Personal Productivity in the Education Sector

April 19, 2008

The topic of personal productivity is something that I am passionate about.

I have developed my own personal productivity style after extensively reading the following sources:

For those of you who are not aware, GTD (Getting Things Done) is the “bible” in productivity circles. The GTD tag on del.icio.us is a good place to start learning about the topic. I was also happy to catch this post on GTD in Education.

Believe it or not, personal productivity can be broken down into a core set of principles:

  • Keep things simple
  • Do one thing at a time
  • Outsource everything possible
  • Remove distractions from your life
  • Work in terms of action steps
  • Follow the Inbox Zero principle for your e-mail
  • Have a weekly review to go over your projects, and clear your inbox, action steps, and follow ups

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One Response to “Personal Productivity in the Education Sector”

  1. Bret on April 26th, 2008 10:39 pm

    I’m a big fan of Getting Things Done. I do the list thing now and my life has simplified tremendously. I used to have a “Scratch and Carry” list, on which I would jot down unordered lists of things I needed to get down.

    Now I’m using a more structured format, where I prioritize and estimate pure time it will take to complete.

    Great blog by the way!

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