O.K. I read the instructions, got confused, drew a flow chart (which I gave to Mark) and now that I have it figured out and implemented, I conclude that it is possibly the simplest and most effective system for EXECUTING the DOING phase of time management. It does not deal with filing, or planning, or any number of other issues one might encounter. It is FOCUSED on DOING the RIGHT task and keeping MOVING while FILTERING OUT the "someday/maybe" things in an ongoing way.
Don't expect this system to make your morning coffee, but it is so damn efficient that it boggles the mind. And I'm not even messing with a computer implementation. I'm just using my pocket notebook and it is super simple and effective. You've GOT to sign up for beta testing. (Which is an odd term because what you get is an email with a list of instructions on how to set up a notebook.) But once you figure out how to do it, you'll wonder why no one thought of this before. One place it REALLY shines is getting past the whole tangle of projects v. next actions v. actions. Simply put, it does not matter. Put anything on the list and when you get to it, you'll know what to do next ... and if you don't finish it, it goes back on the list for the next pass. Brilliant. Just my $0.02. On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Steve Wynn <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I would say simplicity - think of GTD without the bells and whistles. For > the most part you deal with one list - two if you want home and work to be > separated. > > Splitting the one list into pages - splits the one list into workable > units, that are by default Closed Lists. In other words once a page is full > - nothing new is added to the page. Hence it is Closed/Defined. All new > items get added to the last page. In contrast to GTD - a context list has > items completed and new items added. That is in essence an Open list - of > typical ToDo list fashion. What Autofocus does is combine the power of the > Open List format - the ability to continually enter new items as they > surface. With the structure of the Closed List format - you work on a page > at a time - moving forwards through the pages. > > There is more to it than this because it utilises something called > 'structured procrastination' - but as the system itself is in a beta phase > in order to get the full instructions you would need to sign up. Mark has > requested for the moment that the instructions are not made publicly > available. > > To set it up within MLO takes a matter of minutes really - it is so easy to > adapt MLO to suit this type of working it does seem to fit really nicely. > > I would give it a try if you use GTD - because if you thought GTD was > simple/easy to use - then this is even simpler. If you have any doubts - > check through the discussion group on Mark Forster's website - you will see > the typical issues/questions people are having with the system, > > http://www.markforster.net/forum/ > > All the best > -- Cheers, Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
