Common mistakes in the implementation of the GTD (№2)

As you've read, probably, before Errors in implementing the GTD system for their own benefit can occur at any stage, including a rather trivial at first glance, the collection of information. You can choose a bad tool to be uncomfortable and whacks you have any desire to collect, for example. But as I promised earlier, I will talk about why I think a mistake to automatically organize incoming information.

Firstly I'm under this organization automatically mean? You probably have set up rules in Outlook and GMail to move messages to a folder or simply mark their tags on the basis of any sign, right? there are no problems with the tags - it's just a label? Moreover, it helps to "place" the same record in different locations, without copying anything at this, but automatically move emails from the inbox to the project folder, for example, I think a big mistake. Why?

Because it violates the system and you are at the same time the fruit of inbox-s, relieving you think the only inbox. But just think, in the processing phase, you will now have to not only check one e-mail inbox, PDA and diary. You will need to check each folder in the hierarchy where if you wish the system could move the letter immediately upon arrival.

The amount of work and worry, and if I missed somethingImmediately increases. That is why I recommend that you only mark the letters automatically, and the movement should be deliberate and carried out at the processing stage, which we will discuss next time.