Organize IT

Lifeclever has a very comprehensive list of audio and text based interviews with the GTD master, David Allen, complete with descriptions and quotes. The audio ones in particular sound full of depth, especially considering the smallest is twenty minutes long. Below is just a taster of that list. As detailed as the GTD book is, it’s always useful to read and listen to these interviews as they give extra insight.

• 43 Folders meets David Allen
• Cutting through the clutter to get things done
• The Personal productivity show
• GTD: A new cult for the info age
• David Allen’s podcast series
• David Allen’s path to bliss
• David Allen’s digitized organization man

We all know about the typical ways of improving your health for a longer life, such as taking exercise, eating healthy options, quitting smoking and so on. But what about all the other aspects of your life? If it were that easy to get healthy we would all be going to the gym and eating salad everyday. Below I’ve picked out five less obvious ways to increase your chances of a longer life.

This video is an example of how important health and safety is at the workplace. It’s not just about mishaps like tripping up over loose cables or falling down the stairs, though. It’s about saving us from the dangers of rogue stationary!

Organize IT recap for 17th March 2007.

• The book Your Best Year Yet that I mentioned in my post on the productivity cycle also threw up some interesting stuff on roles and how to define them. I have been trying to work this thinking into the GTD vertical map and seeing as I have been meaning to write about these different levels (50,000ft, 40,000ft etc) expect a few posts in the near future on this area. If you have any experiences/thoughts on the vertical map (otherwise known as horizons of focus) then please leave a comment below, I’d love to hear about it.
• Daily PlanIt had some nice words to say about Organize IT recently so I feel its only fair to return the favour and suggest you go check her blog out. The Discover U series is especially worth checking out.
• I found this post about scheduling play first rather interesting, especially because recently I have been writing a lot about making sure you create and schedule rewards for your work. I’ve bought the first two series of House M.D. recently and I’m struggling to do anything else other than watch that so maybe I should try scheduling a ‘playtime’ for it instead.

There hasn’t been a links update in quite a while so I thought now would be a good time to rectify that situation. Normally I like to provide a random splurge of interesting links I have come across, but recently I’ve been looking at a lot of great financial advice blogs. There is some great content here, regardless of whether you are into investing or just want to cut back on your expenses.