Total, Relaxed Organization, The Blog

Q: “I have an email that I want to send as a task to somebody else. How can I do this?”

A: Before I explain how to do it, let me caution as a productivity coach. Just making a task show up in someone’s task list isn’t always the best idea. It’s usually best to forward the email and ask them to accept the assignment.

If you’re not getting good results that way, then their email handling and/or workflow management may need help, and I’d recommend TRO training for them. TRO is a highly simplified yet more powerful approach to GTD principles, and it’s as little as $59. See Tim Kwiatkowski’s great review of TRO for an overview.

So what exactly are the problems with auto-assigning tasks to people, and how do you tell when it might work for you? [Read more...]

Probably the easiest place to get distracted (and waste time) is surfing the Internet. Hyperlinks lead everywhere, and there are so many interesting things to read and watch and do. This is a huge time drain for the typical person, and if you struggle with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) it can be almost insurmountable.

So how can you conquer these distractions? I have a couple suggestions to share in this and future posts. Here’s the first. (Read More…)

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