Get More (important things) Done

Lori Reed August 5, 2010 lorireed.com

Getting Things Done by David Allen ISBN: 0142000280 http://davidco.com

Take Back Your Life by Sally McGhee and John Wittry ISBN: 0735623430 http://www.mcgheeproductivity.com/

In the typical home, the TV set is on for how many hours? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

In the typical home, the TV set is on for how many hours? ,[object Object]

Over a lifetime, how much time does a person spend waiting in lines? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Over a lifetime, how much time does a person spend waiting in lines? ,[object Object]

About how many hours per week does the typical woman spend shopping? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

About how many hours per week does the typical woman spend shopping? ,[object Object]

Where do the hours go? From the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics – Time Spent in Primary Activities

My Time Log ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

My Time Log – The Goal ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Getting Control In a day… 24 hours - 8 hours for sleep 16 usable hours 960 minutes or 32 blocks of 30 minutes or 64 blocks of 15 minutes

[object Object],Sally McGhee Take Back Your Life

What can we really control? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Covey’s Circles of Control from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

What is productivity? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Meaningful Objectives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Meaningful Objective ,[object Object],[object Object],Illustration from: http://www.salary.com/Articles/ArticleDetail.asp?part=par1942

From my library’s strategic plan

Supporting Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Strategic Next Actions ,[object Object],[object Object]

Is this a next action? Next Action: Change light bulb

Ask yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

It depends… Next Action: Go to store and buy a light bulb Next Action: Borrow a ladder Next Action: Change light bulb

Image Source: http://so-nowwhat.blogspot.com/

Limit Collecting Points ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwthorn/4809438688

Life’s Stuff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],YOUR CONSOLIDATED COLLECTING POINTS

Yeah right. This is going to get messy!

My inbox when I started this process

Assigning Contexts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Your Next Actions (aka To Do List) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Labels for Divider ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Your Day ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Your Week ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Does your email PASS? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],From Sally McGhee Take Back Your Life

Your Next Steps ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Image Source: http://nelswadycki.com/2009/04/02/thank-god-google-suggest-comes-to-image-search/cat-saying-hooray/

Questions? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],You can view a copy of this presentation at: http://www.slideshare.net/lorireed List of bookmarked sites relating to productivity: http://delicious.com/lorireed/productivity

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