posted at 09:12:34
By Flipping Heck!

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GTD/Productivity

Yesterday (yes, I''m a bit slow on the uptake!) saw the launch of "Productive!" magazine, a magazine dedicated to... er... Productivity!

Brought to you by the creator of Nozbe, the magazine''s mission:

Productive Magazine is a platform where the top productivity bloggers will share their best productivity principles and tips'n'tricks. Let's help everyone get more done and be more productive!

The bonus is the magazine's a free download!

I've only had a chance to have a quick look through the magazine (some of us do have to work you know) but it looks really well done - it certainly wouldn''t be out of place on the shelves in my local newsagent - and there''s articles with many well known GTD gurus including >David Allen himself and Leo Balbauta of Zen habits.

So, if you''re into productivity (which I guess you must be if you read this blog!) then head on over to "Productive!" magazine and download your free copy.

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Sep

17th
2008

Four Hour Work Week in the Real World? Dream on

posted at 15:43:04
By Flipping Heck!

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GTD/Productivity

I've recently started reading the Four Hour Work Week* (hereafter 4HWW to stop me getting RSI) by Tim Ferris and, even though I'm only on page 97 I'm already a bit annoyed by this book.

In the chapter I'm currently on, Ferris talks about regaining time by only checking email and voicemail at designated times of the day such as 12pm and 4pm - and he stresses not to check email first thing in the morning. Doing so will save you x amount of time per day - but would this actually work in the Real World? I can't see how it could.

Now, I don't know if it's the type of job that I'm in that's leading me to the conclusion I've come to, or the fact that

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Sep

25th
2007

Psychology Tuesday: Learn to Say "No"

posted at 14:32:42
By Flipping Heck!

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Psychology/Body Language

Tuesdays are Psychology and body language days at FlippingHeck.com

Sometimes, even though we can be organised (or we like to think we are!) we can sometimes take too much on. This leads to a form of procratination I like to term "Rabbit in the headlights"; you know the one - where you get paralysed with fear at the piles of stuff that's mounting up around you even if you are delegating, actioning, filing and generally getting things done.

There's an enormous amount of pressure on us during our every day lives to be a "yes man", turning something down at work is seen as a weakness and could mean you miss that next promotion - or at least we think that's what's going to happen. I think this is why the likes of "Getting Things Doneand "Four Hour Work Week" are becomi....

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Jul

9th
2007

Follow-up: My "Killer" GTD Setup

posted at 18:21:05
By Flipping Heck!

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GTDFrk posted some questions regarding my original post on my "Killer" GTD setup so I thought I'd expand on them a bit more in a separate post rather than quickly answer them in the comments. So, here we go...

Where is your someday/maybe list?

I don't really need a someday/maybe list to be honest. If there's a film I want to watch I stick it in my LoveFilm rental list (which is similar to NetFlix in the States I think), If there's a book I want to read I buy it or put it on my Amazon wish list. The only things that I really need to list as "Someday/Maybe" items tend to be enhancements to my blogging software which I note at the back of my Moleskine.

Basically, If I get something in my head then I tend to just go off and do it rather than put it off.

Where is your project list? (or is the stack of forms your project "list"?)

The "main" project headings go in my Moleskine. If a project has a couple of actions I don't bother with a form, if it has more that a couple of actions, or the actions are unclear, I make up a form for it.

I need to have everything in one place. I've messed around with separate project lists, next action lists and context lists before but I found that I'd ignore some tasks and do the ones that I like. For example I

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Jul

5th
2007

My "Killer" GTD setup

posted at 21:00:00
By Flipping Heck!

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Update: You can see my response to GTDFrk's Comments here

There's a Meme going on over at "Getting Things Done" about your "Killer" GTD setup. I'm probably a little late to join in (hey, I'm late for everything - it's expected of me!) so I thought I'd use it as the kick in the backside I needed to write about me and my Moleskine which I was meant to do ages ago (did I mention I was always late?). So, here it is, my "Killer" GTD setup!

My Moleskine and Uniball Clear rollerball

What's all this fuss about Moleskines, they're just notebooks right?

Well, yes.

And no.

I don't know what it is a about the Moleskine exactly but there's certainly a big following for them and Wikipedia can pr....

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Mar

12th
2007

Organising Sent emails in Thunderbird

posted at 07:24:20
By Flipping Heck!

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GTD/Productivity

I've written previously about my love for Thunderbird and Getting Things Done and now it's just got even better!

I save a copy of every email that goes out to one of my clients:

a) As a reminder so I can flag it as "Waiting for"
b) To cover my back
c) For reference so I know what I've been talking to them about
d) To prove to my boss I actually do some work sometimes

Until now, I've been going into my main "Sent Items" folder and then dragging the email into the appropriate "Sent" folder under the client's main folder, but I won't have to do that any more!

Purely by accident I discovered the "Send a copy to" function under the options menu (click the image below for a larger version):