This is a nice little video from Brent Newhall that I recently found via Twitter. Worth a look, I need to make one of these for myself..
How I Get Things Done Video – Brent Newhall
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Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 23rd August 2009
First week back and my feet have hardly touched the ground!
Spent a few days trawling through my emails and allocating these to where they should be. I collected over 100 tasks whilst away on OmniFocus for iPhone so these all needed sorting. In fact, Tuesday/Wednesday of this week turned into a great two day review of my current tasks and projects. A mammoth weekly review!
Looking forward to another great week. I am away Thursday to Tuesday in Reeth, Swaledale for another break, looking forward to it already!
Here are my collection of links for this week.
- My first link for this week is a great post from Web Worker Daily titled Postponed: Procrastination. Procrastination is productivity’s biggest enemy! and one which we all face. It is so easy to put things off and drift in the ether rather than focus and do. Great tips from a great blog.
- My second link is a link to txtGTD, a text based GTD system. This is a cool little script written in AutoHotKey for Windows or Perl for WIndows, Linux, and Mac. I have just found this myself and I am looking at the Perl version as it looks quirky and cool. Check it out and let me know your thoughts on it.
- My third link is a link to a post titled How To Get More Done As A Freelance Web Designer. Although this is aimed at Web Designers, there are some great generic tips from Lee Munroe, the author of this blog.
- My fourth link is another Gmail GTD tip titled GTD Action Lists and Gmail Labels from the pennies in a jar blog. Again, I do not use Gmail but I know a lot of people do so be sure to check out this cool little post about GTD using Gmail.
- My fifth and last link is a link to a review of the Things GTD iPhone application. Nice little review of a great app that I am sure I would use if I was not hooked on OmniFocus!
Wishing you all a very productive week ahead!
Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 16th August 2009
Well, I am now home after an amazing holiday in Italy.
We stayed for two weeks at Union Lido in Cavallino, around 10 miles east of Venice in Northern Italy.
I have only been back a couple of hours So I will be brief as food calls and so does a nice bed!
Here are my collection of links for this week.
- My first link for this week is a blog post titled GTD: Its more about ‘habit’ than the latest application. This is so true. You can get bewildered by all the shiny new applications and accessories for the act of getting things done when you can pretty much cover the basics of a system with just a paper and pencil.
- My second link is a link to a post about How to turn GMail into your Ultimate GTD Inbox. This is a great post from LifeHacker.com that is well worth a read if GMail is your mail client of choice.
- My third link is a link to a post from the Achieve Anything blog titled How to Manage Your Mind and Figure Out What Drives You. Great little tips from yet another great Twitter find.
- My fourth link is a link from the Collegiate Times about Getting Things Done through Organization to Succeed. This is a post from a regular columnist after reading the Getting Things Done book by David Allen for the first time. Wouldn’t it be great to teach this skill to all college students?
- My fifth and last link is a link to the first of an interesting set of posts regarding Biphasic sleep and productivity. This interests me as this is something I have considered..
Loads of thoughts collected whilst away so I will be back soon!
Also, be sure to follow me on Twitter as I post great Productivity and Motivational links on a daily basis!
Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 9th August 2009
I have now been on holiday for a week and this is a scheduled post that will hopefully go out on Sunday the 9th of August.
I am sure I am having a great time as I always do and I am also sure that my mind has been working overtime in creative mode and I have managed to record some great ideas to implement on my return.
Here are my collection of links for this week.
- My first link for this week is a link to 10 Tips for Getting it Done Today from the PyschCentral Blog. Great list of tips that I use and endorse as a tips for getting things done.
- My second link is a link to a Tumblr blog called Minimal Mac. This blog is the work of Patrick Rhone and is a great showcase of some awesome minimal work setups featuring Apple Mac’s. I get some great links from Patrick so be sure to follow him on Twitter.
- My third link is a link to a blog post from WebWorkerDaily titled Singletasking Tip: Go Off Grid. Single tasking is exactly what it states it is, working on a single task rather than the often over hyped multi tasking. Interesting read.
- My fourth link is a link to link to a blog post from the Uncluttered blog about the power of doing it now. I cannot agree with this more that there will never be a better time to start than now. Even if you feel like you are missing some direction, make a start and it is amazing how forward motion helps one to find the correct path!
- My fifth and last link is a link to a post from ZenHabits about Killing Email. This post is written by Leo, the creator of Zen Habits and it covers how Leo has ditched email and how he has managed to do this. Great idea in theory but one that I would not necessarily want to do as I do believe there are some great benefits to email, when email is used int he correct manner.
Seems strange writing this nearly two week before it is being published so I will sign off here in my usual way and wish you all a productive week!
Also, be sure to follow me on Twitter as I post great Productivity and Motivational links on a daily basis!
Robert Scoble, Michael Deutch, and Mind Mapping
What a great combination to get together and make a video!
