Calm Inbox: Less Email, More Focus

Your Best Work Doesn't Happen Inside of an Inbox

If email is so important... then why does it mostly feel like a distraction and a chore that pulls us away from spending time on things that actually are important?

We believe there is a way out.

We believe that your best work doesn’t happen inside of an inbox.

And we think you can get there without deleting all your apps and moving to a cabin in the mountains. (Though a cabin does sound delightful.)

While there are some brilliant apps and services which seek to solve the problem of email, we don’t think they take you across the finish line...

Because there is more to this problem than a few more filters and a few less push notifications.

What’s needed is less email and more focus.

A bold and simple promise: Less Email, More Focus

After going through the Calm Inbox course, if you choose to take action on what we walk you through, then these will be the results:

Get back hours of your life. every single week and potentially hours per day!
Have more focus and attention in your day. Which results in time saved during work and thus more time for everything else!
Get your work done faster because you’ve got less distractions coming your way.
Less stress and anxiety. Because you won’t be thinking about email and social media all the time, and you won’t be constantly managing the crazy.
Show your email who’s the boss. You’ll get organized and in control of your email.

I want you to be less distracted. And I mean WAY LESS DISTRACTED.

Calm Inbox has two sides:

Organizing your email so you only ever deal with the messages that require your personal attention.
Having a bias toward focused action so you aren’t distracted and interrupted by email during the rest of your day.

This is what we mean when we say less email, more focus.

The Calm Inbox System

1. Less Email
We'll walk you through the step-by-step process for organizing your email and creating automated systems so that you only ever deal with the messages that require your personal attention
2. More Focus
We don't stop at the inbox. We'll help you develop your bias toward focused action so you aren’t distracted and interrupted by email during the rest of your day.
3. Tips & Tricks
Thanks to roughly 30 screencast tutorials found in The Vault, we'll show you exactly how to make the most of whichever email app you use.

How long will chaos and distraction rule your inbox?

The last thing you want when it comes to your email is what we call “Dual Focus”.

Dual Focus is a waste of your time. Dual Focus is frustrating and annoying. You have enough distractions already. Why create more for yourself unnecessarily?

Consider it a victory any time you take a step toward the elimination of dual focus from your day. Which is why it’s so important to have a Calm Inbox.

By definition, a Calm Inbox is Singularly Focused.

Just because something is a priority for somebody else, doesn’t mean it has to be for you. If you’re not careful, your email inbox will become a task list that other people can add to...

Introducing: Calm Inbox

More than 50 lessons and screencasts. Show your email who's boss. Get your Calm Inbox system set up, reclaim hours of your life every day, and develop your bias toward focused action.

Module 1: Understanding Your Calm Inbox

📺 What is a Calm Inbox? There is more to work than checking the inboxes.
📺 Why is a Calm Inbox So Important? Because: focus, productivity, creativity, and being present in the moment.

📺 What Inboxes Need to be Calmed? Let’s define “inbox” so you can think beyond just email.
📺 The Truth About Inbox Zero If your only goal is Inbox Zero, you’re doing it wrong.

Module 2: Preparing For Your Calm Inbox

📺 Preparing for Your Calm Inbox The starting point so you can get ahead of the crazy.
📺 Priority, Not Priorities You must choose to focus.
📺 Four Classes of Senders Not everyone who emails you deserves your time and attention.
📺 Six Types of Emails Not all emails are of equal value and importance.

📺 Efficient AND Effective For maximum email productivity, you need to be both fast and intentional.
📺 The Ideal Email Folder Structure A complex, multi-hierarchical email structure slows you down.
📺 Module Two Review Ensuring you've got everything prepared.

Module 3: Creating and Maintaining Your Calm Inbox

📺 Setting Up Your Calm Inbox It’s time to live that Calm Inbox Life.
📺 Maintaining a Calm Inbox Part 1: Your System A walkthrough of the email buckets you need to set up and why.
📺 Using Email Rules to Save Your Life Your secret weapon for saving time and energy.
📺 Email Lessons from Napoleon How to get smarter and better at your email triage.
📺 Everything Requires Maintenance Alas, you cannot set it and forget it.

