Comments on: 19 Tips to Bring Focus

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:03:53 +0000

Zane, I really like this article. Sometimes it is hard to keep up with everything. Sometimes your business runs you not vice versa. The tips will definitely help with that.

Jeremy
http://refocusing.wordpress.com

By: TJ McCue

TJ McCue — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:46:14 +0000

Hey Anita — can you disable that link i just posted above — the Gmail one? Don’t want the poor guy named JohnSmith to get a ton of emails…. Sorry about that.

By: TJ McCue

TJ McCue — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:45:08 +0000

I gotta chime in. This is great, Zane, like everyone else has said! I used GTD for a while, but then simply shifted to doing a better job of filtering email via Google Gmail. Labels, filters, what have you. GTD has a lot of raving fans, so it works. I’m with Wilson on the email thing — turn off the distractions. For many of us here, we’re involved with online marketing or online media in some way that we want to stay tied to IM, Twitter, Skype, Cell (although i do turn mine off regularly). Just figured out how to text to twitter from my cell and that will make it more regular for me without the distraction of seeing everyone else’s cool tweets. The other thing i love about Gmail is the ability to add a filter on the fly, such as, “JohnSmith+GTD@gmail .com” and you now have a unique email and a built-in label you can search on. You create these emails on the fly with Gmail — just add the + and a term to your main email name and you have it.

By: wilson ng

wilson ng — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:13:34 +0000

great post!

I agree with most of it, except:

if you want to be productive, yes, turn off IM, twitter and cellphone.

Thus, you should encourage people to email. Get a blackberry push mail, but only answer when you have time. IM, and phone calls are disruptive, while you can choose when you can answer your email.

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:30:53 +0000

I believe I should give this a try especially on this tip: 17. Take an offline weekend. Don’t read email, don’t read blogs, don’t answer your cellphone, don’t skype or twitter. Turn it off. I’m always surprised at the solutions and ideas that come at the end of one of these.

By: Nancy Sutherland

Nancy Sutherland — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:30:58 +0000

This is a very practical time management article. Is is possible to do all of these? I think that it would be a real challenge to try! The benefits in productivity will make it so worth it. Thanks for the post!

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:35 +0000

Zane,

Yes, I can recommend to test it. I am still struggling with the first stage of cleaning my desk! The big question is: What’s the next action? You could read about the topic in my post, Getting Things Done and To Do Lists. Click on “Martin Lindeskog” Says. I have added a GTD widget by Alltop on my blog.

By: Zane Safrit

Zane Safrit — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:36:08 +0000

Martin, I’m not practicing GTD. Do you recommend it?

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:55:41 +0000

Zane Safrit: Are you practicing the Getting Things Done method?

By: Luz Spielberg

Luz Spielberg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:17:25 +0000

Excellent tips, Zane! But oh, I’m kinda hit to that checking emails. I checked my emails very often. Every an hour I think. My goodness, I don’t know if that tip will work for me however all others are excellent. Thanks!