Simplify Solutions: Resources

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My book chapter isn't available yet, but here's a freebie in the meantime!

Managing your flow before it becomes overflow!

On average, I receive over 300 emails a day. Here's a summary of how I manage them. Sign up to our mailing list for more information!

Flow management process

  1. Message filtering
    1. Spam filtering
    2. Mailing lists
    3. Direct email
    4. Remaining email
  2. Message processing
    1. Do it now (< 2 minutes)
    2. Do it later (manage)
    3. Delete
  3. Message filing
    1. For action
    2. For reference (long-term and short-term)
    3. Waiting for ...
  4. Capturing other communications
  5. Managing flow
  6. Actioning flow
  7. Review

You may recognise this approach as a variant implementation of David Allen's "Getting things done", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done. If you haven't read the book, please read it. You can also get an audio version if you prefer. It doesn't matter how you implement the system, what matters is that you have a system. And that you can trust it, so that you can focus on the present, without worrying about the 50 things that you maybe, should be, could be doing.

Our approach also incorporates some great principles from other leading business thinkers - sign up to the mailing list for more information!

Send an email now, and choose to simplify.