The past four months have helped me to move forward with the idea that technology isn't all that bad, and if we use it properly - it can help us. Below is a quick summary of my findings, and technology can help you be a little more productive.
Procrastination
I stumbled across an interesting article that highlights the 7 common causes for procrastination, and they are as follows: 1) Fear of the outcome, 2) Helplessness in the face of complexity,...
Reflecting over the past few weeks (exactly 22 days, from the 21 day course) and the art of getting stuff done... and while I had my struggles, I did walk away with a better understanding on the fact that if you want to be productive - you have to work for it. It's not a simple app to fix everything or a course, it's being intentional and you're only going to be productive...
And we're almost there! The final phase focuses on doing things and with that I was given a 4-Criteria Model for Choosing Actions.
1) Context
What can you do?
What tool do you need to accomplish this task?
What tools do you have available?
Tag your tasklist item with the tool required, so when you do have some time you can filter out what can be done with the tools...
The Review, is one of the most important parts of achieving the goals of getting things done. To the left is what Tiago highlights as the importance of doing a weekly review. In reality, a review is something that is a good way to recollect yourself every week, this can help you to manage your loads week to week versus letting it pile up to the point of being stuck in...
So, alas I have hit a roadblock. The roadblock is the app Evernote and while my teacher explains it well and uses it - I still don't like using it. This is going to take a bit longer than a month to get use to it. The frustrations of not being able to understand Evernote could trigger some steps backwards in productivity but looking at some outside resources, I was able...
Processing: Asking yourself a series of questions about your open loop. Take a look at the flow chart above to see what questions you should be asking yourself.
What is it?
Is it actionable?
> No? > Trash, or > Someday/Maybe, or > Reference
> Yes? > What's the next action? > Projects (planning), or > Project Plans (review for...
Getting Things Done: "It is a toolset to help people focus on their energy strategically and tactically without letting anything fall through the cracks." - David Allen, productivity consultant and author of "Getting Things Done"
Collecting Your Open Loops: "Most people's productivity system consists of incomplete lists of unclear things." - David Allen
According...
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