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Getting Things Done

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen

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While I have never really adopted any of the dozens of organizational systems I have tried to force myself into, at least a few things stuck after reading this one - particularly his strict filing system and todo-list philosophy. Its been about 5 or 6 years now... I should give it another read.

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The Basic Categories

There are seven primary types of things that you'll want to keep track of and manage from an organizational perspective:

  • A "Projects" list
  • Project support material
  • Calendared actions and information
  • "Next Actions" lists
  • A "Waiting For" list
  • Reference material
  • A "Someday/Maybe" list
Seif Sallam

Getting Control of Your Life: The Five Stages of Mastering Workflow

  • Collect things that command our attention;
  • Process what they mean and what to do about them; and
  • Organize the results, which we
  • Review as options for what we choose to
  • Do.
Seif Sallam

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