Posts Tagged ‘weekly review’

GTD Refresh, Part 5: Building the Weekly Review Habit

At the very beginning of David Allen’s recorded lecture, Getting Things Done Fast, he tells his audience that the most important but single most difficult part of becoming more productive is making time every week for a weekly review. Most important because this couple of hours of “time out” once a week is where virtually all the GTD magic happens – it’s where we make sure… Continue reading

June 19 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: david-allen, gtd, gtd-refresh, weekly review, work | 22 comments»

Sync Your Brain And Your System Using a Mind Dump

One of the keys to any productivity system is to actually put things into the system. Who knew?Obvious though it may seem, many of us have trouble taking the time to enter our thoughts into our task-manager, to-do list, or organizational system.This can happen for any number of reasons - no paper nearby, no easy way to record your ideas - but our productivity can be hurt by not inputting… Continue reading

February 24 2009 | By David | Tagged: brain, capture, creativity, idea, mind-dump, trigger, weekly review | 11 comments»

Toward a New Vision of Productivity, Part 3: The Trouble with GTD

This is the third part of a 12-part series I am posting through the end of December and into January 2009, examining the current understanding of productivity and where the concept might be heading in the future. I invite Lifehack’s readers to

December 26 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: david_allen, gtd, meaning, next-action, system, weekly review | 25 comments»

Back to Basics: Your Weekly Review

No matter how organized you are, how together your system is, how careful you are about processing your inbox, making a task list, and working your calendar, if you don’t stop every now and again to look at the “big picture”, you’re going to get overwhelmed. You end up simply responding to what’s thrown at you, instead of proactively creating the conditions of your life.Almost every… Continue reading

August 1 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, self, weekly review | 30 comments»

12 Ways to Upgrade Your Weekly Review

Fans of GTD will already be familiar with the weekly review. Weekly reviews are designed to give you uninterrupted thinking time each week. Instead of tackling the big questions of your life between coffee breaks and morning commutes, you can set aside time to do a review.Weekly reviews are a great concept and I’ve used them faithfully for the past few years. But I’ve found… Continue reading

January 29 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: brainstorm, gtd, journal, Productivity, review, think, to-do, weekly review | 33 comments»

11 Tips to Carve Out More Time to Think

“The person who reads to much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking” - Albert EinsteinHow much time do you get a week to just think? Not while listening to music, driving your car or during group brainstorms. Not while playing video games, doing chores or taking a shower. Just you and your brain.I’d wager that few people ever average… Continue reading

January 10 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: creativity, gtd, ideas, learning, Productivity, smart, think, time, weekly review | 26 comments»

How to Set an Appointment With Yourself

When you’re deep inside a jungle, your vision is blocked by the trees. In order to plan a route, you need to break out of the dense forest and see the entire landscape. Similarly, if you’re thick in the jungle of your own life, you might not be able to see much beyond next week. Setting an appointment with yourself can give you the broader perspective… Continue reading

November 29 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: goals, gtd, investment, Lifehack, Productivity, review, weekly review | 17 comments»