Life Hackery

Getting things done with room for more.

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

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.