Sales Report – The IN/P/Done Stamp Case Study
Inside my GTD practice, a monthly sales report is the textbook 'deferred task.' Here is the exact three-stamp paper system — IN, P, Done — that tracks it from capture to close without it ever weighing on my mind.
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