Life Hackery Getting Things Done with Room for More

Life Hackery • Productivity Tips, Tricks and Systems that keep you focused on creating great stuff, what ever that may be.

GTD • Getting Things Done by David Allen

GTD Systems • Things • OmniFocus • Google for: GTD

GTD Basics • Projects • Contexts • Items • Actions

Things • Simple To-Do List • Filter your focus • Organize into Projects • Areas are Contexts

Inbox Zero • A vow to not spend more time on any given email then it deserves.

Email is Evil • Robs you of your attention • Derails your focus • Everything is Urgent • You’re paying mental debt, with interest, for every unprocessed email in your inbox

My Verbs • Delete (or archive) • Delegate • Reply • Process

Delete • You really don’t need it. • Act on it, or get rid of it. • If you really do need it, archive it. But don’t go crazy...

Delegate • If someone else can service them better, let them. • Give yourself a reminder to follow up to make sure the email got taken care of.

Reply • Don’t write a novel when a haiku will do. • Get good at quick replies, and process emails faster than ever.

Process • Does this email require me to do something now? • If it takes less than an hour to process, then Just Do It. • If it will take longer, capture in your GTD system, and move on.

Getting Started • Set up an Email DMZ • Quarantine your time • Schedule an Email Dash, once an hour. • Stay at zero by the end of each day.

Resources • http://inboxzero.com • http://43folders.com/ • http://gettingthingsdone.com/ • http://lifehacker.com/ • http://culturedcode.com/things

... with room for more • If life has given you a full plate, then get a bigger plate.

Thank you! • Eric Marden • http://xentek.net/ • http://twitter.com/xentek

Special Thanks • Special Thanks to all the folks I ripped off for the topic of this talk, including Merlin Mann, David Allen, and Life Hacker. • This talk was driven from my experience implementing these powerful techniques.