COPY AND PASTE ALL THE CONTENT BELOW
- TITLE THIS BLOG POST: Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1
- IF YOU WANT, PLACE A CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE FROM SEARCH.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG AT THE TOP OF THE POST
- REVIEW THESE BLOG POST EXAMPLES:
- Francis’ Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Enrique’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Sam’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Meredith’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Dexter’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Justin’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Brad’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Caleb’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Satchel’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Avian’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Naomi’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Katherine’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Josie’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- Michael’s Step 1 and 2 Lists
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s ALL UPPERCASE INSTRUCTIONS
“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Your toughest work is defining what your work is! – Peter Drucker
SUMMARY
- Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
- Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)
-
- Set a timer
- Spend 30 minutes in this ‘room’
- Take a survey that will help us next week
- Spend up to 2 minutes filling in the Getting Things Done Survey
- Spend 20 minutes watching The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen
- Spend 8 minutes writing a small paragraph reflection
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)
In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).
STEP 1: MAKE A LIST
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 5 minutes
- Rewatch from 17:21-18:08 of the video
- Write a list, here in this section of your blog,
- All the things you need to complete for school
- All classes, all assignments
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 5 minutes
- Rewatch from 18:08-19:55 of the video
- Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
- Most important at the top
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
STEP 3: SET A TIMER
- Set a timer for your first task
- Decide how long you think it will take before you start
- Start working
- Repeat this process for 45 minutes for as many tasks as you can complete, then take a 15-minute break
- Get up and get a drink of water
- Get up and go for a walk
- Every 20 minute blink your eyes 20 times while looking at least 20 feet away
- This is good for your eyes
Start steps 1 through 3 again, repeat for your school day
OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 20 minutes in this ‘room’
- Watch the first 30 seconds of this Oct. 2020 interview with David Allen (Video is below and to the left on the page)
- Type your OSD email in to watch the video
- Reflect on GTD and getting to the top of the colorful list above for a minute
- How can the GTD process help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life?
- Then, go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
- Write a few sentences as a reflection
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Read the article and go for another walk 🙂
“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.” – Read more about Katia…
- Set a timer
- Spend up to 15 minutes reading…
- FastCompany Magazine article about Katia Verresen’s techniques and GTD, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
- Then, go for another 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
- Write only a few sentences of WHAT YOU LEARNED
- In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
- Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
- Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
- DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE
