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Howard Flomberg has both a B.S. in Management Science and an M.S. in Computer Science/ Information Systems. He had a career in Information Systems that spanned over 30 years. He has taught courses in both the Computer Information Systems and Management Decision Theory since 1978, and authored two books for these courses. His Management Decision Theory, Managing Pragmatically is going into its second edition.

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Prioritization - The 30 Day File

October 29, 9:34 PM

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Ok, You have started using GTD. You have 43 Folders in the desk drawer file cabinet. You are still inundated by requests for your time - all of which are urgent. Try the 30 day file approach. It could be a bit dangerous - but that's up to you.

Step 1 - When you get a request for some activity or task, date it and file it in your 30 day file.
Step 2 - If at the end of 30 days no one has gotten back to you on this item - trash it.
Step 3 - If your boss asks you how it's coming - say "Great", pull it out of the file and move it to your active stack.

Try it. It works!

For more info:For a more detailed discussion of Prioritization, check out this site.

Author: Howard Flomberg