Sara Thompson's List: LTC 2012 GTHIO Resources

• The Basics of GTD Mind Map
• Here’s a great set of tips from the panelists:

• Some e-mail management tips (see map for more):

   
   
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    Turn off the ‘rings and dings’
     
   
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    Remember to categorize your emails that become tasks with contexts
     
   
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    If you ‘right-click’ drag and drop emails to tasks, you can bring attachments with them!

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• Morning Pages

   

  Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, done first thing in the morning. There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages– they are not high art. They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyes only.

• Artist Dates

   

  The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you. The Artist Date need not be overtly “artistic”– think mischief more than mastery.

• The Pomodoro Technique
• We've discussed the method and some tools to help you stick to it, but honestly all you need to get started is a simple timer and a little discipline.
• Getting Things Done
• Seinfeld's Productivity Secret/Don't Break the Chain
• Embracing it is simple: pick something you want to start doing, do it, and then spend the same time every subsequent day doing that thing. Every day you do the thing you want to do, mark it down on a calendar. Over time, that series of marks on the calendar will serve as their own motivation, encouraging you to keep going, and keep doing that thing every day as long as you can. in essence, don't break the chain.
• Adam notes in his post on the technique, you can easily plan for sick days, vacations, and still keep the rhythm going.
• The Action Method
• The Action Method proposes that you leave every event, whether it's a meeting or a brainstorming session, with a set of concrete tasks you can perform, called "action steps." Each item is its own to-do, and they're kept separate from "references," or the materials you need to accomplish those items.
• A Hybrid, or Custom Personal Method
• Honorable mentions this week go out to Kanban, a method that encourages focus on what you have to do right now, what's on your plate next, and what you've just completed, all organized into categories that are easy to switch among.
• Also worth mentioning is the 10 Minute Hack, which we mentioned earlier this week as a great way to get started and power through your pressing tasks and beat procrastination.

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