335: Starting

Sometimes the hardest thing is just getting started. In this episode we look at how to get over that hurdle, and much more. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Mike Williams - natural planning method

• Endel app (focus timer)

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332: New Years Resolutions, GTD-Style

Do you make new year's resolutions? OK, so we know they never seem to work. But what if we applied GTD to our new goals. What would that look like? GTD actually turns out to be the secret weapon. We deep dive into this topic. Lots of great stuff! Enjoy!

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323: Mind Like Water

What is Mind Like Water®? How do you get it? How do you keep it? What does not having it feel like? In this call we look at what it means to us. Special thanks to Jeff Korentayer for raising the topic in our facebook group! Enjoy!!

Resources from the call:

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

• OmniFocus

• Trello

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

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319: Energy Management

Understanding your energy levels and their impact on your productivity is so important. Are you a night owl? Are you swamped with back to back video calls? Can you fit in a quick nap? We cover it all in this episode. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• SimplicityBliss

• naps

• bird sounds

• meditation

• timeblocking

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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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284: Renegotiation

We all have to renegotiate projects, tasks, deadlines from time to time. In this episode, we look at what might be causing the renegotiations and how to, maybe, create more realistic expectations for ourselves and others.

Resources from the call:

• Things 3

• Parkinson's Law - Work will expand to fill the time allotted

• Unschedule, The by Dr Neil Fiore

• Due app

• The Harada Method

• Hyper Scheduling by MacSparky (David Sparks)

• Toggl

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264: Time Blocking

Do you time block? You may already be doing it and not even realize it. On this call, we dive into the topic and share all new perspectives.

Resources from the call:

• Deep Work by Cal Newport

• Pomodoro Technique

• Francis Wade

• Mike Vardy

• Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (Blog post on this concept)

• The Unschedule by Dr Neil Fiore

• David Allen on GTD® and Dealing with Interruptions

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262: Three-Fold Nature of Work

In this episode we talk about the Three-Fold Nature of Work® -- pre-defined work, work as it appears, and defining work. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Harvest app

• Rescue time

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

• Bullet Journal

• Panda Journal

• 18 Minutes by Peter Bregman

• Marshall Goldsmith's Daily Questions

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