In January 2018 I wrote about my Trello set-up. Based on a question on Twitter by Daniel C Berman, who inquired as to the state of my Trello use, I felt I had to update this post. But rather than just updating the post, it actually made sense to describe my entire productivity system. Because … Continue reading Revisiting my Trello set-up
Category: Getting Things Done
How to write good tasks
My daily task list review often leaves me less than motivated to « do » my tasks. Not because I lack motivation, but mainly because I have not been diligent enough in correctly writing my tasks ... I suffer from lack of task clarity. Luckily, there’s a remedy for that, and even a way to supercharge your … Continue reading How to write good tasks
Grooming your to do’s
If you think about it, it likely sounds obvious, that need to consider your to do's before you actually start working on them … but do you really practice this most obvious of activities before you charge ahead to deal with that immense list of indefined stuff you need to deal with? Or do you … Continue reading Grooming your to do’s
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 7 – “addressing thoughts”
This is the seventh part of my review of Kourosh Dini's video product which consists of 16 "sessions", video chapters, on how to get to beter work. You can find more about it here. It guides the users through the first steps in the build and the acquisition of a new or improved toolset which … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 7 – “addressing thoughts”
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 6 – “Setting thoughts aside”
This is the sixth part of a sixteen part review of Kourosh Dini's excellent "Zen & the Art of Work", which you can find out more about right here. The idea of the review is to go through each of the modules, the video chapters, and review what they are about and how they have … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 6 – “Setting thoughts aside”
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 5 – “Preparing time”
After a number of blog posts on the US elections, which I found too interesting not to observe and write about, I'm back to "touching the keyboard", as Kourosh himself referred to it. I'm back to writing my thoughts about his excellent course "Zen and the Art of Work". This is the fifth part of … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 5 – “Preparing time”
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 4
Quick interlude - writing a review of a course as a project in that course This ultimately sixteen (!) part review is now an official project which I’ll use as the basis for applying the principles of Zen & the Art of Work. This I realize, of course, on the day I’m reviewing the video … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 4
Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 1
The review This is the first article in what will be an extensive review of Kourosh Dini's "Zen & the Art of Work". The idea is to go through the impressive product that Kourosh created and explain how it is relevant to me. Of course, your mileage may vary. Video 01 - Introduction The entire … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 1
Low maintenance GTD
My failure to use electronic GTD tools I’ve been going back and forth on the tools I use to implement GTD. I’ve been all over the place: I’ve started with Omnifocus. It’s an interesting tool, but it tends to get very complex very fast, even with great teachers, such as Kourosh Dini. Do check out … Continue reading Low maintenance GTD
Why I prefer Things instead of OmniFocus
A faithful Omnifocus user ... For years I was a faithful Omnifocus user. I read the collected works of many bloggers and productivity specialists who would not talk of any other tool but Omnifocus. I followed the video courses which the OmniGroup so kindly provided. I worked with contexts, and projects, and did all I … Continue reading Why I prefer Things instead of OmniFocus
Exploring The Black Box 