038: A Conversation with Leo Babauta

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038: A Conversation with Leo Babauta

FromGTD® Virtual Study Group

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Jan 15, 2010

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Author and Zen Habits blogger Leo Babauta joins the Virtual Study Group to talk about simplicity, mindfulness, productivity, writing, and much more. Take a listen here.

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Jan 15, 2010

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004: What Goes Into Your GTD System?: 3/13/08: We discussed what goes into people's systems including how folks capture and access projects and next actions. Lots of tools and tricks mentioned in this great conversation. Download the podcast here. The GTD Virtual Study Group meets on the... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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029: Mindmapping revisited: By request, we revisit mindmapping this week. In this episode, hear host & facilitator Tara Rodden Robinson give a guided tour to how she uses mindmaps to organize projects, brainstorm, stay on track, and much more.Download the podcast hereThe... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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015: Mindmapping and GTD: Mind mapping can be a powerful tool to organize your thinking. Taking this process to a powerful new level, listen as group member Reed Shell takes us on a guided tour of his mind maps and his world. Download the podcast here. Our next meeting will be... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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006: GTD Roundup: Weekly Reviews, Contexts, & Waiting-For: My apologies for the confusion surrounding our meeting on April 10. The bridgeline was wonky and I've been slow in getting the podcast posted. Sorry! To those who persevered and attended, deepest thanks!!! We had a great discussion once all the dust... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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014: Office 2.0 and Enleiten: Frequent Study Group contributor, Doreen Hartzell, joins us to recap the recent Office 2.0 conference. You can hear a summary of the key points from David Allen's keynote, as well as Doreen's insights from her panel discussion. Doreen also shares a... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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009: GTD on the go: Travel can really disrupt your ability to be productive. So how do those road warriors get stuff done? Listen to this episode to hear the secrets of a real uber-road warrior. Phenomenal! Download the podcast here. The GTD Virtual Study Group meets on... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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062: Back to Basics: Roles, Responsibilities, and Areas of Focus: How do you use the 20K horizon of focus to get things done? We're back to basics in this episode. Listen as we talk about how to use 20K to set goals (30 and 40K), how 50K can help you define areas of focus, and how 20K can help you to make decisions... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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012: Plate spinning with GTD: Keeping all your projects going at once is a lot like plate spinning. To maintain any sort of momentum, there’s got to be some energy inputs by you or someone else. If you stop paying attention, the project wobbles and eventually grinds to a halt.... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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002: GTD Natural Planning Model: In this episode, Brian Darnell reviews the natural planning model for GTD. The model consists of five phases: defining purpose & principles (the why), envisioning the outcome, brainstorming, organizing, and identifying next actions. You can... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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039: Getting CRM Done: Using GTD to Help with Customer Relationship Management: How do you juggle keeping up with customers, prospects, and other people you want to stay in contact with? In this episode, the Virtual Study Group discusses tools and software like SalesForce.com and Outlook along with GTD principles and practices.... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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008: Working with nonGTD’ers: Those of us who are into GTD are often in the minority (if not alone entirely) in our homes, workplaces, and elsewhere. How do you cope with folks who don't, or won't, GTD? Listen to the discussion and suggestions for getting others on board, or... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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005: Weekly Review: 3/27/08 David Allen refers to it as the critical success factor. But lots of folks have allergies to doing their weekly review. Check out our discussion of what goes into developing a regular weekly review habit. Download the podcast here. The GTD Virtual by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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025: The Rematch: Overload and Overwhelm Smackdown II: Once wasn't enough! In this episode, we take on overload and overwhelm in a smackdown rematch. New perspectives on how overload can focus your efforts, dealing with crises, and keeping up when sheep happen (you gotta listen to get the joke). A... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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023: Using GTD to Stay in Touch: Welcome to another great episode of the GTD Virtual Study Group! In today's discussion, you can hear how GTD has helped us stay in touch with our networks. Dan Stratton shares how maintaining your network may help you if you get laid off (timely... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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018: Special Guest: David Allen: Happy Holidays! In this special episode, we enjoyed David Allen as our guest. David gave us an update on the growth of GTD as well as answered lots of questions. Download the podcast here. The Study Group is off for the holidays and will be back in... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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031: GTD Virtual Study Group Turns Two!: We're turning two! The Virtual Study Group celebrates its second anniversary with a lively discussion about what makes the group work, our favorite past episodes, and lots of ideas and topics to consider for the coming year. Help yourself to a big... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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035: Getting Your Reference Material Under Control with Evernote: Snowed under with links, ideas, blogs, and lists? To give us a hand, Ellen Valentine generously offered to share she uses Evernote to get things done and stay organized. In this episode, you'll learn how she keeps all sorts of diverse materials at... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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037: GTD on the iPhone or iPod Touch: Think you can't do GTD on an iPhone or iPod Touch? Think again! In this episode, you'll hear about how to be productive on your iPhone or iPod Touch device as well as get recommendations on numerous "must-have" apps. Enjoy!Download the podcast here A... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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003: Horizons of Focus: In this episode, the group discusses the horizons of focus. How can you link up your big picture goals to what's going on down at the runway? Listen to what some of these GTDers have to say. Download the podcast here. The GTD Virtual Study Group meets... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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016: Using Contexts to Increase Your Focus: In this episode, frequent contributer Augusto Pinaud shares the secrets of working in contexts. Learn how to fine tune your focus and get tons more accomplished from the contexts blackbelt! Download the podcast here. Our next meeting will be on... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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022: Going Beyond GTD with MindManager: Welcome to another great episode of the GTD Virtual Study Group. In this episode, you'll hear Michael Deutch whose entire job consists of doing fun things with mindmapping. Michael is Mindjet's chief evangelist and is an avid GTD-er. He talked to us... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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024: Overload versus Overwhelm Smackdown: Drinking from the firehose? In this episode, the GTD Virtual Study Group takes on overwhelm versus overload in a GTD smackdown. Want to know how we cope with everything that we have coming at us? Listen in and find out. Download the podcast here. A... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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043: When Your Roles and Goals Disagree: When you're saddled with a role that you're not enthusiastic about or having gotten assigned a big project that doesn't turn you on, how do you get through it to what you really want to do? In this episode, the Virtual Study Group takes a question... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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021: Using Outlook’s inbox to manage tasks: In this episode, you can learn how presenter Jim McCullen manages tasks as well as email using Outlook's inbox. If you'd like to have a copy of the accompanying PowerPoint, please request it via email by clicking here. Download the podcast here. Our... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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027: Someday/Maybe & Never Again: In this episode, you can hear how we use someday/maybe to manage aspirations and goals. Get insights into the nature of "not-doing" from Augusto, as well as harness GTD to learn from your mistakes.Download the podcast here.The post Someday/Maybe &... by GTD® Virtual Study Group
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