Getting Things Done: How to achieve stress-free productivity by Allen David

Author:Allen, David [Allen, David]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781405510745
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2011-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

This last step in getting to the bottom of “in” requires a shift in perspective from the single-action details to the larger picture—your projects.

Again, I define a “project” as any outcome you’re committed to achieving that will take more than one action step to complete. If you look through an inventory of actions that you have already been generating—”Call Frank about the car alarm”; “E-mail Bernadette re conference materials”—you’ll no doubt recognize a number of things that are larger than the single action you’ve defined. There’s still going to be something about “car alarm” to do after the call to Frank, and there will still be something to handle about the conference after the e-mail to Bernadette.

I hope you’re able to see the very practical reason for defining projects as broadly as I do: If the action step you’ve identified will not complete the commitment, then you’ll need some stake in the ground to keep reminding you of actions you have pending until you have closure. You need to make a list of projects. A “Projects” list may include anything from “Give holiday party” to “Divest the Widget product line” to “Finalize compensation package.” The purpose of this list is ll not com reflect your priorities but just to ensure that you’ve got placeholders for all those open loops.

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