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  • email: take control over the chaos

    email: take control over the chaos

    motivation When the first smartphones occurred in my life, I had the feeling: now I am writing emails as formerly SMS! In the beginning I found that great and was proud to answer emails directly. It flattered my ego, when I heard: “you are so good accessible!” But- over time this silly use of email…

  • Shit in – shit out

    Shit in – shit out

    weekly review matters! A friend of mine from the computer science industry once said: shit in, shit out. As simple as that! In fact: – I do not care for my system, I do not trust the system. – and: if I do not think at least a week in advance, I will sink in…

  • Using Colors in Nozbe connecting the Horizons of Focus

    Using Colors in Nozbe connecting the Horizons of Focus

    try and error I tried many many times to find a meaningful use case for the colors in Nozbe: – I gave each Areas of Focus a color (e.g. violet for work in general, red for „pastor“, blue for „friend“ and so on. – I differentiated work and private projects through colors – I pictures…

  • scanners are a man’s best friends

    scanners are a man’s best friends

    Or: How to take control over my documents Once upon a time – i filled many file folders with paper … Did i ever look anything up of it? I once asked the secretary of my bureau, what she do with the letters from the Church Office. „I put them in the folder“. – „If…

  • Getting Focus through contexts

    Getting Focus through contexts

    The using of contexts is one of the main differences between David Allens „Getting Things Done“ (GTD) and a common taskmanagementsystem. Contexts – or in a wider definition categories – prepare you to do the tasks through batching similar tasks throughout all projects. “Categories are like having an extra weapon in your armory – they…

  • Teams, technology and obstacles

    Teams, technology and obstacles

    Or why for me collaboration with Nozbe has never really worked so far. Lonely geniuses „Pastors are like artists“ – said once a colleague to me. Presumably it implied that geniuses are lonely. A German proverb says a lot about the willingness to cooperate in my profession: Blessed are the legs that stand at the…

  • Digital or paper-based system (or both): what does work for you?

    Digital or paper-based system (or both): what does work for you?

    How many folders and papers are produced daily? How many emails with information are flooding us? To be honest: Who always has all the necessary documents at hand? I-and I mean that in all modesty. This is nothing special. I only changed years ago from paper to paperless. Because “Sheets of paper don’t synchronize with…