GTD|REFRESH: Clarifying & Organizing When Your Inbox Is Overflowing | Getting Things Done DC Meetup Aug 2018 Meeting Minutes

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GTD|REFRESH: Clarifying & Organizing When Your Inbox Is Overflowing | Getting Things Done DC Meetup Aug 2018 Meeting Minutes

Date: 22 August 2018

Attendees:  Ray, Karl, Ke, Catherne, Teresa

Location: We Work Dupont

Challenges Forum: timed opportunity to go around the room and help the person by using the group by providing suggestions & ideas to solve their issue

Topic: Recommendations and tools for organizing a reading list

• Looked at website librarything

• Shelfari - another web recommendation

• Try Trello to list out books (see example screenshot)

• Revisit selection methods to ensure you have value of what you desire to read in lieu of having one Long list — pick a time to pick to review the list (e.g every 6 months or so)

• Utilize amazon wish lists create new lists based on what you read and you can add comments

• Web browser extension: “library extension” - can check if book is in the library

Topic:  Digital marketing for app; sales are minimal and we are bleeding Monday

• Meets up: crash coder one to figure out how people sell the app after they develop it

• Security Now - look at the podcast and adrates

Topic:  Tools for academic research

• Prod book group: 2 Episodes (Building a reference system); shownotes theres link to all the tools; http://productivitybookgroup.org/?s=How+to+Find+Out+Anything

• Devon Think - recommended by those who do a lot research w/ documents

• Evernote/Google Drive w/ a Slack integration

• Apps/Sites:Notion, Mighty Networks

Topics: Building a GTD foundation

• Treat it like a process; do research on how others are conducting the WR but formulate your questions and try to map out what your want to review

• GTD Virtual Study Group http://www.gtdvsg.com/

• Remember the WR is to feel clean, current and creative

• Ray does WR every friday ; to bring those feelings into the weekend to simulate hey I’m going on vacation and you want to wrap up loose ends

• Show up to WR with as much as inbox clarified and processed [ABC- always be clarifying]

• Commit to the weekly review sit there and remember showing up is part of the game

• GTD Connect: GTD walkthrough : See Meg Edwards Podcast linke below https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/05/gtd-secrets-true-confessions-of-a-gtd-coach/

Topics: A tool like week plan

• Skedpal

Discussion Topic: GTD|REFRESH: Clarifying & Organizing When Your Inbox Is Overflowing

• What gives back the most? Keep in mind when being overly creative

• Concept: minimal effect dose

• Rules of engagement: setting hard roles of subscription, absorbing information; set thresholds of input - sometimes I use badges and when that number reaches XX that means time to clear out something; be firm with your devious and attention

• Filters to keep stuff out of the inbox

• Don’t over respond - not everything warrants a response (can’t fix others life problems)

• Emails: be firm responses (ACK- acknowledged, utilize read recipients, make it clear no action on my part)

• Reduction of email; unroll.me - will create a master of all things subscribe and make some decision

• Gmail inbox is good for the tabs (can be turned on/off)

• Stickers for quickly getting through paper backlog- sticky’s examples (e.g scan, trash, for action [define the action])

• Timers help; with keeping focus

• Add start dates if you can for projects (less of focus on due dates) - stay in the present moment not past tense

• G-Suite for business has a gamification (happy/sad face) for getting through email w/ speed

• Brain.FM good background sounds w/ binaural beats using frequency

• Get link for for free tool: follow up with Ray

• Google added a meditation app search

Resources Sharing: Open Category

• Book: GTD for Teen

• Web: Mac Power Users Discourse Forum; https://talk.macpowerusers.com/

• Book: The Now habit

• App: thirty whole days based on “the whole 30 diet’

Announcements:

• Sept- The power of when Michael Bruess; take online test to get your chronotype

• Oct- Demo  of the Book

• Nov- Evernote Demo night ; looking for One note experts- reach out to Ray

• Dec- Kst Cosi & Holiday party - WR Walkthrough

• #Prodchat chat Monthly - @TWITTER - [@prodchat] likely 1st Wednesday

• http://productivitycast.net/ Productivitycast Podcast

• Prod Book Group next call 23 Sept - Book ‘ Power of choice’ noon EST

• GTD Party Habitica - Role Playing Game - please join our party if interested

• Productivity Events Calendar  - there's a form if you would like to nominate or inform Ray - a google calendar - http://rsidneysmith.com/productivity/calendar/