Is checking your inbox the same as actually processing it?

In this episode of GTD Gems, GTD Coach Meg Edwards explains the difference between scanning and clarifying, and why emergency scanning your inbox isn’t the same as processing it.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
👉 When emergency scanning is helpful
👉 How to move through your inbox one item at a time
👉 The clarifying questions that reduce overwhelm

Timestamps:
00:00 Emergency scanning vs. clarifying and organizing
00:37 Meg reads from Chapter 6 of the GTD book
02:15 How this shows up in coaching
03:54 Recap and what’s next

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