Archives for May 2007

5 observaciones acerca de tareas [El Canasto]

La mayoría de las preguntas sobre Organízate con Eficacia tratan de gestionar la lista de tareas. Hoy te doy cinco percepciones acerca la pista de despegue de GTD:

La mayoría de la gente necesitan ayuda con las cosas de la vida diaria, no la parte de las metas;
Es más fácil ser organizado que recordar cosas;
Si la [...]

30 May 2007 | GTD, General, Organízate con Eficacia, bandeja de entrada, contexto, metas, tareas | No Comments

Haftklebezettel und Musik [ToolBlog]

Ohne Worte…

Original post here: Stephan List

30 May 2007 | Allgemein, Kreativität | No Comments

Print Your Own Calendar Pages [Hidden Dragon BizBlog 1.2]

I have been working on a project for a while now, to put together an effective calendar system that incorporates the features of GTD with the unique needs of my meatspace job. I have posted previously on the Gear that I use to stay organized, and while it is working well enough, it is somewhat [...]

30 May 2007 | Brainstorming, Communication, Design, Downloads, GTD, Gear, Hacks, System | No Comments

6 Steps to Effective Brainstorming & Reflecting [Gearfire Productivity]

Sitting in your office with the phone rining, co-workers talking, and emails pouring in is not the ideal setting to think up major ideas for things such as product features, etc, etc. Or maybe your a student, trying to jot out the outline for that creative writing assignment, but distracted by MTV and MSN. Either [...]

30 May 2007 | Productivity, Student Tips, assignment, blackberry, cell phone, co workers, concentrate, creative writing, laptop, msn, mtv, notebook, passive, pda, product features, raw ideas, reflection time, take advantage | No Comments

Negotiation Week: Essential Steps to Getting the Raise You Want [The Daily Saint]

Part II of Negotiation Week, Getting the Raise You Want  (Click here for Part I)
One of the best things you can do to get the raise you want is to plan for it.  Gone are the days of being surprised by your boss who calls you into his/her office and springs a raise on [...]

30 May 2007 | At Work, Productivity, Work/Life Balance | No Comments

10 Ways to Simplify Your Budget [zen habits]

Every Wednesday is Financial Tips Day at Zen Habits.
I’m always looking for ways to simplify my finances (I’m weird like that, I know), and recently I’ve been scrutinizing my already-simple budget to make it even simpler. I thought it would be helpful to share some of the ways to make your budget as simple as [...]

30 May 2007 | Finances, Financial Tips Day | No Comments

Be Productive on Command [Getting Things Done]

If you’re anything like me, you probably also suffer from procrastination once in a while. Deliberate procrastination on certain (low-value) tasks may be a good thing.
However, in my experience procrastination usually rears its ugly head when you are faced with important, complex tasks, especially when you haven’t yet given much thought to the successful outcome [...]

30 May 2007 | General | No Comments

20 Ways to Use Gmail’s Filters [zen habits]

My latest Lifehack.org post is out:
20 Ways to Use Gmail’s Filters
Let me know if you like it!

Original post here: Leo

29 May 2007 | Links, Technology | No Comments

5 steps for getting back on track after an unplanned absence [Ian's Messy Desk]

I spent the better part of last week on my death sick bed. Flying back from a extended-weekend visit to Vancouver, I felt the onset of a sore throat. We arrived home and I began to mega-dose on vitamin C, hoping that would contain the situation. It didn’t. I ended up with some flu/cold combination [...]

29 May 2007 | GTD, Getting Things Done, Organization, Productivity, Time Management | No Comments

Afraid to click? How to efficiently process your RSS feeds [Matt's Idea Blog]

I recently came across Tim Ferriss’s [1] entry How Scoble Reads 622 RSS Feeds Each Morning, which motivated me to post an “aha” I recently had about processing RSS feeds. (What I took away from the Scoble video was how selective he his in deciding to read a post, how he makes that choice, and [...]

29 May 2007 | GTD, idea_capture, rss | No Comments