When it comes to the Inbox Zero concept, there are two distinct camps – those who get it, and those who don’t. In order to apply the concept, you’ve got to realize that this is not about a specific methodology or even about maintaining a completely empty inbox at all times. It’s a philosophy that can…
When I first read about Getting Things Done and how it may be the lawyer’s best friend, I wanted to jump in with both feet and a shovel. My office was a mess, my apartment even worse. The problem was that I didn’t know where to begin. I know we’ve talked about the steps involved…
I’m the king of getting things done tomorrow. Always have been, likely always will be. If something can be tossed off until a future time, so much the better for me. My comfort is that every lawyer struggles with procrastination now and again. It makes us inefficient, unproductive, and downright cranky. Work creeps into our…
Being a solo lawyer will drive you nuts by the sheer volume of workload. And the problem is that the things to do do not fall into just one long list. Rather, there are many lists of things to do and each list has many little things to do under it. Think you can’t forget…
David Allen is not the devil. His system is elegant and simple, but you’ve got to understand the basics before you can use the tools. His Getting Things Done system is marvelously simple at first glace, but when you start ripping it apart it seems like the most complex system ever. And because it’s a…