The #radfam hosted our inaugural webinar series on February 9, 2018. The topic was streamlining productivity and workflow using the app Omnifocus.

1. Elevate your workflow
How to use Omnifocus

2. Powered by http://rad.family

3. Why am I here?
● Life can be overwhelming
● Our brains waste useless cycles keeping everything together
● Productivity porn does not diagnose the root cause
● First principles are required to create leverage
● There are too many digital systems

4. What you’ll learn in the next 60 minutes
● Seriously, why am I here?
● How much time and money will this cost?
● Let’s start with an example
● How to double down on what you learn

5. “It’s like cheating”

6. Imagine a world...
● All tasks (personal and work) are accessible on any device
● Regardless of your location/mood/deadlines, you always know what to work
on
● Focus on the “Important, not urgent”

7. “Let go.
Without sacrificing your life’s work.”

8. We need to talk
We really struggle here:
● Relationships
● Health
● Hobbies
● Career growth
● Long term goals

9. But first - It’s NOT for the faint-hearted
● It’s expensive
● Steep learning curves
● You need to commit
● Play the long game

10. What makes Omnifocus unique?
● Built in review function
● Deferred start dates
● Meta-data for tasks
● Customized views across multiple dimensions
● Why it’s more powerful than Things3

11. Let’s get started...

12. A GTD Overview - a 5-step process
1. Capture: A gigantic brain dump to clear your head
2. Clarify: “Unitize” each task into the right-sized action
3. Organize: Triage and tag
4. Reflect: Critical for longer-dated (no deadline) tasks
5. Engage: Execute the task at the right time

13. Let’s use an example: Paying Taxes
● There’s a list of tasks
● There’s sequencing required
● Some tasks are ongoing
TASK LIST
“Gather W-2s”
“Input data into TurboTax”
“Mail check to IRS”
“Donate old clothes to Salvation
Army”

14. Step 1: Input tasks into inbox
TASK LIST
“Gather W-2s”
“Input data into
TurboTax”
“Mail check to IRS”
“Donate old clothes to
Salvation Army”
1
2
3

15. Step 2: Create a project
1
2 3

16. CONTEXT LIST
High Energy
Low Energy
Home
Step 3: Create a few contexts (meta-data)
2 3
1

17. Step 4: Tie it all together, go back to the Inbox

18. Step 5: Set up the sequencing
VOILA!

19. So what’s next
● Getting comfortable with deferred start dates
● Using the review function
● Creating more contexts
● Creating different perspectives (i.e. views)
● Connecting to other apps (email, Siri, IFTT)

20. How you can help
● Feedback - was this useful? What would the next version look like?
● Other topics to cover: learning how to blog, podcast, email newsletters
● Spreading the word, for all things Rad
● Just continuing to be awesome!!!!