Foldable Goals

I have been striving to improve the portable gtd mini system. The little files from notecards work fine but are a bit bulky and a little worn looking. I was inspired by the clever PocketMod to create two Word templates with six areas (somewhat close to 3×5 size) to print on 8.5 x 11 paper.
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Design Thinking

Are you where you want to be?
Today I ran across an article at Innovation Tools with this wonderful quote: “Your processes are perfectly designed to give you the results you are getting right now.” This certainly has the ring of truth, whether you are speaking in terms of business or life.
A strategy map has [...]

Skimming the Cream

Ideas that are captured, then left to languish and starve on a dusty Someday/Maybe list, buried under piles or filed away and forgotten are wasted.
Continually review and evaluate ideas to choose the best ones to act on.

Why is this a good idea? Does it fit my goals?
Which ideas provide the best return on investment?
What resources [...]

Tools for the Four Step Plan

Design Your Writing Life has a brilliant four step plan for Goal Setting. The following tools will help to implement it.
1. Find a blank week form: check out Corrie Haffly’s forms inspired by David Seah. Or explore other forms that are available under free tools. Just don’t get too sidetracked!
2. Write down daily definites, everything [...]

Asking the Right Questions

Asking the right questions is an important skill to:

generate ideas
discover direction
reframe thoughts
learn about others
clarify communication
manage well

I’ve gathered together some thought provoking resources here that answer the question: “What are the right questions to ask?”
 
Goal setting and time management questions:
Generating Goals
What do you want more of?
What change do you want to make?
Imagine you are old and [...]

Discovery of the Day

Via Troy Worman at Orbit Now! – Persistence or Re-Invention: 10 great tips to re-evaluate your goals at The Ultimate Corporate Entreprenuer – “10 ways to explore your direction”

Discovery of the Day

The Productivity Cafe has a great list of the top ten New Years Resolutions complete with actions you can take to acheive them.

Goal and Project Plans

Develop Goal and Project Plans with this worksheet and the steps in How to Set Goals.
Today’s date:
Goal statement: I WILL…BY DOING…(WHEN? HOW OFTEN? MANY? MUCH?)
Life area:
Difficulty level: easy 1 2 3 4 5 very difficult
Costs:
Benefits:
Action Steps:
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Possible obstacles:
Solutions:
Target Date:
Reward:
Signature:

Me and GTD

I first read the book “Getting Things Done” by David Allen when it was published in 2001. Despite enjoying the book and the ideas therein, I didn’t actually implement them. When I began this blog and became aware of some of the blogs available with productivity ideas, I saw that this book has a huge [...]

Goals and Productivity are like peanut butter and jelly

Goal setting and time management belong together.
To achieve goals, it’s important to manage your time well. To manage your time well, you must know what your goals are. They are intimately inter-connected, yet few books address these two processes together.
Setting goals is the first step in time management. The next step is to figure out [...]