{"id":3238,"date":"2008-06-17T02:25:08","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T09:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2008-06-17T02:25:08","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T09:25:08","slug":"ultra-basic-gtd-getting-things-done-for-solo-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3238\/ultra-basic-gtd-getting-things-done-for-solo-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra Basic GTD (Getting Things Done) for Solo Warriors."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a big fan of GTD<\/a>.  More than any of the dozens of books I’ve read on goals and time management, Getting Things Done by David Allen enriched my life and changed my outcomes.   Most of the sentences in Getting Things Done can be followed by “no shit.” But, as my friend Julie Harris<\/a> says, sometimes the “no shit” points are the most important.<\/p>\n

All of us 2.0\/3.0 agents here can do well to follow Jeff Brown’s stellar<\/a> advice.  But execution<\/a> is the key, Just…do it.<\/p>\n

Kludges are very helpful when we’re trying to get something finished.  Worrying about if this is the ‘latest,’ productivity tool is usually a waste of time.   Having dead simple tools like dry erase boards and index executed zealously is WAY more useful than having a half ass implementation of the worlds most perfect solution.  I rock a Hipster PDA<\/a> because there’s something unignorable<\/u><\/strong> about index cards.  You can turn a Palm\/Iphone off, but if you have things to do, they will be reflected in the stack of cards you’re carrying. Is it as slick as an Iphone?  No, but since I made the damn thing it works.<\/p>\n

Instead of having calendared reminders, I took a sheet of paper, and made a basic table:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Monday <\/td>\nTuesday<\/td>\nWednesday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blog Post<\/p>\n

Call 20 Past Clients<\/td>\n

Post to Facebook Groups<\/p>\n

5 LinkedIn Questions answered.<\/td>\n

\n

Blog Post<\/p>\n

contact 10 financial planners<\/p>\n

contact 10 attorneys
send e-zine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

…and so on.  Click for a full version<\/a>. Both 1.0 and 2.0 activities are on the list.  If you’ve got a solid plan, it’s one of the easiest ways to force yourself to execute.  If I’m behind, I have a VISUAL reminder.  What’s hard is setting a realistic schedule and trusting it…that’s another post altogether.  (And yes, I have a monthly version and a quarterly version, too…this has kept me from needing an assistant because I have my tasks laid out in a linear fashion.) <\/p>\n

My page It’s laminated #70 card stock so it has some weight. I use a  Vis a Vis<\/a> wet erase marker to mark things Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a big fan of GTD.  More than any of the dozens of books I’ve read on goals and time management, Getting Things Done by David Allen enriched my life and changed my outcomes.   Most of the sentences in Getting Things Done can be followed by “no shit.” But, as my friend Julie Harris says, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lending","category-marketing","category-technology","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4035,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4035\/rhapsodizing-the-iphone-a-full-day-of-my-chaotic-life-hours-of-phone-time-a-trip-to-pleasantville-and-i-could-not-love-it-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":3238,"position":0},"title":"Rhapsodizing the iPhone: A full day of my chaotic life, hours of phone time, a trip to Pleasantville — and I could not love it more","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm totally loving my iPhone, so far. 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