320: Defining the Higher Horizons

Projects, Actions, and even Areas of Focus and Responsiblity are pretty easy to define. The higher horizons, not so much. In this episode, we talk about the higher horizons, how we've developed them, and how we use them to guide our life's work. Definitely a great listen if you're struggling with the higher horizons... and just know that we all have, so you're not alone!

Resources from the call:

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• Ready For Anything by David Allen

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Riuz

• Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The by Dr. Stephen R. Covey

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314: When Others Don't Do GTD®...

Ever find yourself annoyed with someone who is less organized than you are? It happens. Maybe even more when you're GTD-level organized.😉 So how do you deal with it? In this episode, the VSG shares a bunch of ideas on the topic. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Livescribe

• Good Notes

• Rocketbook

• One Note

• Moleskine Smartpen +

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312: Boundaries

In this episode we discuss boundaries and how we use GTD® to help us manage them. So many great insights in this conversation! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Getting Things Done® Podcast Episode #11 - GTD at the Executive Level

• 25 Productivity Tips by Augusto Pinaud

• Jeff Su YouTube Inbox Zero

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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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288: External Brain

One of the most important pieces of our GTD® practices is our "trusted system" which includes our external brain or second brain. We talk about this in depth -- What do you use for an external brain? How do you get things in there when it comes at you in ways you're not expecting? What workarounds do you have? So many great ideas in this episode! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Zettelkasten.de

• The Brain

• Evernote

• Evernote tasks feature

• Braintoss

• Drafts

• OmniFocus

• Omni Sync Server

• The Archive

• Keyboard Maestro

• Hazel

• Bullet Journal

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281: When is Enough?

Sometimes life hits you with a whole bunch of projects all at the same time. How do you deal with the overwhelm? How do you know when to say "when"? In this episode, we share our experiences and how we've handled these situations. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Getting Things Done Fast seminar

• GTD® Weekly Review Checklist

• GTD® Horizons of Focus

• Marie Kondo

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

• Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

• Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

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276: Spring Cleaning Your System

In this episode we talk about cleaning up our systems - spring cleaning and even declaring bankruptcy on our systems and starting over. So many great insights! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• GTD at the Executive Level Dr Deb Smith-Hemphill, Getting Things Done podcast episode

• Eric Mack’s Lotus Notes eproductivity system

• One Note

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274: Mindfulness: Being Present

In this episode we talk about mindfulness and being present in our worlds. We dive into what causes the friction to take you out of mindfulness and tips on how to get back to being mindful. We take a bit of a journey on this one. I think you'll love it!

Resources from the call:

• SaneBox (I've been using SaneBox personally since 2011, so I highly recommend it! 🙂)

• 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Method

• Wim Hof Method

• Peace is Every Step - The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

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