346 GID Using a Short-Term Memory Folder

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2015

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Instead of using your email inbox to jog your memory, create a short-term memory folder where you can put everything you need for follow-up and connect it to your calendar and task list. Follow Get-It-Done Guy's system to keep track of your to-do list, without overloading your life. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/1EQcvBx

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0:00.0	This is Stevea Robbins.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.
0:08.0	Listener Daniel has a complicated life.
0:10.0	He writes, I want to scan my inbox, make to-does, and then delete or archive my email.
0:15.0	But there's follow-up needed.
0:17.0	If I add the to do to investigate a zombie issue, always a good idea, Daniel.
0:21.4	When I'm done, I need to remember to send my findings to the Oreo Ice Cream Cake Procurement Department.
0:26.8	I leave the original email in my inbox to reply to later. I'm afraid if I just have the
0:31.3	to-do, I'll do it, and then lose the thread of who I'm supposed to follow up with.
0:35.9	What do I do?
0:39.8	Daniel, you've come to the right place.
0:42.6	Some people live in a one-to-do life.
0:45.5	Each of their to-do's has no further implications.
0:46.8	Buy snacks.
0:51.6	Once that's off the task list, there's no follow-up, no engagement, no life.
0:53.2	Those poor souls are powerless.
0:57.9	Their relevance is low, and their Cheetos consumption is very high indeed.
1:01.5	You, I, and our listeners aren't like that.
1:05.0	We live sophisticated, multi-step lives.
1:06.9	We require follow-up.
1:08.4	We require resources.
1:12.4	We have tasks like create freeze-ray. Once that's done,
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