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
Category: gtd
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 3
This is the third part of an in-depth review of Kourosh Dini’s “Zen & the Art of Work”, which you can find out more about here. Introduction This video chapter, the third one of Kourosh Dini's epic "Zen & the Art of Work" is aptly titled "Taking a step". After having settled on what project … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 3
Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 2
This is part 2 of a multi part review of Kourosh Dini's new video product What is this chapter all about? This second video chapter, the first real chapter after the introduction, goes deep on how to make considered choices about what you will be doing next. In short, this chapter explain how to best … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 2
Quick tip – learn to use your tools
I've recently taken a close look at the application folder on my Mac. If you sort your applications by "date last opened", you may be in for a surprise. More than 70% of the applications I have installed had not been opened in the past 30 days. Including some applications I consider essential and would … Continue reading Quick tip – learn to use your tools
Leap of faith – trusting your GTD system
The short of it At a certain point, you need to make a lead of faith and start trusting your GTD system. If you do not do that, you will not be able to test its real relevance to you. The Last Crusade There is this great Indiana Jones movie. It is not Raiders of … Continue reading Leap of faith – trusting your GTD system
Exploring The Black Box 