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WAYNE PARTELLO

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Is Inbox Zero a Productivity System or a Personality Test?

Apparently 1,234 unread emails is either a nightmare or completely normal.

Mail app icon showing 12,345 unread emails above a calm emoji and a chaotic emoji joined by the word "or".

Apparently 1,234 unread emails is either a nightmare or completely normal.

I know what's important. I know what needs a response. And I have absolutely no desire to open emails just to make the little red number disappear.

Maybe Inbox Zero isn't a productivity system.

Maybe it's a personality test.

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