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Better Life Lab Podcast: Inbox Zero

Season 2 Episode 3: Brigid Schulte discusses different methods for managing an overflowing inbox with productivity gurus.

Listen to the Better Life Lab podcast on Slate, hosted by Brigid Schulte and produced by David Schulman.

Better Life Lab Director Brigid Schulte discusses productivity guru Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero concept, a way to manage the raging river of digital overload. But is such a high standard even possible to maintain as the onslaught saps time and mental bandwidth? In this episode, Schulte explores Email Mindset, how to think about your inbox, and compares Mann’s Inbox Zero approach with writer Amy Westervelt’s Inbox 100,000.

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Better Life Lab Podcast: Inbox Zero