Work on task(with no distractions)3

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End work whentimer rings and mark task as done

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Take a 5 minutebreak, then moveon to next task

5 After four sprints, take a longer break (15-30 minutes), then start again

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Clarify and break down into tasks

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Review and reflect on your to-do list

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Getting Things Done

Organize tasks by category and priority

“Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.” —David Allen, author of Getting Things Done

Engage and start checking things off

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Capture everything and write it down

The key to GTD is to relax and keep your mind clear so you can focus on the task at hand. Follow the “do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it” rule to get your inbox to empty—and unleashyour creative potential.

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The Bullet Journal“I wanted to figure out a way for me to be ableto capture whatever I was thinking, however I was thinking it and still house it in a way that was organized and easily accessible.”—– Ryder Carroll, creator of the Bullet Journal

REFLECTTake a mental inventory of the things that matter, and write them down in a list

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• TaskX Task Complete> Task Migrated< Task Scheduled

– Notes* Priority! Inspiration

DEDICATEGet into a daily practice of updating your list to track where you are in the process of accomplishing your goals

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Key Symbols

2 IDEATEBreak down your big ideas into small, actionable tasks using bulleted sentences

ACTAs you work through tasks, use simple symbols to track your progress

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The Bullet Journal community has taken on a life of its own, with supporters around the world. This simple but effective planning method resonated so well that Carroll's 2014 Kickstarter campaign met its funding goal of $10,000 in the first 8 hours!

The Kanban Method

VISUALIZE THE WORKFLOWUse cards to represent tasks and columns to represent steps in the process

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CLARIFY TASKS AND PROCESSESMake sure everyone understands what’s being done and why

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2 LIMIT WORK-IN PROGRESSPull in new work only when there is available capacity

ANALYZE PROBLEMS AREASMake small changes to improve the flow of value through the system

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Kanban relates closely to the concept of Kaizen, which generally means “continuous improvement.” Without Kaizen, Kanban isjust cards on a wall.

WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVECollaborate to make small butmeaningful changes

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“Introducing a radical change is harder than incrementally improving an existing one.”— David J. Anderson, author of Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business

TO DO DOING DONE

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The Pomodoro TechniquePomodoro is the Italian word for tomato. The inventor named the technique after a tomato- shaped timer he used to track his work.

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