{"id":3093,"date":"2010-01-14T09:07:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2010-01-14T09:07:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T17:07:32","slug":"how-to-get-to-inbox-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2010\/01\/how-to-get-to-inbox-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get to Inbox Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new GTD&#8217;er wrote to David Allen and asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My dear husband thinks you keep your Inbox to zero by not posting your email address on the internet and\/or by having assistants respond to your email.\u00a0 I disagree. What say you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You keep your Inbox to zero by dealing with whatever shows up in there as rigorously as you do your answering machine at home.\u00a0 The access you give the world to create input is up to you.\u00a0 You have to decide what you want to invite\/allow into your world, and match that with a behavior to process it at the same speed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new GTD&#8217;er wrote to David Allen and asked: My dear husband thinks you keep your Inbox to zero by not posting your email address on the internet and\/or by having assistants respond to your email.\u00a0 I disagree. What say you? 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