Getting Things Done (Part 1 of 4): Mastering Workflow
I am not receiving any compensation for this post. This book review is based on my opinion and personal experience.
I posted previously about the best book I’ve read on being productive, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. Regardless of your work situation, this book can help you tremendously. When I get off track and feel overwhelmed by clutter and tasks, I grab it from my shelf. If you read my blog often, you are visualizing a dog-eared, well-worn book that may be missing a front cover.
So why should you adhere to the practices in this book if I sway from its knowledge repeatedly?
Because you can have all the tools in the world to be successful, but if you don’t apply them… My elders would tell me as a child, “Do as I say, not as I do.”
5 Stages of Mastering Workflow
- Collect
- Process
- Organize
- Review
- Do
“We COLLECT things that command our attention; PROCESS what they mean and what to do about them; and ORGANIZE the results, which we REVIEW as options for what we choose to DO,” writes Allen.
The workflow diagram below shows how we should process all items that we collect. A piece of paper, an e-mail, a voice mail, a package, etc. Everything that we receive.

In Part 2 of this series, I describe how to break down this diagram even further.
Do you use any of these practices to master your workflow?
Are you doing it, delegating it, or deferring it?
This is a great share at this week’s Traffic Jam Weekend Linky Party!
this is awesome…thanks for linking up…sorry I'm late in coming by. Pinning this to the Let
s Get Organized Group
I appreciate that, Karen. I love sharing anything that's productive.
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Great post. Thanks for joining us this week at The Lets Get Social Sunday linky party. I host a party on Tuesday called The gathering Spot and would love it if you'd share something sometime. Have a wonderful week 🙂 Diane @MamalDiane
Thanks Diane! I enjoyed it. Will do.
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I'll be implementing it on my large inbox today.
My recent post Everything You Need To Know About The Haves And The Have Nots
This is great Kim, Thanks for linking it up!