 November 7th 2008
 Recap
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Organize IT recap for 07th November 2008.
- Lifehack.org has a great look at productivity myths that hold you back. This is well worth a read because, as with most things in life, those little myths are often what holds you back. For instance, one such myth is that you need inspiration to work. This is the sort of logic that causes people to never move forward with anything in their lives. Inspiration and creativity always comes as long as you just start working.
- Unsurprisingly, everybody seems to be talking about Barack Obama at the moment. I guess being president elect will have that effect on you. GTD In Academia picked up on a very interesting New York Times piece covering an overheard conversation between Obama and the Tory leader David Cameron during a trip to the UK. It’s very intriguing because of the rare insight into how politicians work and stay productive.
- The September Issue of Fortune Magazine reviewed three productivity gurus, Stephen Covey, David Allen and James Loehr. Thanks to Rob Thompson, you can view it online (GTD Times have also discussed it). The article provides a nice summary of each system and further emphasizes the point that no one system will fit your life entirely.
- What is the best time management advice ever? Is it to keep track of the work you’re doing? Or does it involve cutting out those bad, time wasting habits? If you think it’s the latter, then according to the Big Fat Guru you may be on the right track. In fact, he claims the best time management advice ever is to… watch less TV. When you consider that the average person in the UK watches 28 hours of TV a week, it’s hard not to agree.
November 5th 2008
GTD Dictionary
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Effective:
- Producing or capable of producing an intended result.
- Doing something adequately to accomplish a purpose.
Effectiveness is all about doing the right things. While what projects and tasks one can class as appropriate to do will vary between situations and individuals, the general rule of thumb is to determine how much value the task will provide to you (or the company) by doing it. If attending a conference full of open minded people will lead to lots of new clients, that is an high value task making good use of your time and energy. However, if you were to start randomly ringing people up from your phonebook in the hopes of raising business that would be a poor choice of task, likely to result in minimal rewards for the amount of time it sucks up.
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November 3rd 2008
Health & Lifestyle
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A few weeks ago I took a look at time management strategies. However, human nature being what it is, one minute you wish you had more time to get stuff done, and then you wish time would speed up so you can get out of a boring meeting or not have to wait around so long at the airport. Delays and queues are rife in our lives nowadays. However, you don’t have to be a victim to such frustrating circumstances. Below I’ve detailed some of the strategies I use to make a boring trip or a tedious wait in the till queue go that little bit quicker.
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October 31st 2008
Featured Content
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This past month I got a mention on Lifehacker about my weekly planner and received lots of new readers out of it (a big welcome to you all). As ever, if you have missed any of my posts from the last several weeks, I’ve done a handy recap below. If you have an opinion on any of them please leave a comment sharing your thoughts, I always try to reply to as many as possible.
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October 29th 2008
GTD Dictionary
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Efficiency:
- Producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or effort.
- Ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time.
Efficiency and productivity (in its traditional sense) have a key similarity. They both involve doing work in the most economical way possible and as a result there are numerous tips, practices and suggestions you can follow to achieve that. Efficiency can be measured in any number of ways, from how well you use your time to how little energy and stress you exert in doing your work. Nobody wants their work to become a chore but by being efficient this can be minimized.
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