Hi, I have recently transitioned from an inside sales position to an outside sales job with the same company and I quickly realized I needed to improve my time management skills. Out of everything I read, GTD seems to make the most sense to me and also appears to be one of the very few with something different to offer.
I have a few questions specific to implementing GTD and traveling a lot, if someone would be kind enough to share their experience with me. I have read the GTD book through twice and have set up my Outlook and done one weekly review so far.
I still have a cubicle in my company's office where I maintain files and reference materials, but I am only there one or two days a week for 4-5 hours total. I do some work at home but most of my time is spent on the road visiting customers and in my car.
I have a laptop with Outlook 2007 that I have been using for some time and am quite comfortable with. I also use a Blackberry Bold (new, still getting used to)--both are company provided and I have no choice in the matter.
So far I have reference files at the office, at home, in my car plus personal files in Outlook and files saved in My Documents on the laptop--is this too many? Not sure how I can consolidate them though.
Have most people found either personal folders in Outlook or storing items in My Documents on their computer to be better? I was always taught in the past that files such as an Excel sheet or Word doc should be stored in My Documents but an email itself (w/o attachments) should be stored in personal folders in Outlook. Now I am questioning if that is just an artificial distinction?
I have not set up a tickler file yet and it seems like a good idea to do so. Would it make more sense to have just one at home? Having more then one would seem almost to defeat the purpose.
Thanks in advance if anyone cares to share any ideas about a "mobile" GTD system.
Steve
I have a few questions specific to implementing GTD and traveling a lot, if someone would be kind enough to share their experience with me. I have read the GTD book through twice and have set up my Outlook and done one weekly review so far.
I still have a cubicle in my company's office where I maintain files and reference materials, but I am only there one or two days a week for 4-5 hours total. I do some work at home but most of my time is spent on the road visiting customers and in my car.
I have a laptop with Outlook 2007 that I have been using for some time and am quite comfortable with. I also use a Blackberry Bold (new, still getting used to)--both are company provided and I have no choice in the matter.
So far I have reference files at the office, at home, in my car plus personal files in Outlook and files saved in My Documents on the laptop--is this too many? Not sure how I can consolidate them though.
Have most people found either personal folders in Outlook or storing items in My Documents on their computer to be better? I was always taught in the past that files such as an Excel sheet or Word doc should be stored in My Documents but an email itself (w/o attachments) should be stored in personal folders in Outlook. Now I am questioning if that is just an artificial distinction?
I have not set up a tickler file yet and it seems like a good idea to do so. Would it make more sense to have just one at home? Having more then one would seem almost to defeat the purpose.
Thanks in advance if anyone cares to share any ideas about a "mobile" GTD system.
Steve