Comments on: Incoming paperwork

By: Jael

Jael — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Who votes we send round a ‘mystery desk inspector’ to check if St (response 11) actually sticks to their 4 D’s?

By: St

St — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:00:46 +0000

Anyone wishing to change their attitude to paper should follow the four Ds of:

Do it (urgent and important paper which should be actioned then filed)
Diary it (non-urgent and important paper which should be filed until actioned)
Delegate it (urgent and non-important paper which should be given to someone else to action)
Dump it (non-urgent non-important paper which should be put in the recycling bin once paper clips, staples and bits of plastic have been removed).

Easy.

By: Aaron Orear

Aaron Orear — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:48:43 +0000

It’s like you have a camera trained on my desk…

By: jody

jody — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:27:08 +0000

ooh I’m now wondering what I wrote that needed ‘moderation’….

By: Cal

Cal — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:26:53 +0000

And mine.

Though I have done my tax return. A whole five days before the deadline this time.

By: jody

jody — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:26:31 +0000

again, brilliance – but at least it’s all in one place……..that’s my excuse anyway

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:02:30 +0000

Yep, this is very close to my own “system” too! Which means some serious “archaeology” whenever I need to find anything …

By: Jaded for Jesus

Jaded for Jesus — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:47:56 +0000

Oh dear, horribly familiar.

As far as tax returns go, I follow the maxim that you shouldn’t fire them off until you can see the whites of Adam Hart-Davis’s eyes.

By: Bimble

Bimble — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:15:05 +0000

I sucessfully used this method to get me through my under and post graduate degrees.

By: Helen Thompson

Helen Thompson — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:30:48 +0000

As I told my friend Sally, this is a quick and dirty guide to Getting Things Left Undone.

With apologies to David Allen.