Getting Things Done – Another Viewpoint
Marc Andreessen’s post on June 4 on his version of “Getting Things Done” is WAY outside the box and quite entertaining.
Highlights include “Don’t Keep a Schedule”, “Structured Procrastination” and “Don’t Answer the Phone”. I strongly suggest you click over and read the entire post.
The section on checking email only twice a day seems to be a common theme these days. The spectrum runs from Merlin Mann’s “Inbox Zero” movement to Lawrence Lessig’s declaration of “Email Bankruptcy“. Hard to give up the Blackberry, though!
Personally, I am working the GTD system and having great results.
Of course, this guy figured it all out a long time ago!
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Since leaving Depot, I don’t keep a schedule, or hover over the Inbox all day, or answer the phone. Unless, Allen or the Big Guy calls. I do need to work on the “Inbox Zero” thing. For some reason, I’m still an email packrat.
I like the idea of the three lists. It’s still a priority list, but it sounds much more releaxed this way. Makes for a natural flow for getting things done.
Like the blog Allen!!!
EB – thanks for the update! It is quite an honor to be in the same sentence as the “The Big Guy”!
The “Inbox Zero” is a dream – but a worthy quest.