Getting Things Done GTD with Personal Development and Motivation for Success

Well, I am glad that I didn’t take a trip to Europe this Easter as the flight situation is chaos with a lot of people including my sister and a few friends all stuck in various locations unable to fly back to the UK.

Amazing now to see the airlines trying to apply pressure to lift the ban. Always good to focus on earnings rather than safety!

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is to some valuable advice from Brad Lomenick titled Write it Down, always. I could not agree more with this. If I could provide one piece of productivity advice, this is it!
• My second link is a link to an intriguing iPhone Application that I am just downloading called Egretlist. Egretlist is an Apple iPhone ToDo list application that uses your Evernote notebooks as your data store. This looks awesome and something I would love to see in the Evernote iPhone application.
• My third link is to a post about Getting Things Done on the Apple iPad from GTDTimes.com. I really do think the iPad will mature into an amazingly utilized piece of hardware that could remove the need for some users to have a Laptop. Cannot wait to get my hands on one!
• My fourth link is a link to a great titled blog post, Arbitrary Taxonomies and The Illusion of Precision. This is listed as Part 1 and is based on the view of a reader who has just finished the Getting Things Done book by David Allen. Some good points in this post and I am sure the other parts of this will be equally interesting.
• My fifth and last link is a link to a link to the Evernote Blog and the latest features within the Premium account. Evernote have provided some more great functionality to Premium accounts that make it even more compelling to upgrade from a Free to Premium account. I have been premium for months and would not be without it!

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

The Masters in on in the other room in all it’s HD glory so I will make this short

Hopefully it will be a great night for the UK and Lee Westwood or Poulter can win the US Masters..

A very Evernote and iPad rich collection of links this week.

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is to Issue 4 of the Productive Magazine. This is a MUST read for anybody interested in productivity and it is delivered as a free PDF that can be downloaded from this link. This will be great to read on your iPad, and I would if I had one!
• My second link is a link to a great review of the iPad version of Evernote. Some of the apps already out for the iPad make it look like a killer tool for productivity and this review of Evernote shows some of the sweetness of this app on the iPad platform.
• My third link is to the a post titled Getting Things Done With Things. This is a compilation of 6 excellent screencasts that show you how to use the excellent Apple Mac GTD Application, Things, to Get Things Done. Well worth a watch.
• My fourth link is a link to news about the online GTD Application, Nozbe, including Evernote integration into its online app. This is cool functionality that really does warrant a separate post and I will try to do one in the coming weeks.
• My fifth and last link is a link to a link about an Evernote event that is taking place on Friday April 15 from 1800 in New York City. This looks like a great event and one I would be going to if I was not the other side of the Atlantic Ocean!

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Congratulations to Evernote for getting their iPad client ready without actually touching an iPad!

They used the iPad simulator that is built into XCode in order to built and test the Apple iPad client of their excellent software.

Be sure to read the full blog post covering the Evernote iPad Client and also check out the video below.

I do not have an iPad as I live in the UK but you can be sure I will have one on the UK Launch Day and this will be once of the first iPad applications that I review!

Be sure to check out all the other posts I have written on Evernote.

Happy Easter to all my readers!

I guess the news of the day is the fact that the Apple iPad was released yesterday.

I am very excited about the productivity aspects of the iPad and will be writing a few iPad Productivity posts this week. Being based in the UK I do not have my hands on an iPad yet and I am still awaiting the UK release date.

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is a link to a great post titled 13 small things to simplify your workday from ZenHabits. ZenHabits do a great job at producing excellent blog posts and this one is no exception.
• My second link is a link to a post titled Procrastination: Feeling overwhelmed, helpless and ready to run away. Procrastination is something that affects us all and this post makes good reading for all.
• My third link is to the a post from thecynh.com titled 17 Ways for Lone Entrepreneurs to Stay Motivated. This is a very interesting post about a real problem that a lot of self made entrepreneurs suffer from at some time in the lives. More and more people are setting up on their own but they lack the interaction of being in a busy environment and this can bring with it issues relating to motivation. This post tries to look at some ways to avoid this issue.
• My fourth link is a link to the news that Evernote for the iPad has arrived!. I love and use Evernote daily and this just looks like an awesome app on the iPad. Boy I cannot wait to see this one!
• My fifth and last link is a link to Things, the GTD Application, for the Apple iPad. I have covered and reviewed Things on this blog in depth and this is the first GTD app to market for the new iPad. Looking forward to seeing how it performs.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

I have had a very difficult week having to sit a major examination on Thursday and Friday of this week. It was four exams spread over two days and was one of the hardest things I have undertaken in my professional career.

I am happy to say that I passed so now I am a TigerScheme Senior Tester! Well done me!

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is a link to a great post titled You Can Fight It All You Want To, But Simply Write it Down!. I could not agree more with this post. If I had only one thing to tell people to improve their productivity it would be to write things down. This made the biggest change to my own personal productivity and this post is a great one to read.
• My second link is a link to an overview of Nirvana, a pretty new Getting Things Done app. This looks an awesome Web 2.0 Web App for Getting Things Done. I have not yet checked it out but will do.
• My third link is to the a great little video tip on how to use Evernote as a search engine from Google Chrome. With this you can search through your Evernote notebooks straight from your Web Browser.
• My fourth link is a link to a simple video from Erica Douglass showing you how she simply gets things done with a Notebook. Simple and classic.
• My fifth and last link is a link to a blog post titled Why I love Evernote and Am Now Paperless. The title of this post pretty much explains all.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Had an amazing time last week in the Lakes.

