326: Tickler Files

An interesting topic for today's call. Tickler files. In this episode we talk about how we've adapted tickler files to work in our digitial systems. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• OmniFocus

• Todoist

• Getting Things Done "The Ticker File"

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286: Tool Switching & System Tweaking

We started out thinking about tool switching and then found ourselves diving into all the tweaks we do/can do to our systems. Shiny things!! We talk about checklists, various tools, and share how we use them. Lots of fun! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote

• David Allen on GTD® and Dealing with Interruptions

• Checklist Manifesto, The by Atul Gawande

• Getting Things Done by David Allen

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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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245: Organizing Individual Tasks

So what do you do when a task really doesn’t have more than one next action but you can’t do it now. The VSG discusses how we handle that in our systems. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Grocery IQ

• Out of Milk app

• ToDo.ist

• Trello

• Emoji Cheat Sheet for Git Hub, Basecamp and other services

• Rocket emoji app for Mac matthewpalmer.net/rocket

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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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216: Using GTD To Work With Others

Don’t you wish everyone you work with was also practicing GTD®? In this episode of GTD® VSG, we talk about collaborating with others and using our GTD® systems to help make it easier.

Resources from the call:

• Manager Tools episode: Assign Work AND Reporting

• Boundaries by Henry Cloud

• FocusMate

• SaneBox

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196: Waiting For

In this episode we discuss the topic of Waiting For. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Simon Sinek

• The First 90 Days by Michael D Watkins

• The Platinum Rule by Dr. Tony Alassandra

• Manager Tools

• Career Tools

• DiSC

• Myers Briggs

• Predictive Index

• Boomerang for Gmail

• Sanebox

• Asana

• Trello

• Basecamp

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174: The Path of GTD Mastery

In this episode we discuss The Path of GTD Mastery, Chapter 15 and Conclusion to Getting Things Done by David Allen. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Deliberate Practice by Ericsson, Krampe, and Tesch-Römer

• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor

• Guided Weekly Review - David Allen

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136: Ask the VSG

In this episode, we cover a bunch of topics in one of our Ask the VSG calls. We covered GTD and working with others, delegation, “waiting for” at work and at home, using multiple tools in one system, Evernote vs OneNote, doing, going electronic, and more... Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Onenote

• Asana

• FollowupCC

• NudgeMail

• Boomerang

• Google Apps

• Gmail

• OmniFocus

• Manager Tools

• Career Tools

• Getting Things Done by David Allen

• RememberTheMilk

• Amazon Wish List

• Trello

• Evernote

• GTD VSG OneNote episode

• GTD VSG Evernote panel episode

• The Secret Weapon

• Evernote: The Unofficial Guide to Getting Things Done by Daniel Gold

• Evernote Essentials by Brett Kelly

• GTD VSG resource page

• Google+ Productivity Community

• GTD VSG Evernote with Lilli Weisz episode

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