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How I Process 1,200 Emails a Day in Just 40 Minutes

Drew Lowe
4 min readAug 15, 2023

Just like Peter Griffin… It is better to type than to use the mouse.

7AM: My alarm goes off and I begin crying because I have 500 Outlook notifications.

8AM: Try not to vomit as I get in my car and start driving to the office.

8:30AM: Sit down at my desk and the emails start coming in faster than I can delete them.

8:59AM: I am in literal tears before the work day has even started.

Vendors asking complex logistics questions. Customers asking for status updates on their shipping. Team members asking for help with 9018209381 different projects. You know the drill. It’s almost like you need to be a superhero to get through your inbox.

Real footage of my emails accosting me first thing in the morning…

That’s why when I first heard about Superhuman an app that is designed to help make working through massive amounts of email feel a little less like pouring gasoline in my eyeballs, I was intrigued. The website advertises “the fastest email experience ever made.” That sounds like heaven.

So, I subscribed to the service back in December 2022 and it changed everything. Where I used to spend hours a day trying to sift through endless emails, I now am able to just schedule one 15-minute block in the morning…

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Drew Lowe
Drew Lowe

Written by Drew Lowe

Director of RevOps at DTG, $5M in Sales at 25yo

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