Capture Requests Before They Become Calendar Debt

GTD is useful for assistant work because it separates capture from deciding. Capture means every request lands in a trusted place before you judge it. Clarify means you define whether it is actionable, what the next action is, who owns it, and where it belongs. That sequence prevents the most common assistant failure: trying to remember, prioritize, and respond all at once while new work keeps arriving. For a management assistant, the value of Getting Things Done (GTD) is not academic. You sit at the edge of calendars, inboxes, travel, meetings, documents, and stakeholder expectations. Small ambiguities become expensive because…

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