ToDo

How Parkinson’s Law Blocks Your Happiness And Creativity

Are you using Parkinson’s Law as the foundation for spending less time on tasks? Maybe it’s time to reconsider whether this is sustainable and effective…

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When It’s Not Worth Planning to Do Something Worth Doing

I used to think, “if it’s worth doing, it’s worth planning to do.” Though the phrase is sticky, it’s not quite right. I was thinking about this in reference to Julie’s Mindmapping Different Kinds of Time, wherein she wrote about her experience of combining mindmaps with ideas similar to the ones presented in Create, Connect, [...]

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The Mid-Month Review

I was writing a message for my newsletter and I soon realized that I needed to expand upon the message in a post before that message got too long to be actionable. That said, we’re off… It’s near the middle of the month, so you know what it’s time for…a Mid-Month Review! (Cue the confetti [...]

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Why GTD Contexts Are More Work Than They’re Worth (For Me)

For those of you who worry that comments aren’t worth the trouble and that meaningful dialogues are a spectre of wishful thinking, I entreat you to take note of this blog post. This one’s not about the whole “To shut off comments or not to” discussions – rather, it’s an example of how two bloggers [...]

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October 2008 Planners Available for Download

It’s the 29th, so it’s time to pick up the next month’s planners. Pick them up here: Productivity Planner Series Blog Post Planners and Calendars (If you’re new here (welcome!) and wonder how to use these planners, jump to the Free Planners page for a few posts that help out in that area. Hopefully I’ll [...]

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ToDo Lists, Technology, and Simplicity

I’m going to say something obvious and try to make it sound profound: technology changes the way we approach our work. This realization became salient yesterday as I was thinking about Andre’s comment on “How to Write Effective ToDo lists” . Responding to my suggestion to include all the information needed to complete the action, [...]

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How to Write Effective ToDo Lists

I’ve been writing a lot recently about taming your ToDo lists. My focus has been on learning how to do less, but there’s another important way to go about taming your ToDo lists that’s as simple as learning how to write them in the first place. This became clear to me as I was reading [...]

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Mastering the ToDo List

The chief problem many of us face when we make our ToDo lists is that we try to list everything that we’re thinking about doing. The result is that we end up with lists that are far too long to actually complete – and, despite how much we actually get done, we focus on what [...]

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