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Getting Things Done

How To Use A To-Do List Effectively

Russell Bishop | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal-Productivity, Take Back Your Life, The Balanced Life, To-Do Lists, Goals, Getting Things Done, To Do Lists, Living News
Russell Bishop

In previous posts, we talked about the multi-tasking challenge, and suggested some ways to substitute multi-goaling instead. Two weeks ago, we began ...

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A Stress-Free Way To Get Things Done

Russell Bishop | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Stress-Free Work Habits, The Balanced Life, Time Management, Getting Things Done, Living News
Russell Bishop

Do you have more to do than you can get done? If so, there's a certain amount of good news there - it means you have something to do! In the past, tha...

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Overwhelm And The Corporate Arsonist

Russell Bishop | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Performance Improvement, Overwhelm, Personal Productivity, The Balanced Life, Important vs. Urgent, Burnout, Getting Things Done, The Ethical Life, Arsonists, Arson, Living News
Russell Bishop

If you are lucky enough to still have a job, and that job is working in an office, then you may know a little bit about overwhelm and burnout. Over...

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Willpower Doesn't Exist: The New Way to Get Stuff Done

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 04.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Getting Things Done, Alex Benzer, Potential, Odysseus Protocol, Personal Growth, Positivity, Willpower, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

In a passage from Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus and his ship are about to pass through the Siren-infested waters. On the one hand, he knows that hearing ...

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3 Ways To Get Through A Terrible Task

Dumb Little Man | Posted 03.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Getting Things Done, Efficiency, Productivity, Wellness, Living News

However motivated, fired-up and enthusiastic you are about your life and work, there are going to be times when you have to force yourself to do somet...

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Why Procrastination Might Be Good For You

Russell Bishop | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Getting Things Done, Featured Contributor, Russell Bishop, Huffington Post, Procrastination, Productivity, Living, Living News
Russell Bishop

Very little of what gets done matters in terms of producing something meaningful, productive, or in alignment with critical goals.

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The Lazy Man's Guide to Getting Things Done

Zen Habits | Jonathan Mead | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Getting Things Done, Balanced Life, Efficiency, Living News

What if I told you that you could be totally lazy and irresponsible, and still accomplish just as much? What if you could slack off, loiter, and essen...

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Getting Your House in Order

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Getting Things Done, Ariane De Bonvoisin, Julie Morgenstern, Getting Organized, Home News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

We've all been spending some time getting our financial houses in order. But what about your actual house? It might seem trivial given all that's goin...

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Too Many Projects (Does Your Project Have A Soul?)

Mark Silver | Posted 08.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Spirituality, Getting Things Done, Sufi, Productivity, Business News
Mark Silver

Suddenly, instead of pushing boulders uphill, strategic alliances starting sprouting up seemingly spontaneously. Whew! How much better is that?

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Discipline versus Flow in Your Small Business

Mark Silver | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Getting Things Done, Flow, Work-Life Balance, Small Business, Discipline, Sufi, Business News
Mark Silver

You've got a stack of to-do's, you need to get on your marketing, those pesky clients keep needing things from you -- and you don't feel like doing any of it.

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Resolve It, Then Dissolve It

David Allen | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living

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David Allen

Maybe this difficulty with letting go of things that we have outgrown stems from the admonition so many of us grew up with to "finish everything on your plate before you get dessert."

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The Project Management Problem

David Allen | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Vertical Thinking, Horizontal Thinking, Project Management Problems, David Allen Company, Getting Things Done, Project Management, Living News
David Allen

A vast majority of professionals think they have a problem these days -- project management. Problem is, that's not the problem.

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The Warmth Of The Radically Mechanical

David Allen | Posted 03.24.2008 | Living

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David Allen

Many business and personal relationships could warm up if they were more mechanical.

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The Habit Of Finishing Things

David Allen | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living

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David Allen

One of the greatest challenges to keeping an empty head is maintaining the drill of processing our interactions to closure. In the course of our day, ...

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What's Your Standard For 'Stuff'?

David Allen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Getting Things Done, The Balanced Life, David Allen, Organization, Productivity, Living News
David Allen

Your definition or standard of "stuff" is a very powerful unconscious driver of your behavior and permitted experience.

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Curing Interruptitus

David Allen | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living

Read More: David Allen, The Full Life, Getting Things Done, Time Management, Job Search, Careerbuilder, Living News
David Allen

I often get this question/pushback as I'm teaching: "All this personal productivity methodology sounds fine and good, but what about all those interruptions that plague me during my day?"

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Feeling Good About What You're Not Doing

David Allen | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living

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David Allen

From my experience, a majority of the stress most people feel comes from not too much to do, but from broken agreements with themselves. You can fool ...

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The Delights Of "Dummy Work"

David Allen | Posted 02.14.2008 | Living

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David Allen

Often the most tactical thing to do with yourself is dummy work. And one of the best reasons to get organized is to take advantage of that. "Dummy" ...

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Brainstorming And Mind Mapping

David Allen | Posted 10.22.2007 | Living

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David Allen

It's been really helpful to do some consistent brainstorming that's nothing more than getting everything that has attention out in front of me.

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Categorizing Your "Stuff" Is The Path To Freedom

David Allen | Posted 10.15.2007 | Living

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David Allen

Naming something we're involved in lessens its grip on us. If I'm feeling negative, when I realize it and call it "negativity" I instantly have greater freedom of choice about what to do with or about it.

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Think Smarter By Capturing Your Ideas

David Allen | Posted 09.24.2007 | Living

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David Allen

Last week I wrote about how you can achieve more successful outcomes with a sense of relaxed focus and control. The first step I outlined was capturi...

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