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