Lifehacks. Wiki. Organizacion. Outliners. David Allen: Getting Things Done - Living Now on The Huffington Post. Would you like to get more done, have more successful outcomes, and feel more relaxed while doing it? I've spent the last 25 years researching productivity and how to accomplish more with less effort. The methods I'm going to share with you will help you manage all the details of your personal and professional life with more confidence, knowing that at any moment you are doing exactly what you should be doing from all the choices available to you.
Let's start with the educational foundation for stress-free productivity, which I call "Getting Things Done®," or GTD® as it has become popularly known. It's a work-life management system that will help you go from personal stress and overwhelm to an integrated system with focus and control. My column on the Huffington Post will explore each of those steps, in detail and with real-world examples, in the coming weeks, with simple advice for how to work (and live!) Why do we need this kind of help now? The Meaning of Life: Intro. What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Is there a God or isn’t there, and if there is a God, what is its nature? Of all the world’s religions, which one is the most correct? Is there an afterlife? Are we primarily physical beings or spiritual beings? People have struggled for millennia to tackle these questions. Behind the Wheel The way we answer these questions will provide the ultimate context for everything else we do with our lives.
Let’s say you have your life organized around goals, projects, and actions. But why start the business in the first place? What determines the goals you set (or don’t set) is your context. The most significant part of your context is your collection of beliefs about the nature of reality, which includes your religious, spiritual, and philosophical beliefs.
Within a certain context, it will be virtually impossible for you to achieve certain results because you’ll never set the required goals that will lead to those results. Walking in My Shoes Halo. Do It Tomorrow (Mark Forster) - A Brief Summary. A brief summary of Mark Forster's book "Do It Tomorrow" Table of Contents Fundamental principles 1. Have a clear vision of what you are actually trying to achieve. The clearer your vision, the easier it will be to reach completion on the project or goal. Define the vision as narrowly as possible which means defining what you are NOT going to do or what you will leave out. 2. Do one thing at a time. 3. It is easier to get things done if you do a little bit frequently (usually daily) rather than attempting a large chunk of work infrequently. Little and often allows the brain to assimilate new information and experiences, make connections and come up with ideas and new insights. 4.
Our creativity is at its best when it operates within defined limits. Another aspect of limits is TIME. 5. The Closed List is a replacement for the old fashioned "to-do list" which was really a "wish to do list". A Closed List is a list with a line drawn at the bottom so nothing can be added to the list. 6. 7. 1. 2. » Time Management #8: Resources BoDo: Business of Design online » Blog Archive. Posted by: Mark McGuinness Category: Creative Coaching Bookmark on: del.icio.us In this series I’ve given you my take on time management and how it can help or hinder creative work.
In doing so, I’ve taken elements from different systems, having assimilated them over time and adapted them to my own needs. If you are keen to investigate these systems, please make sure you try them one at a time! Otherwise you’ll end up confused. It’s worth devoting some time to working with a system until you know it really well, before deciding whether you need to add to it. The following are all resources I’ve used myself - if you have any recommendations of your own to share, please leave a comment. The e-book of this series - Time Management for Creative People If you enjoyed this series you can download it as a free e-book. My ‘GTD’ delicious bookmark My GTD del.icio.us bookmark is where I bookmark any web pages I find with useful material about time and workflow management.
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