The next three posts will be a list of some things that I thought were great from the book and my thoughts on each one. Originally I posted this all as one big blog (before being assigned the final THREE blogs). So, I'll break it up a bit into three blogs!
- I got it all together, but I forgot where I put it!
For me, things absolutely MUST go in their place or my whole system is thrown off and I get behind.
- If you put reference materials in the same pile as things you still want to read, for example, you’ll go number to the stack.
My stacks have to be organized. (i.e. things to be filed, things to be paid, calls to be made) - “The Actions that Go on Your Calendar” --- Calendared action items can be either time-specific (e.g., “4:00-5:00 meet with Jim”) or day-specific (“Call Rachael Tuesday to see if she got the proposal”)
I'm constantly using my calendar for reminders (and setting the alarm) for events and to-do's. - You need to trust your calendar as sacred territory, reflecting the exact hard edges of your day’s commitments, which should be noticeable at a glance while you’re on the run.
His point is that if you begin to fudge on your calendar and the commitments on it, you'll begin to not be able to trust the calendar as a place for reminders.
Overall, this chapter again helped to give practical advice for the organization of the "stuff" we have to oversee in our daily lives.
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