Getting Things Done

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