Tuesday, January 17, 2006
David Allen Getting Things Done: Time and stress management... how to be more productive and get the most out of your time and life
I've been a fan of David Allen's 'Getting Things Done' for about 3 years now. The motto on his website is "Time and stress management... how to be more productive and get the most out of your time and life". I haven't been a great student of this line of thought, but I'm getting a little better...
Here's a tip from David's latest newsletter:
"A couple of courtesy reminders that (based on my current experience) deserve repeating: (1) When you leave your number on someone’s voicemail or answering machine, speak it slowly, and then slowly REPEAT it. Put yourself in the shoes of the person listening to your message. They may not have pen and paper quite yet. They have to hear it, understand it, and write it.
And (2) take the time to edit subject lines in replying e-mails. Most folks have huge e-mail volume, and being able to scan for the thrust of relevant communications on the fly makes a difference.
The value to you personally of these seemingly small behaviors is the inherent message they leave in the recipient’s consciousness: you care, and you want to help make this transaction as easy as possible. Likely being a representation of simply how you are, that’s noted, in my book."
© Copyright 2005, David Allen & Company. All rights reserved. www.davidco.com
I'm adding a link to his site on my sidebar - as a reminder to myself to check it out a little more often.
Here's a tip from David's latest newsletter:
"A couple of courtesy reminders that (based on my current experience) deserve repeating: (1) When you leave your number on someone’s voicemail or answering machine, speak it slowly, and then slowly REPEAT it. Put yourself in the shoes of the person listening to your message. They may not have pen and paper quite yet. They have to hear it, understand it, and write it.
And (2) take the time to edit subject lines in replying e-mails. Most folks have huge e-mail volume, and being able to scan for the thrust of relevant communications on the fly makes a difference.
The value to you personally of these seemingly small behaviors is the inherent message they leave in the recipient’s consciousness: you care, and you want to help make this transaction as easy as possible. Likely being a representation of simply how you are, that’s noted, in my book."
© Copyright 2005, David Allen & Company. All rights reserved. www.davidco.com
I'm adding a link to his site on my sidebar - as a reminder to myself to check it out a little more often.
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