
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Inbox Zero vs. Inbox One: Which Model Works?
Inbox Zero is a compelling idea. But for most people, it creates as much anxiety as it relieves. There's a simpler model.
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The One Thing: the domino task that unlocks everything
What if one well-chosen task made all the others easier — or unnecessary? That is the domino idea.
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Email Overload Is a Prioritisation Problem
You don't have too many emails. You have too many emails competing for the same slot of attention. The fix is a different kind of sorting.
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Inbox Zero: reach (and keep) an empty inbox
Inbox Zero isn't an obsessively empty inbox but an empty mind: nothing left lingering in the back of your head.
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Time blocking to tame your email
Instead of reacting to email all day, give it set slots. Your focus will thank you.
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Deep Work: recover deep focus
Deep work has become rare — and therefore valuable. Here's how to cultivate it in a world of interruptions.
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Email follow-ups: never let anything slip again
Half of all deals are won in the follow-up. Here's how to follow up without nagging — and without forgetting.
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Reduce the noise in your inbox
The best email is the one you never receive. Cut the noise at the source so the signal gets through.
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Write effective (and shorter) emails
A good email gets a quick reply. Structure, length, subject line: the levers of a message that moves things forward.
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Beat procrastination on email
We put off the emails that matter most. Understanding why — and acting anyway — changes the game.
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A morning routine for a calm inbox
The first ten minutes set the tone for the day. Here's how to turn them into a routine that calms instead of agitates.
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Batching: process your email in groups
Processing email continuously is exhausting. Grouping it into batches turns a permanent distraction into an efficient task.
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The GTD two-minute rule
If a task takes less than two minutes, do it now. Simple, but remarkably effective.
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How to prioritise when everything feels urgent
When every task shouts "me first", you need a method to decide. Here's how to keep a cool head.
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Measuring your email productivity (the right metrics)
What gets measured improves — as long as you measure the right thing. Here are the metrics that really matter.
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Delegating effectively by email
Bad delegation creates more work than doing it yourself. Good written delegation multiplies your impact.
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Take back control of your notifications
Every notification is a small leash pulling on your attention. It's time to take back control.
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Email and mental load: lighten your mind
It isn't the number of emails that wears you out, but all the ones you keep "in mind". Here's how to clear your head.
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Asynchronous communication at work
Not everything deserves an instant reply. Asynchronous work protects everyone's focus — starting with yours.
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Build a sustainable productivity system
Methods come and go; a system stays. Here's how to assemble the pieces into a routine that lasts.
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