Saturday, November 14, 2009

Tackling Immunity to Change

Drawing from two terrific books (Immunity to Change and How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work), host Tara Rodden Robinson introduces a way to take on significant change in your life. The idea is to uncover your "big assumption"--the obstacle that's getting in the way of your improvement goal--and dismantle it to free you to experience the change you want to see. Download the podcast here.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Getting your reference material under control with Evernote

Snowed under with links, ideas, blogs, and lists? To give us a hand, Ellen Valentine generously offered to share she uses Evernote to get things done and stay organized. In this episode, you'll learn how she keeps all sorts of diverse materials at hand and under control. Download the podcast here.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Special Guest: Michael Sliwinski, founder of Nozbe

In this episode, you can hear a live demo of the astonishingly powerful productivity tool, Nozbe. Michael Sliwinski gives us a test drive, answers questions, and even gives us a special goodie at the end of the call. Want to see some screenshots of Michael's presentation (or any other episode)? Enter your email address in the form on the upper right and you're all set. Download the podcast here.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

GTD & Six Sigma

How do we set goals, reach higher, and make progress? In this episode, we talked about how to tackle continuous improvement and got some insight from SixSigma blackbelt, JC Mehner.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Reconciling conflicts between short- and long-term goals

How do you resolve a short-term hardship when going for a long-term goal? And what if you're not sure you'll succeed, even if you put forth your best for a long time? In this episode, the Virtual Study Group tackles the complex topics of plateaus, mastery, and more.
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Friday, September 4, 2009

GTD Virtual Study Group Turns Two!

We're turning two! The Virtual Study Group celebrates its second anniversary with a lively discussion about what makes the group work, our favorite past episodes, and lots of ideas and topics to consider for the coming year. Help yourself to a big slice of the virtual birthday cake and join the fun! Download the podcast here.

Monday, August 17, 2009

TheBrain (how to use PersonalBrain to get organized and get more done)

One of the key aspects of GTD is getting things out of your head. In this episode, you can learn more about how to use TheBrain's amazing prowess to do just that. Our guests were Harlan Hugh (CEO and Brain inventor) and Shelley Hayduk (Brain.com blogger). You can hear how to use tags to create contexts, thought types to categorize, link out to other files, and much more.
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