These can be useful, but they are more often overused. It’s okey to have a portable file container on your desk with things you really, really need to work on today, but the chances are for abuse are great. Look at it this way, if youre trying to lose weight, youb might take an appetite suppressant for afew days. But if you keep them around and gooble one every time you feel a little hungry, you will become addicted. the same goes for ” action” files. You need to change your habits so that these helpers don’t become a way of life.
Ongoing projects shouldn’t be kept in action files when there’s no action occuring. Re file them when you complete an action. Every day there’s a new set of things that cry out for action. If nothing ever moves out of there, you can’t take any action because” in action” files have taken over your desk.
