Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1
“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Your toughest work is defining what your work is! – Peter Drucker
SUMMARY
- Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
- Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)
PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)
Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk
In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).
STEP 1: MAKE A LIST
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 5 minutes
- Write a list, here in this section of your blog,
-I need to complete the previous 3 blog posts in this class
-I need to complete my duet recording orchestra
-I need to my practice record in orchestra
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- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 5 minutes
- Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
- I need to complete week 7 blog post
- I need to complete the week 8 blog post
- I need to complete the Screenwriting blog post
- I need to complete all of my orchestra assignments (duet and practice record)
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- Most important at the top
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
STEP 3: SET A TIMER
https://giphy.com/gifs/time-clock-konczakowski-d3yxg15kJppJilnW
- Set a timer for your first task
- Decide how long you think it will take before you start
- Start working
- Repeat this process for 45 minutes for as many tasks as you can complete, then take a 15-minute break
- Get up and get a drink of water
- Get up and go for a walk
- Every 20 minute blink your eyes 20 times while looking at least 20 feet away
- This is good for your eyes
Start steps 1 through 3 again, repeat for your school day
OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)
Oct. 2020 Lucidchart interview with David Allen
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 20 minutes in this ‘room’
- Watch the first 30 seconds of this Oct. 2020 interview with David Allen
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
- Reflect on GTD and getting to the top of the colorful list above for a minute
- How can the GTD process help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life?
- Then, go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
- Write a few sentence reflection
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Literally, read the article and go for another walk 🙂
Katia Verresen, kvaleadership.com
“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.” – Read more about Katia…
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 15 minutes reading…
- FastCompany Magazine article about Katia Verresen’s techniques and GTD, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
- Then, go for another 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
- Write only a few sentences of WHAT YOU LEARNED
- In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
- Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
- Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
- DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE