Get Everything Done

Those of you who follow the discussions on the forum will know that I am currently developing a new time management system. In fact I think it would be truer to say that I have been developing this system for ten or more years now and all the other systems I have produced have been nothing more than stages on the way.

I now believe I have succeeded in producing the final version.

The characteristics of this system reflect most of the concerns which have surfaced during these years of development:

It is a “universal capture” system into which you can put all your ideas for action without prior editing.
Tasks are sifted and filtered by working the system itself.
It produces the most productive degree of tension between the intuitive unconscious mind and the rational mind.
It removes procrastination by ensuring that you are psychologically ready to do each task.
It automatically removes tasks which are going nowhere.
It allows one to judge exactly whether one has the right workload and provides automatic adjustment of the workload to fit the time available.
It enables you to deal efficiently with both urgent tasks and “must do” tasks without less pressing tasks being ignored.
It deals highly effectively with tasks which recur daily or at greater or lesser intervals.
It ensures that once you have started a task, however large or small, you work through to completion.
It is simple to operate and has minimal overhead.
It makes one’s work feel effortless, while being extremely productive.
It makes use of available periods of time, however short.
It ensures that the important tasks get done so that you are not just processing loads of trivia.
Tasks and projects can be put into the system at any level.
There is no need for time-consuming reviews or pre-selection of tasks.
Although it is designed as a paper-and-pen system it can easily be implemented electronically.

Over the next weeks and months I intend to publish frequent updates on how I am getting on with the system.