325: Inbox Zero

Everyone's favorite topic -- Inbox Zero! In this episode we talk about our inboxes, and what's not an inbox. Also some thoughts on the GTD set up for email with Actions and Waiting For folders. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote

• Pleexy

• Todoist

• OmniFocus

• GTD® Getting Email Under Control

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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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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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241: Digital Cleanup

To clean up your digital backlog or not to clean… not really a question for most of us Type A folks. 😉 In this episode we talk about the process and the organization that helps most of us keep our digital files in check. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote

• Stoicism Philosophy

• MultCloud

• Otixo

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231: Breathing New Life Into Your System

Does your system need a breath of new life or resuscitation? The VSG shares how they tackle this when it’s needed. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Bullet Journal by Ryder Carroll

• Evernote

• Remember the Milk

• Omnifocus

• Marvin

• Readdle for Spark on Android

• Trello

• Gmail

• Amazon Wishlist

• Grocery IQ

• Learn OmniFocus

• Drafts

• CommonMark

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Apologies, my phone connection appears to have been really bad on this one.  

230: Spring Cleaning

Sometimes our systems need a spring cleaning, or just a little TLC to remove friction. In this episode we dive into our best tips and tricks for this. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Fujitsu ScanSnap

• The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington

• Getting Things Done® Podcast

• Flylady

• Coach.me

• Home Routines app

• The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling

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226: Waiting For

Waiting For is such an important part of the GTD® Methodology. In this episode, we share our tips and tricks for managing Waiting For for ourselves and others. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Outlook

• Streak in Gmail

• Braintoss app

• Followup.cc

• Curt Clifton OmniFocus Scripts

• Nudge feature in G-Suite

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219: Challenges

We talk about life, work, and productivity challenges (like your email app being shut down) in this episode of the GTD® Virtual Study Group. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• David Allen Company webinar on Natural Planning Model

• GTD Incomplete Trigger List

• Getting Things Done® Podcast - GTD For Creative People

• Getting Things Done® Podcast - Interview with Evan Taubenfeld

• The Secret Weapon

• GTD setup guides

• GTD® Meetup - NYC

• Getting Things Done® by David Allen - Audible version

• Gmail

• BlueMail

• Spark

• Outlook

• SaneBox

• Einstein Mail by AnyMail

• MailTime

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