Look closely, mutant turtle ... if the secrets of the universe were buried in your inbox, could you find them? Not a prayer-there's too much junk in there? Even though today's office warriors are much more likely to be crushed by a mountain of e-mail than attacked by samurai warriors, they're still in a high¬stakes contest: E-mail steals hours each day from office workers. To prevail, you'll need to become a new kind of martial artist-an e-mail ninja! If you're ready for battle, take a deep breath to empty your mind, then learn the ways of the E-Mail Ninja to empty your inbox.

An e-mail ninja turns a message into an action faster than a butterfly flaps one wing. You don't need flying knives or fighting sticks-Microsoft Outlook 2007 includes many excellent armaments for this battle. The average office warrior barely knows that these tools exist, but in the hands of an e-mail ninja.they.re decisive weapons. Even if you don't know yin from yang, you can learn the four basic moves: Do it, Delete it, Defer it, and Delegate it. Well gazing at an empty inbox can might even get you out of the office earlier.