Power Hour
When you start to clean up and take control of your inbox, you must set aside time for a Power Hour. This is not the Power Hour that you might have had in college. Schedule this hour into your calendar. This is an hour that you set aside daily, weekly, or however often works for you, to open Outlook and do some cleaning up and organizing of your emails or use the Outlook productivity tool.
Consistency is the one thing that most people don’t have in their lives. Is this a problem you have? We usually do things well for a while and then we fall into a rut. If you have ever seen a live assembly line, everything just flows until the product being created is completed. This Power Hour could help you keep the flow going in managing your day.
It should be on your schedule. I like to schedule this into my calendar every day. It is an hour, or however much time you need, to keep everything running and organized in Outlook. Check your calendars, empty your inbox, delegate...
