The Nitty Gritty
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 9:21 pmCategory: The Office Zone
In last week’s newsletter I talked about the 4 types of paper piles I come across in my work with clients. The nitty gritty and the nitty gritty squared are among the most common problem piles for most people. That’s the pile that gets sorted almost to the end – but. There are a few papers that inevitably get shoved aside because you either don’t know what to do with them or you lose motivation and decide to get back to it later. A couple of nitty gritty piles quickly become nitty gritty squared.
To quickly handle nitty gritties, set aside a block of time just for this purpose. Go through each paper and decide to decide! There are 4 things you can do with paper:
- Read it
- Act on it
- File it
- Toss it
I developed the RAFT paper system to help keep you right on top of the paper wave with ease.
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