EasyReach™ service complements the
Getting Things Done productivity system.

Enhancing GTD (Getting Things Done) with EasyReach™ Find & Deliver

“It’s possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of things to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control…at elevated levels of effectiveness and efficiency. It’s also becoming a critical operational style required of successful and high-performing professionals.”

From the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen.

GTD, or "Getting Things Done", is the groundbreaking work-life management system and book by David Allen. The GTD system offers a crash course in basic time management and personal organization “that transforms personal overwhelm and overload into an integrated system of stress-free productivity.” As we shall see, enhancing GTD with EasyReach™ Find & Deliver mobile desktop search yields even greater levels of productivity. EasyReach and GTD address those critical moments in time when your decision making is most important to your success. With the EasyReach and GTD tools at your service you perform optimally, with less stress and more effectiveness.

Unlike other time management experts, Allen does not start with an emphasis on setting priorities. Instead he advocates creating lists of tasks that are specific to a context, for example, having a list of calls to make or errands to do. The core principles of GTD are Collect (info you need to track, getting it out of your head and ready for processing); Process (using a strict workflow methodology); Organize (lists you can track such as next actions and projects); Review (so you can decide the most important thing for you to be doing right now); and Do (i.e. take action).

Allen is justly famous for his Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now , thus freeing up your time significantly over the long term. Allen's Two-Minute Rule is powerful, enabling advice: two minutes is the guideline because it's roughly the time it would take to formally defer the action. So, if it would take less than two minutes to do something, just do it right away.

Allen's company also offers a includes a GTD software plug-in to Microsoft Outlook. The plug-in allows you to implement the Getting Things Done workflow seamlessly with your electronic Inbox, Tasks, Notes, Calendar and Contact function to manage your information and provide a trusted system for you. That's where EasyReach Find & Deliver offers significant enhancement to an already great time management system.

EasyReach service is the hub of your electronic work world, giving you the ability to remotely find, organize, manage and act on key information - even share it with others who need it - within seconds. With EasyReach software installed on your mobile phone, you can search for E-mails, Attachments, Tasks, Notes, Calendar items and over 350 file types stored on your remote PC. You find the important information you need simply by using keywords or phrases. There's no need to remember where the information is stored; only a word in the document on your remote PC. Once found, you can then deliver that information via e-mail or fax to anyone, anywhere – all from your mobile phone!

Time is a precious commodity and timely access to information speeds up your decision making and increases your productivity. The GTD action management method rests on the principle that a person needs to move tasks out of their mind and get them recorded somewhere. Freeing the mind from the job of remembering everything that needs to get done, you can concentrate fully on actually performing those tasks.

EasyReach service provides fast, secure, on-demand access to the information that is critical to you. With EasyReach software on your mobile device, you are able to complete projects and tasks more quickly by having instant access to all your personal and corporate files. You can securely access all your information when you are mobile using any smartphone, such as a BlackBerry or Treo; with any browser, including Mac and Linux; and with any mobile phone. Combining the GTD Two Minute Rule with EasyReach Find & Deliver you quickly fulfill requests from clients so they don't have to wait until you return to your PC – and you practice “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.”