Course outline for
Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp

How to Use This Guide

Session One: Course Overview

Session Two: Understanding Personal Efficiency

Session Three: Developing the Right Attitude

Useful Skill Sets

Useful Attitudes

Session Four: Laying the Foundation

Creating a Personal Vision Statement

Bringing It All Together

Making Connections

Identifying Dreams and Setting Goals

My Dreams and Goals

Session Five: The Building Blocks of a Good Organizational System

Pareto’s Principle

Characteristics of a Good Organizational System

Session Six: Creating the Right Environment

Garbage Out!

Laying Out Your Workspace

Re-Designing Your Workspace

Setting up a Daily System

Setting up a Filing System

Putting it in Action

Session Seven: Setting Up Your Virtual Environment

Organizing Electronic Files

Making Your E-Mail Program Work for You

Exploring Applications

Session Eight: Setting Up Your Information Management Center

Key Components of a System

Case Studies

Making Connections

Lessons Learned

Session Nine: Managing Information in Six Easy Steps

GOPHER It!

Processing E-Mail Messages

Digging Donald out of the Hole

Session Ten: Prioritizing Your Tasks

The Urgent-Important Matrix

Putting Tasks in Their Place

Session Eleven: Saying No

Session Twelve: Creating Routines

Session Thirteen: Stopping Procrastination Now (Not Later!)

Tackling Procrastination

A Challenge to Change

Session Fourteen: Applying Our Lessons at Home

Recommended Reading List

Post-Course Assessment

Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys

Personal Action Plan