305: Journaling

Journaling can add a whole new dimension of introspection for our systems. We look at journaling from many angles in this episode. Such a great listen! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• DayOne

• Evernote Journaling

• Carl Pullein Journaling

• Bullet Journal

• Journal Prompts:

• Full Focus Planner

• James Clear Annual Review prompts

• Rocketbook

• 18 Minutes by Peter Bregman

• Marshall Goldsmith Six Questions

• Gratitude journaling

• HBR article - We Make More Virtuous Choices When Using Pen and Paper

• Guided GTD Weekly Review® prompts with Meg Edwards

• Silk + Sonder - daily journaling audio

• The Life Organizer by Jennifer Louden

• The woman’s comfort book by Jennifer Louden

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304: Deep Dive - Omnifocus & Todoist

This episode started out as a pros and cons of task management apps. We ended up really focusing on looking at Omnifocus and Todoist, with some other things thrown in there as well. Enjoy the conversation!

Resources from the call:

• OmniFocus

• Todoist

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303: Routines

In this episode we talk about routines and how they can be used to help us be more productive and engaged. Lots of great tips and tricks in this one! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Bullet Journal

• Carl Pullein - End of Day review

• Zac Efron Down to Earth, water episode

• High Performance Planner by Brendon Burchard

• Gratitude Journal

• Secret Code of Success by Noah St John

• GTD Friday Weekly Review Accountability Group

• Weekly Review Accountability Party (WRAP)

• Levenger 5-Year Journal

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302: Play & GTD®

We all experience friction in our systems from time to time. One way to look at this is as an opportunity to make some improvements to our systems and workflows. In this episode, we talk about what that looks like and some things we've discovered over time... as well as, some tools that might be useful. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Jeff Su - You Tube Channel

• Pleexy - Evernote & Todoist integration

• Office 365

• IFTTT

• Zapier

• Evernote

• PDFCombo

• PDFExploder

• 1Password

• Last Pass

• Roboform

• MsgFiler for Apple Mail

• Microsoft Project

• Smartsheet

• Launchbar

• Alfred for Mac

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301: Timeblocking

What a great discussion! With all of the virtual meetings of the past few years, it has become more and more important to learn how to timeblock and manage our calendars. A great call with a lot of great shared experiences from the VSG! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Cal Newport's The Time-Block Planner

• Google Calendar

• Microsoft

• Calendly

• Speed meetings

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300: Successes with GTD®

In this episode we look at the successes we've experienced with GTD®. We also share some other ways that GTD® has influenced our lives and even the lives of others. So much fun looking at GTD® from this perspective. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Zettelkasten

• Jeff Su - YouTube Channel

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299: How to Keep Your System Fresh

This episode is filled with a bunch of great ideas on how to keep your GTD® system fresh! Enjoy!

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298: What’s an Inbox?

Oh!!! What is and what isn't an inbox? Such a great conversation! Enjoy!!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote

• Dropbox

• One Note

• Slack

• Teams Chat

• Zapier

• Google Chat

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297: Renegotiation

Renegotiation is an important process in getting things done. In this episode we look at this process of revising our GTD® systems to accommodate our workloads. Enjoy all the insights shared!

Resources from the call:

• Todoist

• Serenity Prayer

• Stephen Covey - circle of concern vs circle of influence

• Email bankruptcy

• GTD structure in email

• Bullet Journal

• GTD in Outlook

• MVP - minimum viable product

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296: Minor Tweaks to Make Your System Sing

Our systems get so much better with the little minor tweaks we make to our systems. We're not talking the tool swapping/hopping here. We’re talking about all the little ideas picked up along the way (maybe on GTDVSVG) and tried in our systems. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, and then sometimes they are pivotal to making our systems sing! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Todoist

• Chris Brogan's My Three Words

• Tiago Forte

• Bullet Journal

• Evernote

• Livescribe

• Rocketbook

• Circa

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