Robert Scoble (scobleizer) is one of the best tech bloggers and tech evangelists, Michael Deutch is a Mind Mapping Evangelist for MindJet, the creators of MindManager.
I love Mind Mapping and I map every day!
Here is an awesome 27 minute video where Robert and Michael discuss Mind Mapping and the MindManager product.
I hope you agree with me that this is an awesome video, thanks Robert and Michael!
Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 2nd August 2009
By now I will be in Italy drinking a cold Peroni watching an amazing sunset with my family on a well deserved holiday!
I had another busy week leading up to this break and I have managed to write these posts before I went away and they will be scheduled as usual on Sunday’s so as to not break my current 100% record of weekly productivity links.
Here are my collection of links for this week.
- My first link for this week is a great post from the Download squad about choosing a GTD workflow and sticking with it. Some great simple steps here from an author who I believe really does get the GTD principle. It doesn’t matter how you do it as long as you do it, and stick with it!
- My second link is a link to a post about preventing procrastination. The post it titled 10 Ways To Give Yourself A Procrastination Inoculation and is a guest post from Karen Leland.
- My third link is a link to a post from the Technoblabble blog titled Choosing the best GTD To Do List Software for PC, Windows Mobile and iPhone. Nice post for Windows users with some great software recommendations for Windows, online, and iPhone usage,
- My fourth link is a link to link to a post from CrankingWidgets about using 37Signals BackPack to Get Things Done. The author has switched back from Remember The Milk to BackPack and outlines the reasons for doing so in this great post from a great blog.
- My fifth and last link is a link to a a blog post from the OmniGroup titled OmniFocus for iPhone: The Coolest Feature You’re Probably Not Using. I love OmniFocus for the iPhone so be sure to check this out if you also use or are thinking of using OmniFocus on your iPhone.
I hope you all have a great week, I know I will!
Also, be sure to follow me on Twitter as I post great Productivity and Motivational links on a daily basis!
The Way I Get Things Done – Jon Larkowski
I blogged on Wednesday of this week about a GTD Video featuring Jon Larkowski.
Well, Jon contacted me on Twitter and passed me the link to his blog post with a video of his full GTD Presentation from earlier on in the year.
This is a GTD talk in the Pecha Kucha format, a japanese invention. The term literally translates to ‘the sound of conversation.’ The format is explicit and constraining. A speaker supplies 20 slides. Each slide is displayed for 20 seconds. The result is a focused six minute and forty second talk on a topic.
Great presentation and thanks Jon for the heads up!
GTD Interview from Biz Conf – Jon Larkowski
Just found this nice interview from Jon Larkowski about how he uses Getting Things Done.
Jon is a Ruby developer and fellow GTD advocate.
You can also follow Jon on Twitter to keep up with his GTD progress.
Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 26th July 2009
My office is really coming on now!
I will get another post done this week about my initial set up. My holiday next Sunday will sort of cut short my time in the new office, but for good reason so I will write more about how my new office is shaping up on my return.
I am loving the ScanSnap and must tell you all about it in a blog post!
Here are my collection of links for this week.
- My first link for this week is a simple GTD and Evernote workflow blog post from Darren Crawford. Darren has set up Evernote as his GTD system. I would love to be able to integrate OmniFocus and Evernote more and this is something I am trying to do with AppleScript.
- My second link is a link to a post about how one blog author uses the new Microsoft Outlook 2010 for his Getting Things Done system. I used to use Microsoft Outlook before I switched to the Mac and at the time I use PlanPlus from Franklin Covey. This is a good read for those of you using Microsoft Outlook.
- My third link is a link to a post about Getting Things Done with the Google Tasks Feature from the Tech Tips for Catholics blog. This is an interesting read from a blog with some good resources. I found this via Twitter and a random search on the GTD hashtag!
- My fourth link is a link to link to a good post that i was reading recently titled 4 Steps for Organizational Agility. This is from the Merchant Stand blog. Akthough not directly related to GTD it does focus on the need to be agile from an organizational perspective. How strange it is to see productive workers working in an organization that does not share the same ethos!
- My fifth and last link is a link to a part 4 of some great OmniFocus tips for Advanced Users. This tip is about how to use OmniFocus to unlock future projects. I have learned a lot from these posts and they are great reading for all OmniFocus users!
I go away on my main summer holiday next Sunday for two weeks in Italy so this is the last post I will be writing live. I will get some scheduled for when I am away and put my trust in the WordPress scheduling system.
Also, be sure to follow me on Twitter as I post great Productivity and Motivational links on a daily basis!
Productive Show – New Productivity Website from the Founder of Nozbe!
Michael Sliwinksi, the founder of Nozbe and the Productive Magazine has just launched a new site called Productive Show.
This site is to provide 2 minute productivity shows on a weekly basis.
Below is an example of one of the videos from the site.
These are great little videos and well worth checking out.