Clear Your Desk!

Rule 1: Deal with each piece of paper as soon as it lands on the desk.

High importance and high urgency:  Do it now!

High importance and low urgency:  Do it later!

Low importance and high urgency:  Pass it on!

Low importance and low urgency:   Discard it!

Rule 2: Make one of four choices about each piece of paper.

Act-on

Pass-on

File

Discard