Technology should enhance productivity, making it easier to get things done so you have more leisure time. But have tools that are designed to help really just added to our workload, distraction, and stress?
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Is Your Smartphone Making You Less Productive?
We’re jeopardizing long-term productivity by eliminating predictable time off that ensures balance in our lives.
Moms more productive with Facebook
If you’re looking for practical time management training, watch a busy mom for a day.
Working on job one
There are very few times and places we really have the appropriate energy level, tools, and uninterrupted time frames towork on some of our “most important” work.
Who distracts you the most?
Is your software programmed to grab your attention in ways that make your time-management job harder?
Your Browser is a Productivity Tool
From the Business Center at PC World, GTD is listed as a browser-compatible productivity system.
You don't need a Projects list? Then throw away your calendar.
If you think that a Projects list is unnecessary, then throw away your calendar and trust life will just let you know what you should be doing, in the moment.
Changing Your Organization’s Culture
The microcosm of how people deal with their in-baskets, e-mail, and conversations with others will be reflected in the macro-reality of their culture and organization.
David Allen’s workspace, clearly labeled
This is a photo of David Allen’s workspace. You’ll notice that he has helpfully labeled many of the items in the photo.
Your Brain on GTD
Clearly defining your successful outcome helps your brain start finding ways to achieve that outcome.
Do you feel more productive now than you did several years ago?
When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized
Should you focus on something ‘more strategic?’
What compounds the challenges of the self-management game is that often the most effective thing to do feels like the last thing you’re capable of doing.
Are you free to feel free?
If you want to have the feeling of freedom regularly, you’ve got to get used to it.
How GTD reduces resistance
This blog post by Bill Meade describes a fascinating metaphor for GTD – the bulbous bow on large ships. This bow shape modifies the way the water flows around the hull, to reduce drag and increase speed and efficiency.
David Allen says Technology Solves Problems, Frustrates
David Allen talks with Bloomberg about technology and email protocols, and the frustrations people are dealing with around email and some ways to deal with it.
Where do you store reference files?
Where is the majority of your Reference stored these days? In GTD terms, your Reference is your “non-actionable” materials.
Best practices for Getting Things Done
Here are the GTD best practices that we share in our Keys to Getting Things Done webinars.
Handling daily activities
You only need to pay attention to what has your attention.
How do you get people to do what they said they would do?
The main problem most people have with delegation is the lack of regular review, enough so that you will light a fire or check status early enough to be able to deal with the other person optimally.
GTD and Goal Setting
The reason for long-term goals is the permission they give us to identify with the greatest value we can so it changes our filtered perceptions.
