INDEXseven basic categories in, 140—42
workflow diagram for, 139
organizing tools, 7-8
outcome focusing, 249-56
applied outcome thinking and, 250-52
fast track and, 249-50
and mastering the mundane, 252
multilevel outcome management and,
253
natural planning and, 253-54
positive organizational culture and,
255-56
outcomes, classification of, 68-70, 79
outlines, planning and, 60-61
Ovid, 216pagers, 28
paper and pads, 27, 92,217
paper-based files, 162
paper-based workflow, management of,
150-52
paper-holding trays, 92
papers, loose, 185
"parking lot" for projects, 42-43
Pauling, Linus, 70
pending items, 136,142,187
personal digital assistants (PDAs), 7,37,
95-96,118,141,150n, 166,216
personal incompletion triggers lists,
116-17
personal notebook planners, 7
personal projects, 156
phone calls, 144-45,149
planning, 211-22
choosing projects in, 212—15
informal, 211-12
real-world application of, 222
support structures for, 218-21
tools for, 215-21
typical steps in, 213-15
see also natural planning; project
planning
positive organizational culture, 255-56
Post-its, 93
predefined work, 50,196
principles, in planning, 56-57,66
priorities, 49,53,192,195,210
ABC codes for, 7-8
process, 24,31-35
actionable, 34
do, delegate, or defer, 35
next action, 34-35
no action required, 33-34
"Projects" lists, 34
workflow diagram for, 32
processing "in," 119-37
description of, 119-21.
guidelines for, 121—24
identifying projects and, 136-37
next action and, 124-36
no action required, 125-28
as one-directional, 124
workflow diagram for, 120
procrastinating, 240-44
productive state, getting into, 11-12
productivity, 246-47
professional incompletion triggers lists,
114-15
professional projects, 156
project planning, 54-81
key ingredients of relaxed control in,
54
natural model, 56-59,62-81
reactive model, 61-62
unnatural model, 59-61
vertical focus and, 54-56
projects, 37-39,46,211-22
choice of, 212-15
current, 51-52
definition of, 37,136
identification of, 136—37
informal planning and, 211-12
lists for, 34,37-38,137,140,155-58,
205
subsorting of, 156-57
support material for, 38-39,140,
159-63
triggers for actuation of, see triggers
purpose, in planning, 56-57, 62-66, 79
random project thinking, 215
reactive planning, 61-62
read/review lists, 144,148-49,150
ready state, of martial artists, 9-12