Five Gmail features to get you out of your inbox and back to work
The more time you spend in that messy inbox, the less time you have to enjoy all that sun. (John Kennedy/)Despite being the central hub for most of our work, email can be a real productivity killer. Everyone is vying for your attention at all hours of the day, and that little unread icon taunts you until you give in and re-open your inbox to see what’s happening. This, of course, interrupts the flow of your actual job.I’m a slave to the notification icon as much as anyone. In an ideal world, I’d learn to keep pushing forward and deal with email when I actually have time between other tasks. But that’s not as easy as it sounds. So instead of changing my own behavior, I’ve forced my inbox to do things my way so I spend less time emailing and more time working. Gmail has been a great ally...