Getting Things Done
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Getting things done
CHAPTER 7 I ORGANIZING: SETTING UP THE RIGHT BUCKETS
next thing to do on them is just to do them. "Hang new print," "Organize CDs," and "Switch closets to winter clothes" would be typical items for this grouping. If you have an office at home, as I do, anything that can be done only there goes on the "At Home" list. (If you work only at home and don't go to another office, you won't need an "Office Actions" list at all—the "At Home" list will suffice.) "Agendas" Invariably you'll find that many of your next actions need to either occur in a real-time interaction with someone or be brought up in a committee, team, or staff meeting. You have to talk to your partner about an idea for next year; you want to check with your spouse about his schedule for the spring; you need to delegate a task to your secretary that's too complicated to explain in an e-mail. And you must make an announcement at the Monday staff meeting about the change in expense-report policies. These next actions should be put on separate "Agenda" lists for each of those people and for that meeting (assum- ing that you attend it regularly). Professionals who keep a file folder to hold all the things they need to go over with their boss already use a version of this method. If you're conscientious about deter- mining all your next actions, though, you may find that you'll need somewhere between three and fifteen of these kinds of lists. I recommend that separate files or lists be kept for bosses, partners, assistants, spouses, and children. You should also keep the same kind of list for your attorney, financial adviser, accountant, and/or com- puter consultant, as well as for anyone else with whom you might have more than one thing to go over the next time you talk on the phone. If you participate in standing meetings—staff meetings, project meetings, board meetings, committee meetings, what- ever—they, too, deserve their own files, in which you can collect things that will need to be addressed on those occasions. 147 Standing meetings and people you deal with on an ongoing basis may need their own "Agenda" lists. |
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