Tracking Roles in OmniFocus
Why is as important as what, when, and where
Roles are a powerful planning tool to make sure your life is heading the direction you want. Here’s how to use Roles in OmniFocus.
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When Good Tasks Go Bad
Everything has an expiration date
Don’t let tasks languish on your to-do list. Accept that you’re never going to do them and let go.
Why You Should Write Down What You Need to Do
Your head is a terrible place to keep your task list
Keeping your task list in your head is a recipe for stress, failure, and forgotten commitments. Write it down if you want to get it done.
Schrödinger’s Cat and Incoming Email
What’s Lurking in Your Inbox?
Email in your inbox could be anything. Get rid of the uncertainty by getting it out of your inbox and into your planning system, where you can track it for what it is.
8 Tips and Tools for Forgetful Productivity
Get more done and think less about it
Forgetting is good as long as you remember at the right time. Here are eight tips to free up your brain until it’s time to get things done.
Forgetting Everything You Need to Do
Six principles for getting more done with less stress
My goal is to forget about everything I have to do as soon as I learn I need to do it. It’s an ambitious goal. Audacious, even. I work hard at it. You should, too.
7 Reasons Knowing the Next Action Will Help You Get More Done
Clear next actions turn overwhelm into momentum
Even if you can’t define all the tasks in a project up front, there are still benefits to knowing at least the next action to take.
5 Tips for Staying On Top of Incoming Emails
Don’t let handling email become your full-time job
Email can help you get work done, or it can get in the way. Here are five tips to get through your email quickly and get on with your day.
Batching Errands and Keeping Others on Track with OmniFocus
Two Perspectives to Keep Yourself (and Others!) on Task
Use custom perspectives in OmniFocus to track all of the errands you need to run and follow up with tasks you’ve delegated to someone else.
Scheduling Tasks in OmniFocus
How to Ignore Tasks You Can’t Act on Yet
How to use the deferred date in OmniFocus to schedule tasks for a specific day, week, or month.