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    April 27th, 2009 by Stephen

    Posted in Downloads, Links, Networking, Viral Marketing, Web 2.0/Media |

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    Connect with Stephen at LinkedIn - Click hereProductivity Tools and DIY Calendars - Click hereI am a small business Conversation Consultant and public speaker that uses the power of the internet to leverage your success. Productivity in Context is a web magazine focused on Productivity and tools for organizing. Make this your headquarters for improving your life and work through increased mindfulness, education, and workflow practices.

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    Moleskine Contest

    April 27th, 2009 by Stephen

    Posted in Hacks, Inspiration, Links |

    From Stepcase Lifehack:

    Stepcase Lifehack is partnering up with Moleskine and Hong Kong retailer city’super/LOG-ON to give you a chance to show us – and the world – what you can do with a Moleskine notebook. Moleskines are the notebook of choice for creative professionals around the world, and have become a symbol of latter-day nomadism – nobody carrying a Moleskine is ever without a place to capture their most brilliant thoughts!

    To celebrate the intimate relationship between lifehacking digital nomads and the Moleskine notebook, Moleskine, Stepcase Lifehack, and city’super/LOG-ON invite you to enter the My Moleskine 2.0 competition. My Moleskine 2.0 is devoted to giving tips and tricks to improve your quality of life by automating, increasing productivity and organising.

    Share your ideas, be selected for an innovative exhibition, and win a lifetime supply of Moleskine notebooks!

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    GTD Cafe: Writing it Down- Paper or Plastic?

    April 22nd, 2009 by thedailysaint

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    Today’s post is from Mike St. Pierre of The Daily Saint

    An absolute GTD core principle is to write things down.  “Capturing” your thoughts on paper (or via computer, voice recorder, etc.)  I’ve found that it’s too easy to let thoughts build up, each time under the guise of something like, “I’m sure I’ll remember that later.”  Unfortunately, that gem of  a thought rarely comes back home.  That’s why writing things down makes so much sense.

    Check out Laura Stack’s article about the capture habit.  Worth a quick read.

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    David Developed GTD Because…

    April 21st, 2009 by Stephen

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    From the GTD Times:

    Here is an interview with David Allen by the publisher of the Polish version of Getting Things Done.

    Q: You developed the Getting Things Done Program because…
    A: I had discovered that applying some rather simple techniques could have profound results, immediately, in people’s ability to focus, stay relaxed, and make positive progress in their work and lives

    Q: What is the difference between GTD and normal task planning?
    If you mean by “Normal task planning” that you make a list of things to do today, or this week, then the difference is that GTD recommends you keep track of every action that you might be able to take, plan as little as possible, and trust that you’ll make good intuitive decisions moment to moment from all your options. In other words, you need to remain flexible and open to all the new inputs and changes that are happening more and more frequently; and if you over-plan, it will get in your way.

    Q: Order above all. That is the first rule of the GTD Program. What is the second one?

    “Order above all” – not sure what that refers to (I never said it). There are not really any “rules” in GTD – only observations of principles. If you want to have a clear mind, you must capture externally whatever is keeping it from being clear, make executive decisions about what you’re committing to do about it, and park the results into some system that you can trust will reflect it back to you at the appropriate time.

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