Forget To-Do Lists. Focus on This Instead.
Source: PicJumbo. Do you make to-do lists? If so, stop. They don’t work. According to Janet Choi and Walter Chen, 41% of your to-do list items don’t get done and those that do, don’t correlate with what you set out to do. [1]
Weekly Planning — the spark notebook
Happy Friday! I hope you are having a lovely day today. Spark Notebooks are starting to arrive all over the world and it is so wonderful to hear all the excitement. When you get yours, be sure to let me know! :) You can tweet me, send me a facebook message, share a picture on instagram, or even just leave a comment on the project.
The Not-To-Do List: 9 Habits to Stop Now
This is how the world felt before Crackberries. (LeoLuigi)“Not-to-do” lists are often more effective than to-do lists for upgrading performance. The reason is simple: what you don’t do determines what you can do. Here are nine stressful and common habits that entrepreneurs and office workers should strive to eliminate.
Do vs. Done Lists: Jot Down Your Small Wins to Amplify Success
If you’re reading the Evernote Blog, chances are you’re someone who loves to get things done. To move the needle. But have you ever had the suspicion that the way you’re approaching your to-do list and overall task planning is hindering your effectiveness?
ClearContext - GTD Outlook add-in
Empty your Inbox File or convert your high priority email to tasks and appointments at the click of a button. Identify next actions Mark tasks as Next Actions by Project and quickly view your next actions list in the ClearContext Dashboard. View tasks by context
A Brief Guide To Getting Motivated
Post written by Sherri Kruger. Follow me on Twitter. We are all faced with days or weeks where we feel like doing very little. For some it’s every Monday coming off of a great relaxing weekend. For others it’s the winding down of summer when things go from hectic to not a whole lot going on.
Getting Started with GTD Templates
It’s 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, and you have one question on your mind: what should I be doing right now? You’re busy getting things done, but the notification count on your email inbox is climbing by the minute. You really should get back to Tom on…what was it again? Now the phone is ringing—it’s your kid’s teacher, informing you that your daughter’s grades are low and she needs some extra attention. You have an emergency meeting at 5:00, which kills your plan to finalize the agenda for tomorrow’s offsite. You’re starting to get texts from the attendees because you’re late sending out the logistics.
QtdTools - QtdSync
Backup Client Features Local and remote backups with two modes Differentiell: Only the changes are backuped. However, thanks to NTFS and hardlinks with every backup you have a complete file tree of your data. Older backups can be deleted without loosing your data integrity. Synchronization: The backup folder is updated. Only the newest version exists as backup.
Adaptive Process Management: An AI Perspective
Pauline M. Berry Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 berry@ai.sri.com 1st Sept. 1998
Why I Stopped Working With Busy People
I no longer work with busy people. I work with people who have a lot on their plates, a lot to do, are inundated with opportunities and projects, and who find it useful to have an extra brain and an extra set of hands to help them accomplish all of it. I love working with those folks. But I don’t work with “busy” people anymore. “Busy” is an emotional state.
The cult of busy
When I was younger I thought busy people were more important than everyone else. Otherwise why would they be so busy? I had busy bosses, busy parents, and always I just thought they must have really important things to do.
43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life
Post written by Sherri Kruger. Follow me on Twitter. Simplicity. How can we make things simpler, more streamlined, or more efficient?
Guest Post: Advanced GTD with Remember The Milk
I’m happy to introduce a guest post from Doug Ireton, who’s written a fantastic guide to Getting Things Done with RTM. Doug is a Sr. Platform Engineer on the Windows Server team at Nordstrom, a luxury clothing retailer based in Seattle, Washington. He is an avid Remember The Milk user, and after almost a year has finally stopped fiddling with his RTM setup (mostly). Using RTM for work and personal tasks and projects, he has achieved Inbox Zero (at least at work…). He lives in a small Craftsman-style house in Seattle with his wife and two kids.
