Welcome to Day 6 of your journey to AI-powered productivity. Today we’re diving into a daily battlefront for many professionals: the email inbox.
Email remains essential, but it’s also overwhelming. Between unread newsletters, reply-all threads, and buried action items, it’s easy to lose hours in your inbox. AI can help you reclaim that time and focus. The Notion
💡 The Problem
The average worker receives over 120 emails per day and spends nearly 3 hours managing their inbox. That’s 15 hours per week; almost two full working days.
And yet, how much of that email time actually moves the needle?
🚀 The AI Opportunity
AI tools can:
- Prioritise important messages and filter out noise
- Draft, summarise, and reply to emails quickly
- Extract action items and add them to your task manager
- Translate, tone-check, and shorten your emails in seconds
- Auto-categorise and label emails for smarter workflows
🛠️ Tools to Try
Here are a few AI tools already making inboxes smarter:
🔹 Superhuman AI
A premium email client that uses AI to write, summarise, and triage your emails faster than ever.
🔹 Gmail + Gemini (Google Workspace)
Google’s native AI can summarise threads, suggest replies, and even auto-draft professional responses.
🔹 Outlook + Copilot (Microsoft 365)
Microsoft’s AI Copilot can help prioritise your inbox, draft replies, and summarise threads, all within Outlook.
🔹 Missive + ChatGPT Plugin
Collaborative email platform with integrations for ChatGPT-based drafting and response suggestions.
🧠 How to Use It Today
Here’s a simple workflow to reclaim your inbox using AI:
- Summarise Threads: Use AI to distill long threads into one-liners with key points.
- Auto-Draft Replies: Let AI write first drafts, then tweak for nuance.
- Extract Tasks: Copy action items from emails into Notion, Asana, or Trello using an AI assistant.
- Automate Responses: Create AI-based rules for FAQs or meeting confirmations.
- Set a Daily Digest: Have AI summarise your inbox into a daily morning briefing.
🧪 Demo Challenge
Try this:
Pick the top 10 emails in your inbox.
Use ChatGPT or your AI tool of choice to:
- Summarise each
- Draft one-line replies
- Identify any follow-ups or tasks
Time it.
Compare it to your normal workflow. You’ll be shocked.
🎯 Share your progress with the community!
Tried one of today’s tools? Share a screenshot or post using the hashtag #30DaysOfAI and tag me. Let’s celebrate the small wins!
You can also comment below, on LinkedIn, X formerly Twitter, or message me directly. I’d love to hear how AI is changing your workflow!
If you’re joining this challenge, let the world know. Post a simple update:
“Kicking off #30DaysOfAI with this How-To Guide. Let’s see what AI can really do for business. 💡 #AIforSMEs”
🎯 The Takeaway
AI won’t replace your judgment, but it will save your time. By reclaiming your inbox with AI, you free yourself up for more meaningful work.
Tomorrow: We explore AI in Customer Support – how to build, scale, and automate without losing the human touch.
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