This is SO true...
The issue is if you want to be a typical procrastinating office-worker who doesn't do the things up front to give you a performance boosting advantage down the road.
Seriously. This may look like more work up front, but it actually saves you tremendous time and makes you far more organized and efficient down the road. Anyone who looks at this and says, "I don't have time to do all of this," doesn't get it. If you do this, you'll gain more time back than you spend. You won't waste time searching through hard to navigate and difficult to organize folders in Outlook, you'll keep your e-mail box cleaner, meaning you won't miss important e-mails in a flooded in-box, you'll remember deliverables and ARs and be able to hold others accountable to theirs, making your projects proceed smoother and less likely to stall.
It takes work, effort and discipline up front - and most people aren't willing to make that investment. The ones who do, will be the ones who outperform their peers.
