Productively Handling E-mail


Here’s some great advice from the David Allen Company (Getting Things Done) on how to handle e-mail that requires further action.

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February 27th, 2008
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Chad
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March 3, 2008 at 10:08 am

For some reason, I’m getting the impression that you get a lot of email :-)

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Martin
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March 11, 2008 at 9:17 am

I love this stuff. I did not realize that I could type the action into the subject line. This will help me at work when I get e-mails that require action.

In addition to the @ Action folder, I have an @ Waiting For folder. I use this folder for e-mails that I send to other people and I am waiting for them to respond. This gives me a clear way to see how long I have been waiting and the person may need a reminder.

So that I do not have to find the e-mail in my sent box, I have set up a rule in Outlook so that e-mails that I send with “*wf*” in the body, the message will be removed from my sent box and placed in my @ Waiting For folder.

Looking forward to more discussion on GTD for the glory of God.