I’ve tried lots of them like Asana, Wunderlist, TODOist, OmniFocus and many others. There is no lack of tools out there for handling our information, tasks and projects. GTD has a lot of proponents, though how you use and incorporate is up to you. We can all information and tasks we encounter and make them manageable and actionable. “Getting Things Done” (GTD) proposes principles and steps to handling information overload. The one book and process I return to and use is “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. There are a lot of articles, books, and systems on productivity. Once you got the information and tasks in an external, out-of-your-brain system, you work. Whatever your system is, you need a way to capture what you are doing, prioritize where to put your time and energy, and then DO it.Įffective task and information management is the cornerstone of productive work and life.

” Productive people depend on systems and well-defined processes. How do busy people handle everything? Everyone I meet who handles “too much” well tell me the same thing: “I have a system” or “I handle my tasks with. We only need the right mindset and right systems to handle all of life’s information and tasks. We can improve at completing our most important projects and responsibilities. Some people can handle it and thrive in the age of “too much.” Others drown. We all have too many emails, texts, chats, social updates, too much information to learn, study, read, and, of course, too much to do. These overachievers can manage many projects, habits, family commitments with dexterity and without worry.īusy is the norm. Presidents, CEOs and exceptional people all have busier lives than you do. Remove “busy” from your vocabulary of excuses.

“Busyness” should not be an excuse for why you don’t get things done.

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