Once
I was making an appointment wit
h the GM from a Training company with annual sales of over 100 million. But I had a hard time to communicate with him. So, I called his assistant, and she asked me to call him directly.
On the phone, the GM said to me: “Oh I’m so sorry, I know it’s important, and I’ll make sure to get back to you. But I’m so busy! New messages keep popping up! How about you send me a message, and I won’t click it so that I can get reminded by the red sign…”
He expressed his struggle honestly, but is the red sign really solve the problem?
My messages will be buried by the new redsigns anyway, won’t they?!
Question:
With the new message waves on WeChat, it so easy to forget which one is the priority, how to integrate the inputs and manage our priorities and follow-ups?
Method:
Lately, I have found a nice method: To create a
YOU
only WeChat group
We can collect all the TO Dos in here, can be the things that need to be replied or some ideas. Here is the INBOX conceptin GTD, aka, to create an INBOX on WeChat.
How to create:
1. setup a Private group
click “+” on the top right, choose New Chat
Enter the code
2.
Change the group name
3. Stick the “INBOX” to the top
4.
Send the things you want tofollow up to yourself
5.
Clear your Inbox regularly
Arrange a time to clear your inbox daily or weekly. When you have completed the things in the group chat, long press the message and delete them.It’s not necessary to complete everything,but find a very NEXT Action, and put it into your system, e.g.：GTD® LifeMaster®,Omnifocus® etc.
Here are the 5 Steps of GTD®
I even created an image for my background to remind myself to “CLEAR”.
(Feel free to save it for youself.)
Advantage:
1.Stick to top: your new messages won’t be buried
2.Clearly Named it as INBOX
3.Independent tool: you don’t’need to combine with other apps
Original Article in Chinese by June Zhou, Certified GTD®搞定™ Trainer and owner of 5S Life
