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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Getting Things Done

Today while driving back from work I was listening to the NPR as usual. They had a story on this supposedly great time management concept called Getting Things Done or GTD.
This intrigued me quite a bit and after coming back home, I did some Google search. It turns out GTD is something that I have been sub-consciously practicing at work, at least partly I must admit. Part of GTD involves using Lean Manufacturing Techniques and Tools and applying them to better organize one's own tasks and priorities. The other part of GTD involves something called as six levels of focus. This basically is organizing your commitments and priorities from bottom to top. the bottom being the things that you need to get done right now and the top being "Your Life Goals".
The other concept that I liked about GTD is the concept of 43 folders or tickler files. Twelve folders are used to represent each month and an additional 31 folders are used to represent each day. The folders are arranged to help remind you of activities to be done that day. Each day you open to the numbered folder representing today's date and look at the activities that need to be done that day.
After doing some preliminary research, I believe that this is something worth trying. If successful, may be, I would be a bit more organized. That would only help right.

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