GTD/Productivity Category. In an article published in the New York times in October (yes, I'm behind with my blogging, okay?!) Entitled "Multitasking Can Make You Lose ... Um ... Focus" the author discusses something we've covered here at Flipping Heck before - how multitasking actually make you more unproductive. See my reviews of review of "The Myth Of Multitasking: How "doing it all" gets nothing done by Dave Creshaw. From the article: Although doing many things at the same time - reading an article while listening to music, switching to check e-mail messages and talking on the phone - can be a way of making tasks more fun and energizing, "you have to keep in mind that you sacrifice focus when you do this," said Edward M.
I'm famous! I was asked by the kind folks at Simpleology to write a guest post on running productive meetings which went gone live a couple of days ago over at the Simpleology blog. The lessons cover a variety of subjects such as: LESSON 1 The First Law of simpleology - The Law of Straight Lines. GTD - Back to basics 3 - Context and Next Actions. So, you've captured and processed everything so you now have a nice list of next actions, projects, waiting for's and someday/maybes.
A list is all well and good but what's the point if you don't do anything with it? Looking at one huge "To-Do" list can be daunting and off-putting. In order to help you get through this massive list, some time-management systems recommend that you prioritise tasks (A, B, C or 1, 2, 3 for example) and then work through the tasks with the highest priority first. This is all well and good but often you can find that the lower priority tasks are put to the back of the pile and never get finished.
That's where David Allen's "Contexts" come in. What are "Contexts"? A Context is a setting in which an event takes place. So, to stop you feeling overwhelmed by all the tasks that you need to do, and also looking at tasks that you can't complete given the context you're in, David Allen suggest that you separate your tasks into Context Lists. Context List - Quick Guide. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen. GTD Weekly Review (3 CD Audio Set) (9780982013717): David Allen - Author of Getting Things D. GTD® Workflow Map with Coaching DVD by David Allen: X-Plane in collaboration with David Allen: Office Products.
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