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Email is a challenge. You get any number of messages every day, requiring at minimum a delete… possibly a response or maybe even a research project. As a writer, your time is at a premium, even the time you spend on email.

So, Tim Sanders is this guy… he’s a believer and an author who writes and speaks about the way love can impact your business. His first book, Love is the Killer App is a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it — it helped me to understand that you don’t have to be a shark to be effective in business.

Anyway, Tim is also an email / time management consultant. You can find some great tips over at www.emailatoz.com.

The most recently posted tip follows… it’s a life changer:

every Friday by end of day, he addresses every email he has in his inbox before the end of the day. So going into the weekend, he has zero email in his Inbox.

I love the idea of going into a weekend with no issues hanging about that aren’t on my calendar. I’ve tried a few different ways of managing email, and while I’m getting close to becoming an advocate of having an empty, managed inbox daily, sometimes its just not practical.

This tip, on the other hand, might take you an extra 15-30 minutes on Friday, but think of how great it would be to have an empty, issue free inbox as you walk out of your office on Friday. Magic!