I Don't Think About Meetings Anymore


End-of-year recaps are everywhere right now, from Spotify Wrapped to Strava Year in Sport and Duolingo’s Year in Review.

Superhuman Mail is joining them with something I didn’t expect: a personal snapshot for your email inbox.

I got a sneak peek at my own Superhuman Year data, and it surfaced three insights.

  1. AI is doing more heavy lifting than I realized: I used Superhuman's AI 1,023 times this year – nearly 5 times a day. It's become so natural that I can't imagine going back to writing every email from scratch. That would feel like losing hours every week.
  2. Inbox Zero isn't a religion, and it doesn't need to be: I'm in the top 19% for hitting Inbox Zero, which means I'm doing fine without obsessing over it. Clearing my inbox once a week, or even once a month, is enough.
  3. Email isn't going anywhere: I cleared 5,359 emails this year. Email is still one of the most important ways we communicate, and I'm grateful I'm managing it with a tool built for 2025, not 2010.

Right now, Superhuman is offering 2 free months so you can build better email habits and get your own Superhuman Year recap next December.


I Don’t Think About Meetings Anymore (Here’s the System)

I invited my friend and serial entrepreneur, Hayden Miyamoto, back to the channel to share the AI workflow his team uses for meetings.

In this video, he walks through a Zapier automation that records calls, analyzes transcripts with AI prompts, updates CRMs, sends Slack notifications, and tracks everything automatically.

This eliminates hours of manual notes, follow-ups, and reporting. The system works for sales calls, onboarding, team huddles, or personal learning—and you don’t need developer skills to set it up.


My 4-Step System to Make Sure Nothing Slips Through the Cracks

I used to constantly worry I was forgetting something important—a commitment I’d made in an email, a meeting I needed to prep for, or an idea I’d captured but never acted on.

Now I follow a simple routine that sweeps through four places where commitments live: email, calendar, notes, and tasks.

  1. Email (and Instant Messages): I scan my inbox and route items where they belong—appointments to my calendar, reference material to Evernote, action items to Things.
  2. Calendar: I review my upcoming week. Any meeting that needs prep work becomes a task. This keeps my calendar and to-do list connected.
  3. Notes: I check Evernote for any captured ideas or project notes that need action. Relevant items get added to my task list so nothing stays stuck as a “someday” note.
  4. Tasks: Finally, I review everything in my task manager, Things. This is where I decide what’s urgent and what can wait.

I run through this sequence several times a week, and always during my Weekly Review. It takes about 15 minutes and gives me complete confidence that nothing important is hiding somewhere.

If you’re feeling like things are slipping through the cracks, try this flow. By checking each place where commitments live, you’ll know exactly what needs your attention.


A Fresh Take on Overcoming Procrastination

Author and productivity expert Chris Bailey has created something I rarely see: a procrastination course that goes beyond generic advice.

Instead of telling you to “just do it,” Chris breaks down the six specific reasons we avoid tasks—boring, frustrating, unpleasant, far off, unstructured, or meaningless—and gives you targeted tactics for each one.

The course includes 60 videos, four comprehensive webinars on distraction and focus, and a personalized values test that helps you understand what actually motivates you.

If procrastination is holding you back from your most important work, this is worth checking out.


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