The Fear of Losing Control to our Tools
An attempt to understand the role of tools in our environments.
Channels of Work
Another question I received after the recent webinar at Learn OmniFocus was to clarify the Land & Sea Project in terms of the number of channels one can use. For details on the Land & Sea project, see the video at about 1:06:43. Its creation and use are more...Grouping Tasks by Session
Useful Lists We can easily be overwhelmed by looking at even a realistic list of things we’d like to do today. This is particularly the case if there are many small tasks. A good list is one we can easily review in a short period of time so that we can make a...Being Deliberate with Task Wording
How we word our tasks can make a significant difference in how we approach them. For example, several rules of thumb may be: Start with a verb Maintain both simplicity and clarity when possible Act as though you are delegating the task to someone else. (In fact, you...A Principle of Completable Lists
Designing flow lists
A Daily Review Habit
“Falling off the GTD wagon” (or any task system for that matter) can be all too easy and all too disrupting. Especially, when you’ve grown used to a system, the gradual loss of trust in that system can come with feelings of anxiety,...
