Getting Things Done
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Getting things done
Getting Things Done is a road map to achieve the positive,
relaxed focus that characterizes your most productive state. I invite you to use it, like a road map, as a reference tool to get back there whenever you need to. To consistently stay on course, you'll have to do some things 257 258 CONCLUSION that may not be habits yet: keep everything out of your head; decide actions and outcomes when things first emerge on your radar, instead of later; and regularly review and update the com- plete inventory of open loops of your life and work. I hope by now you at least have established a reference point for the value these behaviors create. Don't be surprised, though, if it takes a little while to make them automatic. Be patient, and enjoy the process. Here are some final tips for moving forward: • Get your personal physical organization hardware set up. Get your workstation organized. Get in-baskets. Create a personal filing system—for work and home. Get a good list- management organizer that you are inspired to play with. I also suggest that you give yourself permission to make any changes that you have been contemplating for enhancing your work environments. Hang pictures, buy pens, toss stuff, rearrange your work space. Support your fresh start. • Set aside some time when you can tackle one whole area of your office, and then each part of your house. Gather everything into your system, and work through the Getting Things Done process. • Share anything of value you've gleaned from this with someone else. (It's the fastest way to learn.) • Review Getting Things Done again in three to six months. You'll notice things you might have missed the first time through, and I guarantee it will seem like a whole new book. • Stay in touch with people who are broadcasting and reflecting these behaviors and standards. (We're available. Visit http://www.davidco.com anytime for tons of free support material, conversations about these best practices, current CONCLUSION information about supportive products and services, and access to our global network of people sharing the best practices in productivity. For anything, contact us at The David Allen Company at info@davidco.com or 805-646-8432.) Have a great rest of your life! 259 Index accountability, 245-46 Acheson, Dean, 237 action reminders, 142-55 on calendars, 142-43 dispersal of, 154-55 most common categories of, 144-49 organizing as-soon-as-possible actions by context, 143-49 original items as, 150-55 actions, 14 current, 51 four-criteria model for choosing, 49, 191,192-95 see also managing action; next actions ad hoc project thinking, 160-62 agendas, 46,144,147-48 applied outcome thinking, 250-52 archives, 166-67 areas of focus lists, 165,205-6 Aristotle, 169 attached notes, 161,221 back-of-the-envelope planning, 54-56 Bayne, Stephen, 125 beginning, see getting started Bergson, Henry, 14 bigger picture reviews, 189—90 Boulanger, Nadia, 10 brain, reticular activating system of, 68 brainstorming, 56,57, 70-74,79, 213-14 distributed cognition and, 72—73 keys to, 73-74 mindmapping technique of, 70-72, 220-21 software applications for, 220-21 Brilliant, Ashley, 5 broken agreements with yourself, prevention of, 227—31 Buddha, 201 Buzan, Tony, 71,221 cabinets, 112 calendars, 94,140 future options and, 171-73 review of, 45,46,183,186 things to list on, 39-40,142-43 Cantor, Rosabeth Moss, 212 Chattier, Emile, 72 checklists, 176-80,186 at all levels, 179 blueprinting key areas of work and responsibility, 177-78 clarifying inherent projects and actions, 176 for new situations, 178 Chisolm, Brock, 243 Churchill, Winston, 222 clarity, 78-79,244-45 cognition, distributive, 72-73 Cohen, Daniel, 194 collecting, 24,25-31 gathering "incompletes" in, 26-27 success factors in, 29-31 tools for, 27-29 261 INDEX collecting your "stuff," 104-18 in-basket inventory for, 117-18 mind-sweep and, 113-17 preparations for, 105-6 problems in, 108-10 things to leave where they are, 106-7 time required for, 104 from various locations, 110—13 collection habit, 225-35 amount of collecting required for, 232-33 negative feelings and, 226-27 personal benefits of, 226—33 and preventing broken agreements with yourself, 227-31 relationships and organizations and, 233-35 traditional time management vs., 231-32 commitments, see internal commitments, dealing effectively with computers, 218 next action list for, 144,145 computer software, 219-21 contact managers, 165—66 context, 49,192-95 Cooper, Ann McGee, 64 Cooper, James Fenimore, 47 countertops, 111 Covey, Stephen, 19? critical thinking', 73-74 "daily to-do" lists, 7-8,40-41 daily work, threefold model for evalua- tion of, 50-51 databases, 161-62 day-specific actions, 39-40 day-specific information, 40 Day-Timers, 7 decision catalysts, 172—73 decision-making criteria, creation of, 63, 64 decorations, 106,107 deferring, 131,135-36 defining your work, 50-51 delegating, 131,133-35,156-57 systematic format for, 133-34 tracking handoff in, 135 desk drawers, 111 desktop, clearing of, 110—11 distributed cognition, 72--73 doing, 25,48-53,191-210 creating the option of, 237-40 and four-criteria model for choosing actions, 49,191,192-95 in processing "in," 131-33 questions to ask yourself in, 209 and six-level model for reviewing your own work, 51-53,191,200-210 and threefold model for evaluating daily work, 50-51,191,196-200 Drucker,Peter F.,5,15,184 dumbing down, 242-43 Dumpsters, 94,102 efficiency, xi Einstein, Albert, 41,67 electronic note-taking, 28 e-mail, 6 databases and, 161-62 in delegating, 134 general-reference filing and, 164-65 in-basket for, 31 storage of, 28 workflow from, 152-54 emergency scanning, 122 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 15 empowerment, 247-48 energy availability, 49,192,194-95 equipment, office, 106,107,112 errands, 144,145-46 events, upcoming, 172 executive operational reviews, 189 fast track, 249-50 file folders, 93, 99,141,150n files: reference, 38-39,44-45 tickler, 42,43-44,173-75 filing systems, 96-101,218-19 general-reference, 164-65,218-19 hanging files in, 100-101 labeling of, 100 large category, 165 262 INDEX one alpha system for, 98-99 purging and, 102 success factors for, 97-101 focus, 63,65,67-68 vertical vs. horizontal, 20-21,54-56 Download 2.58 Mb. 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