GTD & 43 Folders

• How much easier would you sleep if you new your tasks and to-do items were stored in a place where you know they would not be forgotten and would be shown to you at the appropriate time and place?
  • If the answer is much easier, and you would quit biting your fingernails:
    • Create your own GTD system starting with reading GTD and then modifying your software / PDA or making your own hipster PDA and cleaning up your workspace. This will change your work habits, significantly reduce your stress and have a deep impact on the way you live your life.
    • If working on a large project or task, whether collaborating with others or not, create a wiki or some version of the same but separate from the first - analogue or digital - for you and others if appropriate in which to store project details and progress.

• David Allen
• http://www.43folders.com
  • 43 Folders Wiki
  • 43 Folders Software
    • Outlook & GTD
• Lifehacker
• iScrybe

• Omnifocus
• Things

• Do it - Important, consequences.
• Dump it - No, I choose not to do this.
• Defer it - Not right away.
• Delegate it - Who else can do this?

• If you've got a frog to swallow, don't look at it too long. If you've got more than one frog to swallow, swallow the biggest one first.
  - Danny Cox
• If you're thinking or worrying about doing it, it probably isn't getting done.

First impressions = Last opportunities.

The perceptions of others' become your reality.

• If you're thinking about work while at play and thinking about play while at work, something's wrong. Don`t fall into this trap - it is a vicious circle, one I know all too well.
  • Keep your guilt in check.
    • If you have dedicated yourself wholly to your work during work hours you can dedicate yourself wholly to play during play hours guilt free and vice versa.
      • You may be some place physically but another mentally. Don't be robbed of what is important - the now.
      • Note: This goes back to the GTD concept and knowing that your tasks are stored in a safe place where you will be reminded of them at the appropriate time.