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Mindsets of Productivity

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Everyone has a different idea as to what success means, but at the same time everyone wants to be successful. Time management and productivity are two concepts related to success. Looking at the successful people around us we notice that most of them are organized people who value their time. What makes them successful is something we cannot see on the outside. But, when we analyze what these successful people have in common we realize it’s the mindsets these people have behind the concepts of time management and productivity.

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GTD – Tips to Review

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Another important aspect of the GTD process is the ‘Review’ phase. This is where we do a periodical audit of our complete GTD system going through all the action items captured, making it current by adding what all is not captured yet, and planning for the week ahead.

What to review?

  • Physical items: post its, memos, articles, receipts, letters, notes, manuals, supplies, decorations, utilities, appliances, areas/places to be cleaned/organized, CDs, DVDs, tapes, camera, closets, tools, luggage, computers, basically any physical item which might have an action assigned to it.
  • From the psyche: projects – stalled/to be started/changed course, hobbies, travel, new things to do, R&D about stuff, bill payments, etc.
  • About People: commitments/events related to spouse, children, family, boss, colleagues; appointments & social/cultural events.

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7 Tips to be Disciplined

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Over the last few weeks I’ve been gaming a lot and ignoring my blog. I know when I’m due for a new post, but, I’m consciously ignoring it. The game is just too good to postpone playing & neither is the guilt for not writing. I’ve found myself many a times in such situations – postponing because I hate to do certain errands or ignoring duties because I love lazing around with a book or in this case a game. I really wish I had more discipline. What is ‘Discipline’ by the way?

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15 Tips to Productivity

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We live in an age of abundance. There’s too much of everything today – too many commitments, too much work, too much information – too much stuff pulling our head from every direction. The only thing we don’t have is: time. One great challenge we face today is to find time for everything, for all the various activities life throws at us, from day to day chores, to stuff we’ve taken upon by ourselves, to stuff given to us by others, all stuff we cannot run away from. If all we have is 24 hours, how do we cram all this work into it? How can we make the best use of the 24 hours given to us? In other words, how can we be most productive?

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GTD – Tips to Organize

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Organizing means identifying various buckets to store your actions and support material.

For Non- actionable items:

  • Trash: If something is determined as unnecesary to your workflow, trash it.
  • Someday/Maybe: – The incubation bucket – If not sure when you want to get something done – save it here. Ex: want to learn guitar? But not sure when – put it here.
  • Reference: Any information/documents/material you want to store as reference, put it here. Ex: project notes from the last client meeting (which might be necessary for the next meeting).

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