Managing messages, mail, and more with one question

Action, Reference, or Backburner?

That is the question I am asking myself all the time lately.

I recently started reading “Making Ideas Happen” by Scott Belsky, founder of Behance, the company behind the Action Method. Since reading the book, I am totally bought into the Action Method. A basic premise of this organizational productivity system that is strongly biased towards actionable steps to get things done (or make ideas happen) is that everything you do is seen as a project and every piece of incoming information is filed; either as an action step to be completed, a reference to be saved, or a backburner to come back to at some later point in time; and if none of those, it’s trash.

Whether it is a piece of mail, an email, voicemail, blog, etc. You can narrow it down to one of these three things, or else in ends up in the trash. It keeps my mail organized, my inbox at zero, and my time more productive.

If you’re looking for a better way to manage your todo list, your messages, and your time, get a copy of “Making Ideas Happen.” Odds are, you’ll be signing up for an account with Action Method Online when you’re done.

Be sure to check out Behance’s 99% blog here for great articles on living a more productive life.

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