3. Why am I here?
● Life can be overwhelming
● Our brains waste useless cycles keeping everything together
● Productivity porn does not diagnose the root cause
● First principles are required to create leverage
● There are too many digital systems
4. What you’ll learn in the next 60 minutes
● Seriously, why am I here?
● How much time and money will this cost?
● Let’s start with an example
● How to double down on what you learn
6. Imagine a world...
● All tasks (personal and work) are accessible on any device
● Regardless of your location/mood/deadlines, you always know what to work
on
● Focus on the “Important, not urgent”
8. We need to talk
We really struggle here:
● Relationships
● Health
● Hobbies
● Career growth
● Long term goals
9. But first - It’s NOT for the faint-hearted
● It’s expensive
● Steep learning curves
● You need to commit
● Play the long game
10. What makes Omnifocus unique?
● Built in review function
● Deferred start dates
● Meta-data for tasks
● Customized views across multiple dimensions
● Why it’s more powerful than Things3
12. A GTD Overview - a 5-step process
1. Capture: A gigantic brain dump to clear your head
2. Clarify: “Unitize” each task into the right-sized action
3. Organize: Triage and tag
4. Reflect: Critical for longer-dated (no deadline) tasks
5. Engage: Execute the task at the right time
13. Let’s use an example: Paying Taxes
● There’s a list of tasks
● There’s sequencing required
● Some tasks are ongoing
TASK LIST
“Gather W-2s”
“Input data into TurboTax”
“Mail check to IRS”
“Donate old clothes to Salvation
Army”
14. Step 1: Input tasks into inbox
TASK LIST
“Gather W-2s”
“Input data into
TurboTax”
“Mail check to IRS”
“Donate old clothes to
Salvation Army”
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2
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19. So what’s next
● Getting comfortable with deferred start dates
● Using the review function
● Creating more contexts
● Creating different perspectives (i.e. views)
● Connecting to other apps (email, Siri, IFTT)
20. How you can help
● Feedback - was this useful? What would the next version look like?
● Other topics to cover: learning how to blog, podcast, email newsletters
● Spreading the word, for all things Rad
● Just continuing to be awesome!!!!