To-do lists are great, but if you know you can complete a task very quickly it’s usually best to do it right away and be done with it. The same principle can be applied to emails. Most of us get too many emails each day to realistically respond to all of them immediately. It follows that we should respond right away to the ones that we know will only take a minute or two of our time, and save the more time-intensive ones for later (unless they’re very urgent, of course).
I found an article published on the LifeHacker blog that suggests a quick and easy way to determine if an email requires a short or long response (or no response at all) based on the subject line. Consider using their proposed system to speed up your email routine:
http://lifehacker.com/the-most-common-two-minute-emails-you-can-deal-with-rig-1575888009
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