
The most critical portion of the GTD system, arguably, is the capturing portion - getting things out of your head. To effectively capture your stuff and efficiently manage your tasks, you need a tool that will allow you to easily handle the process of capturing the things you need to do.
Continue reading...Thursday, August 5, 2010
David Allen's Getting Things Done System points out that the "daily to-do lists don't work" because of two reasons. One is the constant input of new tasks and shifting of their priorities. This makes your game plan difficult to follow. Another reason is that you water down the emphasis on the unfinished tasks that need to be re-listed for the next day because those have to compete with the new priorities. If you've been wondering why your keeping a daily to-do list doesn't seem to be of any help, you now know why.
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 27, 2010

What Mies meant by "Less is More" in architecture, according to what I've read, was: "A building should be constructed on its essentials; extra trappings or additions only distract from clarity, utility, and effect. What the architect seeks is not 'less' for its own sake - merely stripping a building down to its structure - but rather what is appropriate to the materials, location, and required design." So, just an aside, "Less is more" is technically not the same as "Minimalism". You don't really want a "minimalistic" productivity, don't you?
Continue reading...Friday, July 23, 2010

The common reminders that we need at work are the action reminders - those that we need done to complete our assignments or projects. The number of things that we accomplish is the measure of efficiency of our organization system or, in other words, being reminded of the things that we need to remember when we need them determines how much we can accomplish in a given time.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
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