5 Productivity Hacks for Daily Outlook User to reach Inbox-Zero

Don’t allow outlook to manage you, rather you outclass it.

It’s so easy to get consumed with non-stop virtual meetings, never-ending emails trying to accommodate requests of others, and forget about your development! I am sure many of you can relate.

Working as a product maintenance manager, it’s important to be at top of things during the whole working day. It’s two-fold during the work from days, as most water cooler discussions are replaced with outlook emails.

Below are a few tips and tricks to make outlooks work for you (than against you)

1. Setup Outlooks Rules —

Why: If you need to do a quick scan, you need to check/read-only the REDs

How: Define which emails are “most” important — Assign a BRIGHT(like RED) colour code.

Define which emails are “least” important — Assign a LIGHT(like light grey) colour code, which your eyes tend to ignore. After few months, you can delete those emails

Example cases: Emails from your customers, managers, most important stakeholders