Manage Information Tightly

Five Questions to Manage Information

By Rom A. Day

Second Edition Thursday, January 6th, 2017

First Edition Thursday, February 21, 2008

I wrote the content of this article from the letter below I addressed my offspring on the topic of information management nearly eleven years ago as of this second edition. The five question became useful to me, and I felt she could use them too.

"Victoria,

With the numerous things you have to do with your school and preparing for when high school begins in Sept. combined with the huge amount of information one may often receive from various sources, I think you might find these five key questions I received from an e-newsletter useful. They can free time and give you more independence so that although you are not into planning a day out, a day will not get bugged down with unnecessary stuff of life. Thus you will do more of the things you enjoy, which are also productive for today and for tomorrow.

Yesterday is gone; today is here; the future is in your hands; however, tomorrow may never come. What matters is how you use every minute today because this will determine your future health wise, economically, socially, professionally and in every facet of the wheel of life.

You are the master of your own destiny. We do not control anyone; the only thing God gave control over to everyone [anyone] is our [his or her] own mind. You control your own thoughts. …

The questions are:

· What type of information do I need to know?

· How often do I want to receive this information?

· Where do I need this information to come from - local, national, global?

· How will I review this information? and

· What are the criteria I will use to decide whether to act upon this information, [ignore, save it to review another time, discard, unsubscribe from receiving, report, block from reaching you, or report and block]?"

According to the author of the five questions, Brett Minchington, Managing Director of Collective Learning Australia, using this 5 step process won't take too long to identify the good from the bad and provide a sense of fulfillment that your discipline is keeping you abreast of trends and ensuring that you and your organization have a good understanding of market trends and a structure for identifying, reviewing and integrating these into your workflow.