Organizing: Setting Up the
Right Buckets
HAVING A TOTAL and seamless system of organization in place gives
you tremendous power because it allows your mind to let go of
lower-level thinking and graduate to intuitive focus-
ing, undistracted by matters that haven't been dealt
with appropriately. But your physical organization
system must be better than your mental one in order
for that to happen.
In this chapter I'll lead you through the organizing
steps and tools that will be required as you process your in-basket. As
you initially process "in," you'll create lists and groupings of things
you want to organize and you'll invariably think of additional
items to include. In other words, your organization system is not
' ' something that you'll necessarily create all at once, in
a vacuum. It will evolve as you process your stuff and
test out whether you have put everything in the best
place for you.
The outer ring of the Workflow Diagram
(opposite) shows the main groupings into which
things will go as you decide what they are and what needs to be
done about them.Airtight organization
is required for your
focus to remain on
the broader horizon.
I got it all together,
but I forgot where
I put it.
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