3. Productivity Hacks
• Get Absolved: Inbox Zero
• Get Organised: To Do lists and Calendars
• Get Things Done (GTD)
• Stay Focused: Pomodoro Technique
• Build Habits: Don’t Break the Chain!
4. Get Absolved
How to achieve Inbox Zero:
1.Open your email program and
create a new folder called "DMZ"
2.Go to your email inbox and Select
All
1.You might alternatively choose
all email older than n days
3.Drag those emails from your inbox
into the DMZ folder
4.Go, and sin no more.
Originally coined by
Merlin Mann in 2006
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5. Get Organised
Old school
• Diaries,
planners,
notebooks
• Hipster PDA
Pro Tip:
Start simple!
6. Get Organised
High Tech
• To Do list
apps
• Calendars
Pro Tips:
Sync and share!
Set reminders!
7. Get Things Done (GTD)
The primary reason we don’t get
things done is STUFF.
“Stuff is anything you have allowed into your
psychological or physical world that doesn’t belong
where it is, but for which you haven’t yet determined
the desired outcome and the next action step.”
STUFF keeps you up at night.
STUFF gives you STRESS.
9. Stay Focused
Pomodoro Technique
1.Decide on your task
2.Set a timer for 25m
3.Work until timer dings; record
4.Take a short break (3-5m)
5.Every 4 pomodori, take a
longer break (15-30m)
Pro Tip:
Check out tomatoi.st!
10. Build Habits
Don’t Break the Chain!
1.Pick a goal
2.Mark off the days on which you
work on that goal
3.Use your chain of marked off
days as a motivator
Pro Tip:
Check out dontbreakthechain.com
11. Review
• Get Absolved: Inbox Zero
• Get Organised: To Do lists and Calendars
• Get Things Done (GTD)
• Stay Focused: Pomodoro Technique
• Build Habits: Don’t Break the Chain!
12. Thanks!
Now go forth and do ALL THE THINGS!
!
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With grateful acknowledgement to: Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a
Half), Merlin Mann (43 Folders), David Allen (Getting Things Done),
Katy Whitton (Flipping Heck!), and Jerry Seinfeld
Photo credits: Mitchell Bartlett, Jason Brackins, Claudia Scholz, and
Pete (fixedgear)