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 benefit, also of great benefit, is that you're likely to reply to mail
 much faster than before.
 
+Inputs
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+
+The same processing principles work for all kinds of input, not just
+e-mail. You should collect, whenever possible, all inputs in your
+life into inboxes, which you regularly process until they're empty.
+For each inbox item you decide whether to discard it, do the required
+action immediately, do it later, delegate it to someone else, or
+whether the item just needs to be filed.
+
+Hackers tend to mostly deal with digital inputs, but there's always
+some physical ones as well. If nothing else, TPS reports and their
+cover sheets. If you have more than a couple of inboxes, you may
+need to keep a checklist of them. For physical inboxes, it is often
+easiest to have as few as possible, but experiment with what works
+for you.
+
+Your phone may also be an inbox. For example, text messages, voicemail,
+notes you write on the phone, photos and videos you take, etc, are all
+inbox fodder.
+
+Some inboxes you should empty frequently, several times a day. Some
+can be done more rarely. For example, Lars usually processes his
+physical inbox once or twice a week, since any items that go into
+it tend not to be urgent.
+
+When you've processed an item from the inbox, you need to remove it
+from the inbox. This means you need to have a place to put it, even
+if it is only the trash. We will cover filing systems and other related
+tools later.
+
+Information overload
+--------------------
+
+Sometimes processing inputs in this more efficient manner is still not
+enough. It may be that you're getting so much input that it's just
+not possible to deal with all of it. In that case, you need to filter
+away unwanted stuff automatically, or stop it from being sent to you
+in the first place.
+