Back to work and back to my studies so fingers crossed as I have a real busy week ahead!

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is a link to the Mac Power Users blog and podcast. I cannot believe that I have only just found this, thanks Twitter! The link points to an awesome interview with Merlin Mann that you have to listen to. Looks like I will be busy listening to most of the old episodes.
• My second link is a link to a post outlining a cool looking Macro to enable Outlook to work better as a GTD Tool. Being a Mac user I cannot test this Macro out but I have had a good look through and it looks like it is worthwhile if you are implementing your GTD System using Windows and Outlook.
• My third link is to the a post titled Organizing the Work from Home Lifestyle. Working from home is great and gives you more time when avoiding the rush. However, to make it productive you have to follow clear rules which this post does a great job at outlining.
• My fourth link is a link to an interesting post titled Getting Things Done While Depressed. Depression is something I am happy to say I have never suffered from but I can see how the depressed person would find it very hard to get anything done and I can also see the positive momentum that can be gained for a depressed person if they achieve small steps in getting things done. Interesting post.
• My fifth and last link is a link to Part 3 of a Series of Getting Things Done with a Mac. This third part covers the use of the standard Apple OS X Applications to work as your partner for the Getting Things Done (GTD) Methodology.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

I am actually writing this on Friday the 12th of March, my birthday and I am 37 today, or in Hex 0×25 which sounds much better!

I am currently away enjoying myself at the Samling in the Lake District with my wife so this post is on autopilot!

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is to a great post titled Productivity and Procrastination from the Quandry Factory blog. This detailed post looks at procrastination and provides some fresh ideas on how to blast through procrastination in order to achieve a higher level of productivity.
• My second link is a link to another great post from ZenHabits titled The Lost Practice of Resting One Day Each Week. Great post that is so true! I know I have lost this ability.
• My third link is to the a post covering how to set priorities. This post also includes a video explaining how the author sets priorities. Full of good pointers on how to ascertain what is important and what isn’t.
• My fourth link is a link to a GTD for Academics from the GTDTimes blog. This in depth article looks at how the GTD Methodology can be used by academics to get things done!
• My fifth and last link is a link to Part 2 of a Series of Getting Things Done with a Mac. This second part covers the use of the Things GTD Application to work as your partner for the Getting Things Done (GTD) Methodology.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

I did a review of Gary Vaynerchuck’s Crush It book a few months ago after I had read it.

Although quite short, I really did like the book and found it very refreshing.

Net at Night is a weekly Podcast that I always listen to that features Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur.

It is a social media podcast and one that I find easy listening and great for keeping up with everything that is happening in the social media space.

I was listening to episode 128, which is quite old now and it featured an interview with Gary Vaynerchuck from WineLibrary.tv.

The episode is a great way to catch the passion that Gary puts in to everything that he does.

So, if you have not done already, Check out my review of the Crush It! book and also be sure to listen to Episode 128 of the Net at Night Podcast.

I cannot believe we are into March already!

I have a very important exam at the end of March so I am taking most of March to study for this exam so that I hopefully pass the exam. It is a 2 day lab based exam and not easy so wish me luck!

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is to a great email productivity tool called AwayFind. I have been using AwayFind for a good few months and it really is my email savior. I have just been sent an invite to the Private Beta of version 2.0 so I thought I would add it to my links as I will be no doubt covering all the new features in a new blog post.
• My second link is a link to a great detailed post showing you how to save Safari Browsing Sessions to Evernote. This post shows you how with the help of a little AppleScript you can get all your active Safari tabs saved into Evernote. Great helpful post.
• My third link is to the a post titled How to get stuff done fast! – accelerated productivity using GTD. Another great blog post that covers blitzing your productivity with the awesome GTD Methodology!
• My fourth link is a link to a nice post titled Time Management Techniques for Ambitious Entrepreneurs and Aspiring Millionaires. The title is pretty self explanatory and this is a nice post to read that covers some aspects of time management for the entrepreneur.
• My fifth and last link is a link to Part 1 of a Series of Getting Things Done with a Mac. This first part covers workflow and also introduces the basic concepts of the Getting Things Done (GTD) Methodology.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Work, work, and more work this week

Lucky that I enjoy what I do!

Here are my collection of links for this week.

• My first link for this week is to a great post called Tips for a Productive Day from the MeDirected blog. This post aims to show you how to make the most out of the 86,400 seconds that we all have every day.
• My second link is a link to a great post from Lifehacker titled Get More Done by Organizing Just Enough. Interesting post from Lifehacker and it does as some good questions.
• My third link is to the a post outlining Dealing with Calls and Agendas with OmniFocus. I like posts such as these as I feel we all use apps such as OmniFocus in our own way and seeing how other people use them can inspire you to add new branches to your daily workflow.
• My fourth link is a link to a nice little recap from GTD Times of what GTD actually is. That is a great elevator pitch for GTD and one similar to what I explain to people when they ask what I do.
• My fifth and last link is a link to a great post from ZenHabits titled How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying. I love taking exams and I run a whole site dedicated to Mind Mapping for Exams so this post was of interest for me.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!