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Filtering by Tag: Boundaries
What do you do when the work is coming in faster than you can handle it? In this episode we talk about being underwater, from triage mode and the two-minute rule to blocking time at the end of the day, and how to tell whether the overwhelm is coming from outside or from inside. We share what works for us. Enjoy!
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Fancy Hands (on-demand virtual admin help)
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Life happens, and sometimes it happens to a coworker. When one of us had to step in and cover a colleague's projects with no notes to go on, it got us talking about how to set up our systems so someone else could pick up where we left off. We dug into checklists, handoff docs, holding our boundaries on weekends and vacations, and that sneaky feeling of being indispensable. Enjoy!
Resources from the call:
Time Off by John Fitch and Max Frenzel
Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza
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What happens when a client wants the same work tracked in their system, a consultant's app, and your own? Denise brought us this one, and we dug into the friction of living in other people's tools, the case for a single source of truth, and where the line falls between managing your work and reporting on it. Enjoy!
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Overwhelm happens to all of us. This episode we dig into what to do when everything feels like it's on fire at once: overflowing inboxes, taking on work that isn't ours, and why your GTD® system (not you) should be the thing absorbing the chaos. We talk prioritization, the WOOP framework, and giving yourself a real reward for getting through the crunch. Enjoy!
Resources from the call:
WOOP (Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan) by Gabriele Oettingen (goal-setting framework)
Implementation intentions — Peter Gollwitzer's research on planning around obstacles
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How do you deal when you have too many things coming at you? In this episode, we talked about the overwhelm of too many things and how to get out of indecision mode. There must have been something in the air because we were all feeling it. Enjoy!
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Projects, Actions, and even Areas of Focus and Responsiblity are pretty easy to define. The higher horizons, not so much. In this episode, we talk about the higher horizons, how we've developed them, and how we use them to guide our life's work. Definitely a great listen if you're struggling with the higher horizons... and just know that we all have, so you're not alone!
Resources from the call:
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The by Dr. Stephen R. Covey
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Ever find yourself annoyed with someone who is less organized than you are? It happens. Maybe even more when you're GTD-level organized.😉 So how do you deal with it? In this episode, the VSG shares a bunch of ideas on the topic. Enjoy!
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In this episode we discuss boundaries and how we use GTD® to help us manage them. So many great insights in this conversation! Enjoy!
Resources from the call:
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Getting Things Done® Podcast Episode #11 - GTD at the Executive Level
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Our systems get so much better with the little minor tweaks we make to our systems. We're not talking the tool swapping/hopping here. We’re talking about all the little ideas picked up along the way (maybe on GTDVSVG) and tried in our systems. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, and then sometimes they are pivotal to making our systems sing! Enjoy!
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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!
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