This document provides a lengthy list of potential "triggers" or prompts to help a person identify unfinished tasks and projects in both their professional and personal lives. The list is divided into sections for projects, communications, administrative tasks, marketing/sales, systems, travel, health, home/household, and more. It serves as an exhaustive checklist to help individuals thoroughly inventory everything they have started but not completed. Clearing one's head of these incompletion triggers is intended to support stress-free productivity by identifying what remains unfinished and needs attention.
This document provides a lengthy list of potential "triggers" or prompts to help a person identify unfinished tasks and projects in both their professional and personal lives. The list is divided into sections for projects, communications, administrative tasks, marketing/sales, systems, travel, health, home/household, and more. It serves as an exhaustive checklist to help individuals thoroughly inventory everything they have started but not completed. Clearing one's head of these incompletion triggers is intended to support stress-free productivity by identifying what remains unfinished and needs attention.
Original Description:
Lists of personal and professional triggers from GTD book
This document provides a lengthy list of potential "triggers" or prompts to help a person identify unfinished tasks and projects in both their professional and personal lives. The list is divided into sections for projects, communications, administrative tasks, marketing/sales, systems, travel, health, home/household, and more. It serves as an exhaustive checklist to help individuals thoroughly inventory everything they have started but not completed. Clearing one's head of these incompletion triggers is intended to support stress-free productivity by identifying what remains unfinished and needs attention.
This document provides a lengthy list of potential "triggers" or prompts to help a person identify unfinished tasks and projects in both their professional and personal lives. The list is divided into sections for projects, communications, administrative tasks, marketing/sales, systems, travel, health, home/household, and more. It serves as an exhaustive checklist to help individuals thoroughly inventory everything they have started but not completed. Clearing one's head of these incompletion triggers is intended to support stress-free productivity by identifying what remains unfinished and needs attention.
"Trigger" List To assist in clearing your head, you may want to review the following "Incompletion Triggers" list, item by item, to see if you've forgotten anything. Often you'll just need a jog to unearth something lurking in a corner of your mind. Remember, when something occurs to you, write it on a piece of paper and toss it into "in."
"Incompletion Triggers" List
Professional Projects started, not completed Evaluations/reviews Projects that need to be started Proposals Commitments/promises to others Articles Boss/partners Promotional materials Colleagues Manuals/instructions Subordinates Rewrites and edits Other people in organization Meetings that need to be set/requested "Outside" people Who needs to know about what Customers decisions? Other organizations Significant read/review Professionals Financial Communications to make/get , Cash flow Internal/External Statistics Initiate or respond to: Budgets Phone calls Forecasts/projections Voice-mail P&Ls E-mail Balance sheet Pages Credit line Faxes Planning/organizing Letters Formal planning (goals, targets, Memos objectives) Other writing to finish/submit Current projects (next stages) Reports Upcoming projects
114 CHAPTER 5 I COLLECTION: CORRALLING YOUR "STUFF"
Business/marketing plans Supplies
Organizational initiatives Office/site Upcoming events Office organization Meetings , Furniture Presentations Decorations Organizational structuring Waiting for. . . Changes in facilities Information Installation of new systems/equipment Delegated tasks/projects Travel Completions critical to projects Banks Replies to: Receivables Letters Payables Memos Petty cash Calls Administration Proposals Legal issues Requisitions Insurance Reimbursements Personnel Petty cash Policies/procedures Insurance Customers Ordered items Internal Items being repaired External Tickets Marketing Decisions of others Promotion Professional development Sales Training/seminars Customer service Things to learn Systems Things to look up Phones Skills to practice/learn especially re: Computers computers Office equipment Tape/video training Other equipment Resumes Utilities Outside education Filing Research— need to find out about... Storage Professional wardrobe Inventories
115 PRACTICING STRESS-FREE PRODUCTIVITY I PART TWO
Personal Projects started, not completed R&D— things to do Projects that need to be started Places to go Commitments/promises to others People to meet/invite Spouse Local attractions Children Administration Family Financial Friends Bills Professionals Banks Borrowed items Investments Projects: other organizations Loans Service Taxes Civic Insurance Volunteer Legal affairs Communications to make/get Filing Family Waiting for. . . Friends Mail order Professional Repair Initiate or respond to: Reimbursements Phone calls Loaned items Letters Medical data Cards RSVPs Upcoming events Home/household Special occasions Landlords Birthdays Property ownership Anniversaries Legal Weddings Real estate Graduations Zoning Holidays . Taxes Travel Builders/contractors Weekend trips Heating/air-conditioning Vacations Plumbing Social events Electricity Cultural events Roofing Sporting events Landscape
116 CHAPTER 5 | COLLECTION: CORRALLING YOUR "STUFF"
Driveway Garage/storage Walls/floors/ceilings Vehicle repair/maintenance Decoration Tools Furniture Luggage Utilities Pets Appliances Health care Lightbulbs/wiring Doctors Kitchen things Dentists Washer/dryer/vacuum Specialists Areas to organize/clean Hobbies Computers Books/records/tapes/disks Software Errands Hardware Hardware store Connections Drugstore CD-ROM Market E-mail/Internet Bank TV Cleaner VCR Stationer Music/CDs/tapes Community Cameras/film Neighborhood Phones Schools Answering machine Local government Sports equipment Civic issues Closets/clothes
The "In" Inventory
If your head is empty of everything, personally and professionally, then your in-basket is probably quite full, and likely spilling over. In addition to the paper-based and physical items in your in- basket, your inventory of "in" should include any resident voice- mails and all the e-mails that are currently staged in the "in" area of your communication software. It should also include any items
Evernote: How to Master Evernote in 1 Hour & Getting Things Done Without Forgetting ( An Essential Underground Guide To GTD In 7 Days With Getting Things Done Journal)
Evernote: How to Master Evernote in 1 Hour & Getting Things Done Without Forgetting ( An Essential Underground Guide To GTD In 7 Days With Getting Things Done Journal)
