Everyone of us is struggling with the ongoing flood of information (especially email) and is trying to keep ahead of these endless lists of things to-do’s.

Here is a list of various famous/important/successful people and how they are getting things done:

Bill Gates, Founder Microsoft: How I Work

On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you’ll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.

Marc Andreessen, Founder Netscape: Marc Andreessen’s Guide to Personal Productivity

One of my all-time favorite guilty pleasures is indulging in productivity porn. Productivity porn (or, for those really in the know, “productivity pr0n”) consists of techniques, tactics, and tricks for maximizing personal productivity — or, as they say, “getting things done”.

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault (France) and Nissan (Japan): How I Work

Stress builds up when you know that there is a problem but you do not clearly see it, and you do not have a solution. We’re all human. I want to assure you I feel the same pain and the same stress and the same jet lag as anybody else. You have nights when you cannot sleep, and the stress is unbearable. It happens to every single person in a job like this.

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As I have stated in a previous post it is necessary in a project based environment to be able to visualize an outcome and to be able to get things done. Nevertheless gettings things done is one of the major challenges in todays workplace. The increasing number of communication devices and technologies make it difficult to process the information while at the same time staying focused on actually getting something done.

While the usage of eMail has increased significantly in recent years, many employees struggle to keep up with the ever increasing flow of information. Why? Because their techniques for dealing with high loads of information have remained the same - the techniques you applied for 5 mails a day.

The increase of email in today’s workplace requires new techniques for dealing with email. Here is my solution:

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