Welcome back! It's good to see you again. Please note that I am now publishing all new material at my hub site: StephenPSmith.com

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Suppose you could take a weekend retreat away from the noise of the Internet …

• to focus entirely on your business
• to work with the support of a mastermind team
• to get quality time to interact with the top people in social media
• to get the best information AND time to discuss how you’ll apply it
• to work with sponsors who are doing the same thing
• in a room limited to 150 people — all focused in the same direction
• without worry because the food and the wireless are outstanding.

Imagine a weekend work retreat with these people totally invested in sharing this content.

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See the new post “Hard-earned lessons on structure”

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I have updated the 2010 GTD Calendar and posted the links at my new site, read about it here: 2010 GTD Calendar.

The F-Pattern Put to Practical Use

The result of this work is a set of calendar pages that incorporates the “F-pattern” in its design. Set up as a two-page system, the vertical left-hand column of each page in your DIY Planner is set aside for the most important items that you need to look at.

The strategy behind this design is to incorporate the natural eye-movements in the “F-pattern” found in the eye-tracking study:

* The “Big Rocks” are listed first, on the left-hand edge of the page. This is where your eyes spend the most time, and this is where you look first while planning and executing.

* Your ‘Most Important Tasks’ get listed at the top of the column for each day.

If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/yfhywks. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen

The latest conference call was a great success. We had some input from the callers about real-life learning tool issues, and setting yourself up for success.

The calls are scheduled to last about 30 minutes and I would love for you to share your thoughts. This week we are going to continue the Tickler File discussion started here yesterday - analog, digital, yes, no, maybe. Do you have an alternative? How does it work for you?
Please visit the Work.Life.Creativity topic for this event to add your questions and ideas.

Be sure to register for the next Productivity Mastermind call this Thursday, 8 January, at 2:00 pm!(eastern time)

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