Q: What’s your best tip for organizing? What do you do well in organizing that you think works great?
My answers:
- My biggest new find is Backpack! Love it. The free, 5-list version works great. This is like a to-do list on drugs! It’s so easy and so useful to have everything laid out simply. A lot of people have raved about Backpack, including Kathy here and Dave here and Jeff Bezos here. I’m a new convert!
- I plan the night before (mainly!) so that during the day I can spend time doing, not planning.
- There are some things that I always do – there is no no-doing (a la Yoda). These are the constants – such as exercising a certain number of times per week and replying to emails within 24 hours and completing at least three important things every day. Because I have these rules for myself, it helps me organize everything else!
- I use Dave Seah’s tools, especially the Emergent Task Tracker (Flash version) to do things faster within the day.
What are your best tips for organizing? Would love to hear them. The more tips, the better. This is Question Friday. Looking forward to reading your thoughts! Thanks and great weekend.