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Mark Forster is the author of three books about time management and personal organisation. The most recent, Do It Tomorrow, was published by Hodder in 2006.

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Mark

First thank you for "Do It Tomorrow" is has allowed me to do a lot more with less effort and more fun. Good combination.

Here are a couple of links that you proably have already seen but echo your thoughts on filing and setting limits, thought you and your readers might like them.


http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/2005/12/noguchi-filing-system.html


http://zenhabits.net/2007/09/haiku-productivity-the-fine-art-of-limiting-yourself-to-the-essential/

Regards

Ian
June 9, 2008 at 10:37 | Unregistered Commentersmeatho
Thanks for the references, Ian. Unfortunately a lot of the material about the Noguchi Filing System has been removed from the web since your link was originally posted. I've never been able to see quite how it would work in practice myself, but perhaps that's because I've only read summaries by people who may not understand the system properly themselves
Best wishes,
Mark
June 9, 2008 at 11:03 | Registered CommenterMark Forster
Thanks for the reply, Mark. The subject interested me because it included your idea of replacing files and books at the left hand end of the bookshelf.

Anyway I'm sticking with the lever arch files, simple and it works.

Regards

Ian
June 9, 2008 at 12:14 | Unregistered Commentersmeatho
Well, funnily enough I think you may have inspired me to give it a try!

Keep an eye on the blog and see what I make of it (if anything!)

Mark
June 9, 2008 at 13:54 | Registered CommenterMark Forster