📺 Maintaining a Calm Inbox Part 2: Bias Toward Focused Action What this is really all about: Your focus on creating.
📺 Seven Tips for Eliminating Inbox Addiction How to stop the “just checks” and keep your bias toward action.
📺 The Best Way to Handle Email on Your Phone Turning a distraction-prone device into a productivity tool.
📺 Keeping a Calm Inbox in the Midst of a Chaotic Company Culture What if your boss expects you to be on email 24/7?
📺 Living Without Regret in the Age of Distraction Course wrap-up and conclusion. Thank you.

The Vault: A Whole Bunch of Screencast Tutorials

The vault is insane. For one, it’s packed with a whole slew of technical guides and tutorials that show you all the nerdy ins and outs for making your email app better and smarter. But more than that… we have screencasts for every single popular email app or client that you can think of: Apple Mail, Spark, Postbox, Gmail, SaneBox, MailMate, Airmail, and Hey.

🖥 Create Email Rules (Six Videos)
🖥 Eliminate Unwanted Email (Two Videos)
🖥 How to Handle Email Tasks (Five Videos)
🖥 Set up Custom Swipe Gestures (Four Videos)

🖥 Find Important Info in Your Email (Two Videos)
🖥 Wrangle Notifications for Less Distractions (Four Videos)
🖥 Time-Saving and Clever SaneBox Stuff (Six Videos)

Your access to Calm Inbox includes the following:

Downloadable HD video files for offline viewing.

Transcripts of all video lessons.

Lifetime access.

30-day, money-back guarantee.

Is Calm Inbox For you?

If you answer yes to any of the following statements, then Calm Inbox is for you:

You want to eliminate time-wasting emails from your day.
You are frustrated at trying to stay on top of it all (not just email, but also social media and news).
You want a more disciplined way to keep your inbox clean.
Though you know all the best apps and the workflows... email still feels like an endless chore.
Are you tired of always running behind, instead of being able to focus on doing your real work?
You don’t yet have a helpful or useful system for organizing your emails for things such as responding later, reading later, or keeping for later use.
You look at your email inbox and see that it just has way too much clutter and there’s no fast, easy way to sift it out. Does that stuff even belong there any more?

FAQ

Q: Is there a money-back guarantee?

A: Yes! You get 30 days to check out the class, which is more than enough time to go through all the material. If, for any reason, you’re not completely satisfied just let us know and we’ll be glad to give you a full refund.

Q: What do I get when I buy Calm Inbox?

A: You will get:

Immediate access to all the content as soon as you sign up. The course website is easy to use and navigate, and looks great on desktop, iPad, and iPhone.
Downloadable videos in HD format for offline viewing.
Full-text, professionally-edited transcripts for each video.

Q: I mostly use email on my iPad (or iPhone), is the Calm Inbox class still relevant for me?

A: Yes! Absolutely. The core ideas taught in Calm Inbox are "platform agnostic" and it doesn't matter which apps or devices you use.

Q: Who made this class?

A: All of us here at The Sweet Setup. Our goal is to help you make the most of your time and attention. We do this by researching the very best apps for your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. But we also know a LOT about workflows, staying focused, and best practices. That’s why we’re visited by 500,000 readers every month.

With Calm Inbox, we'll teach you how to become the boss of your email, eliminate dual focus, save time, and just genreally get rid of the anxiety that comes with an overflowing and overwhelming inbox.

Q: I’m a power user, will this course be worth my time?

A: Fantastic! If you are a power user then you might already know about some of the things we share in this course. But also, as a power user, then it means you know how much impact one new idea or “trick” can do for improving your regular workflows.

The more familiar you are with a particular tool, and the more frequently you use it, then the greater the return will be from just one single improvement to your workflow and productivity.

With how much you interact with email and social media each day, imagine how many hours you'll save even with one positive shift toward your productivity and focus.

Calm Inbox