If not managed effectively, managing your email and your inbox can be a huge blackhole for the average office professional. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to come into work and to start reacting to your email before creating a plan for the day.

While many people see a full inbox each morning and want to jump straight in and start to answer each message, this can be a big mistake. Instead, create a plan for your day and only after you have a clear plan of what you want to do each day should you start to respond to some of your email. Which email should you answer first? I’ll discuss this question in my next post.