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Getting Started with Getting Things Done Pt 1 | The Basic Tenets of GTD

14 Feb 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 2 Comments

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free ProductivityI’ve just emerged from a two-day marathon of getting my new productivity and time management system up and going…and I’m still not done. On the podcast I mentioned that I recently read David Allen’s popular book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. This book is on the list of life-changing books for me. It has drastically changed the way I think about my work and how I keep track of my life. I realized I had some major flaws in my productivity that were limiting my ability to tackle my goals.

If you haven’t read the book, I highly recommend it. Sterling just read it as well. We’re both in the process of using David Allen’s principles to set up our lives and businesses. Here are some of the basic tenets of the GTD philosophy: Read the rest of this entry »

IBM 2 | The Magic of Controlling Your Time

24 Oct 2005 Sterling and Jay 8 Comments

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In this episode of Internet Business Mastery, we take a look into the typical day of an internet entrepreneur and how you can best manage your time in order to find success in your internet business. We offer several tips based on how we schedule our day for maximum productivity including:

  • How Sterling ensures that he has the creative energy he needs for making important strategic decisions
  • How we start our day to get maximum momentum for the rest of the day
  • Sterling’s favorite tools for staying on track with your schedule
  • How Sterling makes it work with a home office with a family around
  • Our favorite book about Time Management
  • A system Jay uses to schedule each day to make sure the most important things get done
  • How to control the phone and email

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