Sgombrate la mente e sarete più produttivi

Detto, fatto! di David Allen propone ai lettori interessati a migliorare la propria produttività il celebre metodo GTD (Getting Things Done).

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#⃣ #DavidAllen #metodoGTD #produttività

In einer Woche habe ich meinen letzten Arbeitstag. Und dann, nach gut drei Wochen Urlaub geht es auf neuen Wegen weiter. Und ja, ich muss mich verändern, um nicht wieder auszubrennen.

Ein Baustein wird vielleicht dieses Buch #TiagoForte sein: „Nutzen sie ihr zweites Gehirn — Eine bewährte Methode, sich im digitalen Zeitalter zu organisieren“. Man sagt, er wäre der moderne #DavidAllen. Ich bin gespannt. #GTD

#TIL about "#Eudaimonia", "Ikigai", and that they have a relation to #MaslowsHeiarchyofNeeds - which has its own relation to a framework I developed stemming from #DavidAllen's #GTD concept of "5 Horizons". (#HeiarchyofFulfillment)

I haven't extensively read philosophy - I like to muddle through and figure stuff out on my own most of the time, because now that I've somewhat independently found the same path as others before me (who are much smarter), I can have confidence that this is rational.

@woozle I'm not going to claim any great success myself.

Though #GTD (Getting Things Done, or as I prefer to phrase it , "Getting Shit Done", is a useful framework.

I've had a few past discussions on it ... see below. The book (by David Allen) is IMO pretty good. @Sandra disagrees re: the book, though she likes the system, and has written her own summary:

https://idiomdrottning.org/gtd-overview

That notably omits the tickler file / 43 folders (12 months, + 31 days) for future / repeating tasks.

Earlier threads:

• https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107494251159495990
• https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107494080402567957
• https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/106943363296319887

One key is that you've got to remove stuff from those to-do lists.

My largest obstruction has been entities (usually people, sometimes institutions) actively sabotaging any attempt at real progress toward goals.

@gfriend @ColinTheMathmo @ocdtrekkie @gideonro

#GettingThingsDone #GTD #DavidAllen #Productivity

#7books to know me:

1-3. The Blue Ant trilogy by #WilliamGibson

4. Re-Imagine! by #TomPeters

5. Ready for Anything by #DavidAllen

6. Thanks for Waiting by #DoreeShafrir

7. The Art of Choosing by #SheenaIyengar

@veitia Yes, you too! I tend to do my #WeeklyReview on Sunday so will be getting started shortly.

My system is something I'd love to share but I am concerned at the moment it is too idiosyncratic!!

It heavily relies on macOS Shortcuts automations too, including some scheduled in the background (using LaunchAgents in macOS). My plan is to use an external system like pipedream.com for the automations to make it more portable.

Did you see #DavidAllen's ideal system slides? Drawn lots from there.

@veitia I'm here for #gtd tips, thank you!

GTD helps me so much to clear my head and lay aside anxieties. Many say it's too complicated or prescriptive, but I think that misses the main benefit -- getting stuff out of your head and into a trusted system.

Is #DavidAllen on here to your knowledge?

@dartigen OK, starting to find fragments.

Here: https://idiomdrottning.org/objects/16255c9e-4948-4cb9-a2df-4dd1455880e7

And the main thread:
https://cathode.church/@meena/107121557279870511

And I think this was my main contribution:
https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107122174061982810

Also:
https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107128166295753790

And Sandra's take:
https://idiomdrottning.org/gtd-basics

#GettingThingsDone #DavidAllen

@dartigen If you haven't yet read David Allen's "Getting Things Done", I strongly suggest you do.

The book is flawed and makes numerous presumptions. That said, it's a good start and has some good ideas.

I had a longer thread on it a few months back, will see if I can't track that down.

#GettingThingsDone #DavidAllen #Productivity

@vortex_egg
One cheat approach to this I have is to go through the HN daily archive, where HN is a decent prefilter. Often there's a small set of the top 30 (or up to ~100) daily items which are worth a closer look. I'll read a few days behind.

On Reddit, if you've got a good subreddit, you can set a date range (day, week, month, year) and then sort by "top" to get the most highly-rated items in that period. Reddit tends not to do a great job of quality selection, but it's not completely worthless.

The third of my two tricks is to just rely on random selection to an extent. If you've got too much material to make an informed choice on, shuffle your deck and select something at random. You'll miss some stuff, yes, but you're making an unbiased rather than a biased selection. You can also apply other filters to noise sources.

#Research #ResearchMethods #LiteratureSearch #InformationOverload #CalNewport #DavidAllen #GettingThingsDone #DeepWork #Zettlekasten #BOTI

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@vortex_egg There are two techniques in particular I'd like to suggest which ... well, they don't fully work but they seem to help:

1) Time block your information-gathering phase. Whether that's on a daily or weekly ongoing basis, or as a project phase, say "I'll scan Twitter for X minutes per day, only". And do that at the end of the day, when you've taken care of high-relevance/payoff tasks first.

2) What I call #BOTI: "Best of the Interval". On a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual ... basis, review the items you've selected as noteworthy from that period as well as the top items from the next smaller intervals, and select some n number of best items. You'll probably find that a good value is 10 <= n <= 100, but do what works for you.

BOTI draws on the 43 folders / tickler file concept, or the round-robin database. Essentially you're determining that no matter how long your research goes on, you're committing to a finite set of retained data.

(This is used in all kinds of IT systems and network monitoring, especially with long-term data history.)

You end up with higher resolution in recent / near periods, lower resolution as you go back in time. But you're constantly trying to filter up the best stuff. Since assessment can take time, you'll re-scan earlier selections to see if you'd missed something of relevance (and you can always break protocol for something especially good). But you've got a structure and have set limits on scope.

You'll also start to develop a sense with time as to what actually provides usefulness, and if you track sources, which of those are most valuable. Filter noise aggressively.

A source that sometimes generates signal but usually doesn't ... is virtually always noise. Signal tends to come through, eventually.

(This is related to my "block fuckwits" advice.)

#Zettlekasten #DeepWork #GettingThingsDone #DavidAllen #CalNewport #InformationOverload #LiteratureSearch #ResearchMethods #Research

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@vortex_egg This is a core challenge and failure of any academic. (Or unaffiliated researcher.) I struggle with this constantly.

That was the subtext of this toot:
https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/106933960589722037

Cal Newport does a fair bit of writing on this, aimed at both academics and professionals. Deep Work is probably the best starting point.

A good academic programme (especially for re-entering / nontraditional students) should also address this. Talk to your advisor or department. That library-skills course you're taking is actually directly addressing this, or should (and I'd still reall like to see the course notes / outline / syllabus / readings).

David Allen's Getting Things Done is another good general time-management / goals-management guide.

Zettlekasten (or an equivalent notes-and-references-tracking system) is also very helpful.

#Research #ResearchMethods #LiteratureSearch #InformationOverload #CalNewport #DavidAllen #GettingThingsDone #DeepWork #Zettlekasten

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