Productivity Tips 2.0 [Hidden Dragon BizBlog 1.2]
While I wait for dinner to cook (roast chicken, yum!), I thought I’d catch up on what’s been happening in the GTD-o-sphere. Behold, a group writing excercise on your number one productivity tip from Instigator Blog. Now this looks interesting!
Write a post on your best productivity tips. Challenge yourself by picking your single best productivity tip (although this isn’t a requirement; you can give us more if you want!)
It looks like I am a little late to the game (sorry, work has been busy yet strangely unproductive), as I have found a few others who have already jumped on the tag-wagon. GTD Wannabe and Ian of the Messy Desk are already on the case. Leo at Zen Habits has already been tagged, but since he’s just getting up he may not have had time to post on it yet.
My number one tip is easy: Keep your appointments, especially with yourself! I have found that using my Tickler File and Weekly Review really keep me one track. Since I have started practicing Getting Things Done these two tools were the hardest to get in the habit of using. But that is the key,to make it a habit. Once you get in the habit of keeping appointments with yourself, you will have much more trust in your system, and it will become invisible. And when your system is invisible, it will be able to work on autopilot and you can get things done without any stress. I check my Tickler every morning, and because I know that I will not miss anything I am not afraid to put anything in there. Likewise the Weekly Review - that appointment is inviolate, and allows me to keep track of where I am going, to stay on course.
Now it’s my turn to tag:
Ellesse at Goal Setting College
Let’s see where it goes… Have fun!!
Original post here: Stephen
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