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Index
accountability, 245-46
Acheson, Dean, 237
action reminders, 142-55
on calendars, 142-43
dispersal of, 154-55
most common categories of, 144-49
organizing as-soon-as-possible actions
by context, 143-49
original items as, 150-55
actions, 14
current, 51
four-criteria model for choosing, 49,
191,192-95
see also
managing action; next actions
ad hoc project thinking, 160-62
agendas, 46,144,147-48
applied outcome thinking, 250-52
archives, 166-67
areas of focus lists, 165,205-6
Aristotle, 169
attached notes, 161,221
back-of-the-envelope planning, 54-56
Bayne, Stephen, 125
beginning,
see
getting started
Bergson, Henry, 14
bigger picture reviews, 189—90
Boulanger, Nadia, 10
brain, reticular activating system of, 68
brainstorming, 56,57, 70-74,79,
213-14
distributed cognition and, 72—73
keys to, 73-74
mindmapping technique of, 70-72,
220-21
software applications for, 220-21
Brilliant, Ashley, 5
broken agreements with yourself,
prevention of, 227—31
Buddha, 201
Buzan, Tony, 71,221
cabinets, 112
calendars, 94,140
future options and, 171-73
review of, 45,46,183,186
things to list on, 39-40,142-43
Cantor, Rosabeth Moss, 212
Chattier, Emile, 72
checklists, 176-80,186
at all levels, 179
blueprinting key areas of work and
responsibility, 177-78
clarifying inherent projects and
actions, 176
for new situations, 178
Chisolm, Brock, 243
Churchill, Winston, 222
clarity, 78-79,244-45
cognition, distributive, 72-73
Cohen, Daniel, 194
collecting, 24,25-31
gathering "incompletes" in,
26-27
success factors in, 29-31
tools for, 27-29
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collecting your "stuff," 104-18
in-basket inventory for, 117-18
mind-sweep and, 113-17
preparations for, 105-6
problems in, 108-10
things to leave where they are, 106-7
time required for, 104
from various locations, 110—13
collection habit, 225-35
amount of collecting required for,
232-33
negative feelings and, 226-27
personal benefits of, 226—33
and preventing broken agreements
with yourself, 227-31
relationships and organizations and,
233-35
traditional time management vs.,
231-32
commitments,
see
internal commitments,
dealing effectively with
computers, 218
next action list for, 144,145
computer software, 219-21
contact managers, 165—66
context, 49,192-95
Cooper, Ann McGee, 64
Cooper, James Fenimore, 47
countertops, 111
Covey, Stephen, 19?
critical thinking', 73-74
"daily to-do" lists, 7-8,40-41
daily work, threefold model for evalua-
tion of, 50-51
databases, 161-62
day-specific actions, 39-40
day-specific information, 40
Day-Timers, 7
decision catalysts, 172—73
decision-making criteria, creation of, 63,
64
decorations, 106,107
deferring, 131,135-36
defining your work, 50-51
delegating, 131,133-35,156-57
systematic format for, 133-34
tracking handoff in, 135
desk drawers, 111
desktop, clearing of, 110—11
distributed cognition, 72--73
doing, 25,48-53,191-210
creating the option of, 237-40
and four-criteria model for choosing
actions, 49,191,192-95
in processing "in," 131-33
questions to ask yourself in, 209
and six-level model for reviewing your
own work, 51-53,191,200-210
and threefold model for evaluating
daily work, 50-51,191,196-200
Drucker,Peter F.,5,15,184
dumbing down, 242-43
Dumpsters, 94,102
efficiency, xi
Einstein, Albert, 41,67
electronic note-taking, 28
e-mail, 6
databases and, 161-62
in delegating, 134
general-reference filing and, 164-65
in-basket for, 31
storage of, 28
workflow from, 152-54
emergency scanning, 122
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 15
empowerment, 247-48
energy availability, 49,192,194-95
equipment, office, 106,107,112
errands, 144,145-46
events, upcoming, 172
executive operational reviews, 189
fast track, 249-50
file folders, 93, 99,141,150n
files:
reference, 38-39,44-45
tickler, 42,43-44,173-75
filing systems, 96-101,218-19
general-reference, 164-65,218-19
hanging files in, 100-101
labeling of, 100
large category, 165
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one alpha system for, 98-99
purging and, 102
success factors for, 97-101
focus, 63,65,67-68
vertical vs. horizontal, 20-21,54-56
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