In case you're wondering, the people I select for my Thursday One Question Interviews are not super organized time wranglers. Well, some of them do have pretty awesome systems, but that's not why I chose them.
My aim is to demonstrate that there's infinite variety in people's productivity habits. There's no single best way to be productive. The methods you choose should be ones that work best for you, based on your own situation and needs and preferences.
I also want to show real life, in-the-field organizing strategies in the hope that you will see yourself in one of these examples and say, “hey, I could do that!” Clients often come to me having read five or six books about time management and organizing and they're still stumped.
All those books have good ideas, but every idea is not suitable for them. The trick is to find the constellation of concepts that will work for them and that they will really use (that is, they'll continue to use them once the initial euphoria wears off).
Lastly, I want to demonstrate that staying on track is a daily exercise. Being productive happens because there's an underlying system that gets worked every day. It's not a “set it and forget it” kind of thing. Your system doesn't have to be perfect; it can be a work in progress. But you have to use it.
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