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Life Hackery

E83d41789fe69fc6b149992cc0abc4e7?s=47 Eric Marden
February 24, 2009
How-to & DIY
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Life Hackery

Getting things done with room for more.

My experience with GTD, Inbox Zero, and other Life Hacks.

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Eric Marden

February 24, 2009
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Transcript

  1. Life Hackery Getting Things Done with Room for More

  2. Life Hackery • Productivity Tips, Tricks and Systems that keep

    you focused on creating great stuff, what ever that may be.

  3. GTD • Getting Things Done by David Allen

  4. GTD Systems • Things • OmniFocus • Google for: GTD

  5. GTD Basics • Projects • Contexts • Items • Actions

  6. Things • Simple To-Do List • Filter your focus •

    Organize into Projects • Areas are Contexts

  7. Inbox Zero • A vow to not spend more time

    on any given email then it deserves.

  8. 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

  9. My Verbs • Delete (or archive) • Delegate • Reply

    • Process

  10. 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...

  11. 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.

  12. Reply • Don’t write a novel when a haiku will

    do. • Get good at quick replies, and process emails faster than ever.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

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

    http://culturedcode.com/things

  16. ... with room for more • If life has given

    you a full plate, then get a bigger plate.

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

  18. 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.