taming the firehose
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Tame the FirehoseManage content, tasks & ideas
efficiently & easilyManage content, tasks & ideas efficiently & easily
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The Firehose is relentless
• Multiple Sources– Emails– Social media – Meetings– Collaboration tools– Ideas on the metro– Websites– Newspapers ...
• All inexhaustible
• You’ve got to – Read it all– Decide: Do something
with it? – What?
• React? Use? Share• Store for later use
– When?– And then find a moment
to do those things!
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Unfortunately
• Multitasking doesn’t work• You (think you) don’t control your schedule• You never seem to – have the time– get out of your Inbox– remain focused for more than 5 minutes
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You need
To change the way you work
Technology that works for you, rather than you working for IT
Three Techniques
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Getting Things Done
• First, read this
• Then take back your Calendar– Ringfence your most
productive period …– … for your Most
Important Task.– Pause & Stretch every
60-90 minutes!
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Lowest energy moment
Best focus of the day
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Where is it written that you must
organise the day in the morning?
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Afternoon Routine Everything Else
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As short as possible!
Organise the day
Morning & Afternoon Routines
Routine Implemented in fixed Calendar periods
GTD Projects containing recurring tasks
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Scan – Queue – Store - Share
• Channel the Firehose into:– ToDos in your GTD system– Your personal library of useful stuff, Stored for
later use– some of which you Share using automated tools
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ScanDo it in <2 minutesOr Queue itOtherwise file or ignore
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Emergency ScanOverride MIT in emergencies only
ScanDo it in <2 minutesOr Queue itOtherwise file or ignore
Queue the rest
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Afternoon Routine Everything Else
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Morning Routine
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Scan QueueRead (Pocket) ToDo (DoIT>IN)
One tap into PocketForward emails to DoITQuick-enter into DoIT
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Afternoon Routine Everything Else
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Morning Routine
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Scan QueueRead (Pocket) ToDo (DoIT>IN)
StoreLibrary (Diigo)
Read. If useful, tag in Diigo
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Afternoon Routine Everything Else
Here Be
Meetings
Morning Routine
Most Important Task(s)(Concentration & Creativity)
Getting Things DoneS
t r e
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Scan QueueRead (Pocket) ToDo (DoIT>IN)
StoreLibrary (Diigo)
ShareIntranet, Social, Sites ...
(@IFTTT)
Specific Diigo tags trigger @IFTTT recipes
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Getting Things Done
Scan QueueRead (Pocket) ToDo (DoIT>IN)
StoreLibrary (Diigo)
ShareIntranet, Social, Sites ...
(@IFTTT)
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Afternoon Routine
Morning Routine
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Afternoon Routine Everything Else
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Meetings
Morning Routine
Most Important Task(s)(Concentration & Creativity)
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