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  1. In your project support material?

    I would put it in your project support material; if that's a Task in Outlook, make a note in the free form text area. The point is, whenever you do a review of your project and looks for next...
  2. Someday/Maybe

    Create a someday maybe entry for it; to me, Someday/Maybes are stored as half baked projects; sometimes I've thought out successful outcomes and everything, sometimes they look like "Aruba" or "Learn...
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    Sounds great! I guess basically that "New...

    Sounds great! I guess basically that "New Contacts" folder is just another thing to "do" ... I assume you consider that part "doing" rather than "processing." Do you have a particular way to remind...
  4. What's the successful outcome?

    If the outcome of the various projects belonging to one customer is the same, it's the same project. For example, if your business breaks projects into sequential phases for revenue recognition, for...
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    I love that point, thanks! Can you...

    I love that point, thanks!



    Can you describe how you'd process the information? What if it takes longer than two minutes to set up one contact?
  6. I don't record those "future" actions in my action lists

    If I've got some specific ideas about what needs to happen with a particular project (first this, then either that or that, etc.), I'll keep those notes at the "project" level, e.g. in project...
  7. Thread: 2 Outlook tips

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    No action or waitfor folders

    I don't use Action and WaitFor folders for email. It seems like having an "Action" folder is cheating -- you've only "half processed" the items in there -- you know you have to do something, but you...
  8. Thread: 2 Outlook tips

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    2 Outlook tips

    I've been doing a couple things for a while that have been working very well for me, that I haven't heard or read before, and wanted to share them. I use the area at the top of my tasks list just...
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    "It takes too long"

    On one of the podcasts, I forget who said it, but the point was made that if you don't schedule your weekly review, you'll wind up doing it ad hoc all week.
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