Comments on: What do you consider is your work? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/06/what-do-you-consider-is-your-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-you-consider-is-your-work David Allen's GTD® Methodology Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Leota https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/06/what-do-you-consider-is-your-work/#comment-3380 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:58:54 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/06/03/#comment-3380 Email and meetings are where I get my work “orders”. I support various project teams who have tasks that need to be done. I collect those tasks, assess whether the task is a 2-minute action or a sub-project, list/organize it, and move to the next “order”. Most of my deliverables are sent via email. Email is my most useful tool.

]]> By: Elizabeth Saunders https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/06/what-do-you-consider-is-your-work/#comment-3379 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:43:29 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/06/03/#comment-3379 David makes a really excellent point that processing your e-mail is work.

But I can definitely empathize with people that resist in-box zero techniques because they feel like they will never get to “real” work.

One of the best ways to manage this tension is to set aside a block of time to complete e-mail and then give yourself permission to move forward on other work for the rest of the day.

This keeps you on top of inputs but also allows you to escape your inbox and move forward on next actions.

To your brilliance!
Elizabeth

]]> By: Natasha https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/06/what-do-you-consider-is-your-work/#comment-3378 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:27:54 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/06/03/#comment-3378 Interesting, I never thought of it that way. That helps me a lot feel ok about taking the monotonous time out to sort my emails. It is work, not just busy work.

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