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INDEX
reference material, 106,107,125,
127-28,140
organization of, 163-67
variety of reference systems for, 164-67
reference storage, 35,44
reference systems, two types of, 44-45
resources, alignment of, 63, 64
responsibility, areas of, 52
reticular activating system, 68
reviewing, 24,45-47, 54,181-90,258
of bigger picture, 189-90
importance of, 45
lists for, 144,148-49,150
right time and place for, 187-88
six-level model for, 51-53,191,
200-210
two major issues in, 181
updating your system of, 184-89
weekly, 46-47,159,184-86
what and when, 45-46,181,182-84
Rogers,Will,61,79
Rolodexes, 165-66
ruthless execution, xii-xiii
Saffo, Paul, 187
Santayana, George, 63
scanning, emergency, 122
Schwab, Charles, 202
Scientific American, 68
setting up, see getting started
sharing, 258
Shaw, George Bernard, 248
short-term memory, 22-23
Snyder, Steven, 251
software, 219-21
someday/maybe items, 167-73
lists for, 42-43,46,140,168-69,
186
special categories of, 169-70
staplers, 93
starting, see getting started
stress, 23
"stuff":.
corralling of, 104-18
definition of, 17
key to management of, 18
transformation of, 17-18
subprojects, 157-58
success, 63, 64
Suzuki, Shunryu, 11
Symantec, 219
telephone calls, 144-45,149
telephones, 28
threefold model for evaluating daily
work, 50-51,191,196-200
tickler files, 42,43-44,173-75
tickling, 35
time, 258
available, 49,192,193-94
departing from traditional manage-
ment of, 231-32
setting aside, 87-89
as work factor, 7
time-specific actions, 39
to-do lists, 7-8,17, 37
unworkable, 40-41
Toffler,Alvin,54
Tomlin, Lily, 69
top item first, processing of, 122-23
trash, 35,41,42
guidelines for, 125-26
tricks of implementation, 85-87
triggers, 171
lists of, 114-17,206
Twain, Mark, 239,241
two-minute rule, 131-33
unnatural planning, 59-61
values thinking, 8-9
Van Doren, Mark, 11
vertical control or focus, 20-21,54-56
vision:
planning and, 67
three- to five-year, 52-53
waiting-for lists, 35,46,140,149-50,
186
wastebasket/recycling bins, 94
weekly review, 46-47,159,184-86
why, value of thinking about, 63-66
Wilson, Desmond, 230
Woodruff, Julia Louis, 229
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INDEX
work:
ambiguous boundaries of, 5—6
definition of, An
knowledge, 5,15
shifting job definitions and, 6
six-level model for review of, 51-53
threefold model for evaluation of,
50-51,191,196-200
workflow, five stages of mastering,
24-53
collect, 24,25-31
do, 25, 48-53
organize, 24,35-45
process, 24,31-35
review, 24,45-47
work space, setting up, 89-91,258
work tools, 91-102,106,258
basic list of, 92
writing instruments, 216
writing paper and pads, 27,217
Yutang, Lin, 72
"zone," 10
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