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While I wait for dinner to cook (roast chicken, yum!), I thought I’d catch up on what’s been happening in the GTD-o-sphere. Behold, a group writing excercise on your number one productivity tip from Instigator Blog. Now this looks interesting!

Write a post on your best productivity tips. Challenge yourself by picking your single best productivity tip (although this isn’t a requirement; you can give us more if you want!)

It looks like I am a little late to the game (sorry, work has been busy yet strangely unproductive), as I have found a few others who have already jumped on the tag-wagon. GTD Wannabe and Ian of the Messy Desk are already on the case. Leo at Zen Habits has already been tagged, but since he’s just getting up he may not have had time to post on it yet.

My number one tip is easy: Keep your appointments, especially with yourself! I have found that using my Tickler File and Weekly Review really keep me one track. Since I have started practicing Getting Things Done these two tools were the hardest to get in the habit of using. But that is the key,to make it a habit. Once you get in the habit of keeping appointments with yourself, you will have much more trust in your system, and it will become invisible. And when your system is invisible, it will be able to work on autopilot and you can get things done without any stress. I check my Tickler every morning, and because I know that I will not miss anything I am not afraid to put anything in there. Likewise the Weekly Review - that appointment is inviolate, and allows me to keep track of where I am going, to stay on course.

Now it’s my turn to tag:

Ellesse at Goal Setting College

The Pantheress at Confluey

Mike at the Daily Saint

Bombadee at Bombadee’s Garden

Let’s see where it goes… Have fun!!

UPDATE:

Here are some of the folks who have joined in, it has been running a while now and the Instigator has compiled over 100 submissions. I can’t wait for the e-book!

1. Challenge Your Brain for Productivity - 5 MITA Steps by Robyn McMaster
2. My Ultimate Productivity Tip: Unplug! by Hugh Hollowell
3. 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive by Nonprofit Communications
4. One Is A Productive Number by Carolyn Manning
5. Ultimate Guide to Productivity: To-Do Lists by Tonya
6. The art of getting things done by Vernon Lun
7. The Greatest Productivity Secret Of Them All by Roger Carr
8. Productivity Tips for Writers by Yvonne Russell
9. A Housewife on Steroids by GP
10. Single Best Productivity Tip by Susan Sabo
11. How To Organize Your Desktop to Boost Productivity by Anthony
12. Productivity Group Writing Project by Vickie Turley
13. What’s Your Greatest Productivity Secret? by World Wanting Peace
14. Get More by Doing Nothing by Lyman Reed
15. Productivity Group Writing Project by Karen Del’Marmol
16. Ultimate Guide to Productivity by Jeff Simon
17. Ultimate Guide to Productivity: My Tip by Gillian Hood-Gabrielson
18. What is my secret to being productive? by Sunny Days
19. What’s my top productivity tip? by Tracey Lawton
20. The Greatest Productivity Tip in the World by Alex Brie

Ben says, “Feel free to contribute your own productivity tips, even if you weren’t tagged by someone to do so. You can start a new thread of this group writing project meme and share it with others.” So jump in!

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