In Digital Productivity, Mike St. Pierre discusses 7 ways to get more done in less time. From the techniques used in GTD (Getting Things Done) to the use of a digital task manager, you'll simplify work and focus on what really matters.
6. OBJECT IVES
• Define digital productivity
• Stress as an tension to be
managed, not solved
• How to achieve a “less is
more” approach
• Tips & tricks
• GTD (Getting Things Done)
• What can you do TODAY?
(7 things)
20. "It's difficult to find time to sort,
organize and manage these
possessions… Thus, our excess
becomes a visible sign of
unaccomplished work that constantly
challenges our deeply ingrained
notions of tidy homes and elicits
substantial stress."
ANTHONY P. GRAESCH, CO-AUTHOR,
29. YOUR
SCHEDULE
• Meetings
• Interruptions
• Crisis events
• Needy people
• Fatigue
30. Adding up all of the time that these meetings require
amounts to approximately twenty percent of a leader's
time.
If you think about it, a leader who hates meetings is a
lot like a symphony conductor who hates concerts.
Meetings are what leaders do, and the solution to bad
meetings is not the elimination of them, but rather the
transformation of them.
PATRICK LENCIONI
31. The fewer meetings the better
Meet to decide
Honor the time of others
The cost of a meeting
T IPS
32. INTERRUPT ION
S
• Be interruptible but set boundaries
• Use 6:00am-7:00am
• Use 3:30pm-5:30pm
• Use an occasional Saturday
33. “Surround yourself with enough positive people so
you can keep your energy level up. And, you
want to have this same kind of effect on others.
Sometimes, you just have to tell people the
truth. Not only for your sake, but for theirs.
MICHAEL HYAT T
PEOPLE
34. FAT IGUE
• The hidden enemy
• Weakens our will
• “Tired of being tired” stress
• Promotes bad behaviors
• Can hinder school progress
35. DIGI TAL PRODUCT IVI TY
DEF INED
• Getting the right things done with
the best tools available.
• Fun.
• Inspires others.
• Results.
39. SMAL L PRODUCT IVI TY EDGES
• Email inbox no more than one screen.
• Neat workspace.
• Smart use of voicemail & “away” messages.
• Generally organized.
“ H E ’ S G O T I T T O G E T H E R ”
40. GTD/GET T ING THINGS DONE
• Approach to work.
• OS agnostic.
• Personal.
41.
42. GTD BASICS
• Write it all down.
• Inbox ninja.
• List guru.
• Match tasks to energy.
• Review 1x / week.
44. WHAT CAN YOU
DO TODAY?
• Batch your email.
• Plan your week.
• Match energy to tasks.
• Use inboxes like religion.
• Use a digital task manager.
• Write everything down.
• Streamline your social media.