BASB August 29th - Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done Workshop

Before officially starting BASB, Tiago hosted a Get Things Done (GTD) workshop. He has a history with the concept. As GTD was the book that kick-started his journey into productivity and teaching others to do the same with his course Get Stuff Done Like a Boss.

What is GTD?

GTD put simply is a personal productive methodology to well, Get Things Done. Much have been said about the topic so I won't go into much detail. But there are 2 main principles from the method:

Have a personalised workflow:

A consistent practice that allows you to focus on what matters without letting anything fall through the cracks. Workflow is set up to make certain behaviours intuitive.

5 steps of GTD

Credit: Fortelabs

Credit: Fortelabs

To reduce the cognitive load and leave space in your brain to do what it does best.

  • Capture every single thing you have to do in one place (Brain dump).

  • Clarify the outcome you want for each of them and the next action required.

  • Organise these tasks in a system you trust.

  • Reflect on which tasks are appropriate for the current week.

  • Engage with and complete those tasks only.

From the 5 steps of GTD, I find that clarify has been a step I have often missed in my methodology.

I would often vaguely list things I wanted to get done. Giving no indication of its importance or how to do it. For example, I could list: "Contact Ben" on my to-do list. But leave no indication as to how or why to do it.

Instead, I can write: "Email Ben or Send a Whatsapp message or Call Ben at 3 pm." These allow me to picture the next action in my mind. The key thought is to design the task to make myself take action.

This workshop created a good framework going into BASB. It helps to visualise how I can put the knowledge learnt into action.

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  • Set up a workflow to make certain behaviours intuitive.

  • 5 steps of GTD to reduce the cognitive load and leave space in your brain to do what it does best.

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