Student's Guide to Productivity & Time Management: GTD Non-Cheat Sheet, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Sociology of Work and Employment

Download Student's Guide to Productivity & Time Management: GTD Non-Cheat Sheet and more Study Guides, Projects, Research Sociology of Work and Employment in PDF only on Docsity! Todd Neller’s Non-Cheat Sheet  Essence of the Honor Code: o Give credit where credit is due. o Be honest in your work.  Your honor, honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness have great value.  With or without a strong ethical foundation, the best defense is a good offense: Avoid temptation to dishonor through better time-management and task-tracking habits.  Summary of core practices of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system: o Define and use your inboxes.  First, list all places where you expect to get “stuff”.  Next, throw all of your task-related stuff into these inboxes.  Process them. (See below on how to process inboxes.)  Build a habit of capturing tasks into your system by putting task-related stuff into your inboxes. o Process your inboxes daily, capturing tasks and appointments. For each inbox item: 1. Decide whether or not to file it. For each inbox item, ask “Is this actionable?”  If it’s actionable for a current priority, go to step 2.  If it’s a reference item for future work, file it.  If it’s related to a possible future task, add it to a “Someday/Maybe” list and file what is needed.  Otherwise, recycle or trash it. (Circular file!) 2. If not, it’s actionable and we identify the next action.  Make it concrete. What is the next tangible step of progress?  For larger projects, take a few minutes to outline your plan, but the next action should be concrete, not abstract. 3. Process the next action.  If it would take less than 2 minutes to do, do it now.  If not, should you be doing it? If not, delegate it.  Otherwise, defer it. o If it’s time-specific, put it on your calendar. o If it’s to do as soon as possible, add it to your “Next Actions” list. o Review your system and plans weekly.  At a scheduled, regular time, reflect above and beyond local tasks to consider:  How well the system is working and what can improve?  Is every task is getting captured in your system?  Are larger goals are being pursued?  How well are you serving in your roles, relationships, and responsibilities?  If you want to be productive and successful in big, long-term undertakings: o Make regular, short, slow daily progress built into your calendar. o Log your daily progress honestly and reflect on it. o Share your progress regularly (e.g. weekly) with someone who cares.