Archive for the ‘Systems’ Category

Getting Started with GTD (Getting Things Done)

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I’m a big fan of Getting Things Done (GTD).  It’s an elegant, almost simple, set of disciplines and systems that promises “Stress-Free Productivity”.  However, like anything worth doing, those disciplines and systems require dedication to get the most out of them.  The following is a short list of the GTD systems that work together.  The discipline is keeping them up to date.  The freedom comes when they *are* up to date.

System One – The Master Project List – Every project (defined as something you want to get done that requires more than 2 tasks, taking longer than 2 minutes) that you want to accomplish in your life.  All down on paper (or in a system somewhere)

System Two – The Filing System – Active projects, Reference files, Archives

System Three – Your Tickler System

System Four – Your Calendar

System Five – The Waiting On System

System Six – The Next Action List

System Seven – Your In-Basket

System Eight – Your Weekly Review

Your homework for the week:

1) Tell me what you would accomplish if you achieved “Stress-Free Productivity”

2) If you are already a GTD fan, tell me how your story of getting your systems to work together.


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Debating an English Only Policy

Friday, October 30th, 2009

I’m getting comments like this:

Ну и чё с ними делать… Меня достали на моём блоге я устала вычищать…

I have no idea what is being said here, I don’t even know what language it’s in.  Is it spam or is it someone telling me how awesome and amazing my blog is.  I don’t know, and I don’t know what other people are doing with this.

Until further notice, if I get a post that is completely non-English, I will be marking it as spam.  If someone can offer me a good reason to have a different policy, I’m all ears.


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What do you want to see?

Monday, October 19th, 2009

I’m putting together a 6 page report for my information marketing campaign and this is your opportunity to get your questions answered.

I’m planning on putting a bit of research into this 6 page report.  Chances are the subject is going to be something along the lines of

How to design an information marketing campaign in 7 steps.

6 steps to take before building your website

7 ways to profit from your web site while you are still constructing it

3 things you HAVE to know about managing your sites content

Which one of these do you want to see, or do you have something that you would like to see better?


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Joining the let’s-find-out club

Friday, July 31st, 2009

When it comes to a new idea, a mentor once told me that my feelings and past experiences are lousy tools for evaluating that new idea.

What he said was something to the effect of, “You need to join the let’s-find-out club.  Will that idea work?  I don’t know, let’s find out”

At the same time, if you are using someone’s already successful system and that system has worked for others, but not for you, just maybe, you’re not really following their system.

And don’t say, “but we’re different here.” No you’re not, you’re just unwilling (or in some corporate settings, not allowed) to make the changes dictated by the successful system.

I once heard a trainer explain

If I told you to dial (555) 123 – 4567, give my friend on the other end your name & address, and he’ll send you a check for $100, don’t come back to me and say,

“I tried your system, and it didn’t work, I didn’t dial the number in the order you gave me, but I dialed all the numbers”

“I tried your system, and it didn’t work, I didn’t use the number 4 because I don’t like to press the number 4, so I just replaced it with two 2’s.”

“I tried your system, and it didn’t work, I put in the first 6 digits and didn’t get any result, so I didn’t bother to finish implementing your system you fraud.”

Laugh, but I have watched people, at great expense, implement their version of other peoples systems and then complain that not only did the original system not work, but that the people explaining the system were unyielding zealots who didn’t understand how things worked in the real world.


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