Tag: #10stepsbook

  • The Alastair-Methode to implement GTD in a BuJo

    The Alastair-Methode to implement GTD in a BuJo

    The workflow Ryder Carroll discribes in his BuJo-Manual is different from a GTD-Workflow in many ways. But an elegant method to implement a priority-context-list is possible by using the Alastair-Method in a different way: concipated as a alternative to the classical future log, this method to create a list of dates can easily be switched…

  • Sticking with my Routines!

    Sticking with my Routines!

    In the movie „Matrix“ Morpheus tells Neo about the touchstone of wisdom: There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. More and more i have to internalize all i’ve learned in the last year. To learn new habits. Rituals are the best ways to reprogram myself. 1.Weekly Review The importante of this…

  • 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…

  • 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…