289: Year End Planning

A deep dive into Annual Reviews -- the good, the bad, the ugly.😉 Enjoy!!

Resources from the call:

• James Clear Method

• Bonus find: James Clear Habit Journal

• "Clean Sweep Program” checklist

• SMART Goals

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288: External Brain

One of the most important pieces of our GTD® practices is our "trusted system" which includes our external brain or second brain. We talk about this in depth -- What do you use for an external brain? How do you get things in there when it comes at you in ways you're not expecting? What workarounds do you have? So many great ideas in this episode! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Zettelkasten.de

• The Brain

• Evernote

• Evernote tasks feature

• Braintoss

• Drafts

• OmniFocus

• Omni Sync Server

• The Archive

• Keyboard Maestro

• Hazel

• Bullet Journal

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287: Checklists

This episode is all about checklists!!! Such a great listen! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Checklist Manifesto, The by Atul Gawande

• GTD® Weekly Review Checklist

• GTD® Incomplete Trigger List

• Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

• Curt Clifton OmniFocus Scripts

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286: Tool Switching & System Tweaking

We started out thinking about tool switching and then found ourselves diving into all the tweaks we do/can do to our systems. Shiny things!! We talk about checklists, various tools, and share how we use them. Lots of fun! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote

• David Allen on GTD® and Dealing with Interruptions

• Checklist Manifesto, The by Atul Gawande

• Getting Things Done by David Allen

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285: Reference Filing & Evernote

An important part of our systems is our reference materials. Many of us use Evernote and they had just come out with some major updates at the time of this recording, so we dove into reference filing with a focus on Evernote. Some great insight from people who really leverage Evernote! Also applicable to other apps, of course. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote integrations

• Calendars

• Meeting Notes

• Tasks

• Dashboard

• Jeff Su - YouTube Channel (check out the Productivity Playlist)

• Dropbox

• Google Drive

• Microsoft One Drive

• Instapaper

• Feedly

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284: Renegotiation

We all have to renegotiate projects, tasks, deadlines from time to time. In this episode, we look at what might be causing the renegotiations and how to, maybe, create more realistic expectations for ourselves and others.

Resources from the call:

• Things 3

• Parkinson's Law - Work will expand to fill the time allotted

• Unschedule, The by Dr Neil Fiore

• Due app

• The Harada Method

• Hyper Scheduling by MacSparky (David Sparks)

• Toggl

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283: Workflows

Workflows are so important in managing our systems. They help keep things flowing. They can provide safeguards (like backing up or printing out). In this episode we talk about a ton of different workflows we use with our systems. So many great ideas! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• GTD® Setup Guides

• Evernote

• Todoist

• The Secret Weapon

• OmniFocus

• ClickUp

• Asana

• Remember the Milk

• Trello

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282: Black Belt and the Basics

What does being a black belt at GTD really mean? Some surprising insights! You're really going to enjoy this one!

Resources from the call:

• GTD®-Q Assessment

• Getting Things Done Fast seminar

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281: When is Enough?

Sometimes life hits you with a whole bunch of projects all at the same time. How do you deal with the overwhelm? How do you know when to say "when"? In this episode, we share our experiences and how we've handled these situations. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Getting Things Done Fast seminar

• GTD® Weekly Review Checklist

• GTD® Horizons of Focus

• Marie Kondo

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

• Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

• Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

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280: Working from Zero

In this episode we discuss Working from Zero. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Inbox Zero

• Microsoft Office

• Omnifocus

• todoist

• Two-Minute Rule

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