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April 30, 2007

Managing Project Actions

We just posted a podcast I did with David Allen on managing project actions ala GTD. I wanted to do this podcast with David because it's one of the most common questions I get in seminars. If the outcome gets tracked on the Projects list and Action steps get listed on the context-based GTD Action lists, then what about all of the project parts/notes/ideas that fall in between those? Where do actions get parked until they go on the Action lists? Learn what David likes to use for organizing and planning projects.

http://www.davidco.com/podcasts/play/12.html

If there's a particular GTD topic you would like featured as a podcast, please let me know by adding a comment to this post. I may be able to snag David for another one.

Posted by Kelly at 11:09 AM | Comments (6)

April 18, 2007

No meetings day

I worked with a client recently who has instituted "No Meetings Day" twice a month. How great is that? No meetings. Nada. Zip. A free day for people to do their work without any chance of planned meetings.

I hear from people in seminars all the time that too many meetings (with little time in between to debrief and regroup) is one of the biggest drags on their workflow.

Some would argue that being in meetings IS their job and where things happen. Others say, meetings take them away from their "real work" and it's up to them in after hours to get the job done. What's your take on meetings? Good, bad, depends? Do you ever say no to meeting requests? If not, how come?

Would love to hear from y'all on this.

Posted by Kelly at 03:35 PM | Comments (10)

April 09, 2007

Taking the rocks out of your shoes

Anyone got a filing cabinet that repels you more than attracts you? Check out my new Coach's Corner article about the world of filing cabinets.

http://www.davidco.com/coaches_corner/Kelly_Forrister/article75.html

Enjoy!

Posted by Kelly at 12:21 PM | Comments (4)

April 02, 2007

A shout out for the women

I was watching a bike race yesterday and amazed by the power and speed of these women cyclists:

I have great appreciation for people who excel at something so naturally, especially sports. I've tinkered around with triathlons over the last few years. I'm rarely even close to finishing toward the front of the pack but I enjoy it so much it doesn't matter as much as having fun. I'm finding that the journey for me is not even so much about the actual event, but in training for it. With my travel schedule, it becomes like a game to fit in exercise. I'm about to start a 2 month training plan toward my next race on June 3rd. It's an all-women triathlon near Los Angeles. There's something about the women-only races that is so much more relaxed and supportive (sorry guys!).

People often ask me how I manage to train for something like that while traveling like I do. It's pretty simple. In my weekly reviews, I look forward on my calendar and block out time for my workouts. Before I started doing that it was too easy to blow off working out if I didn't feel like it. Now, I see it on my calendar and treat it like an important meeting. Sometimes I change what I thought I was going to do (indoor vs. outdoor if it's nice out), but I pretty much keep to the schedule as much as I can. I also check out ahead of time what my best options will be where I'm going, such as Athletic Minded Traveler or the hotel website. If it looks like exercise is not feasible because of the timing, location etc. than I will allow for that and try to make it up when I'm back home again.

What works for you? Would love to hear how other people keep exercise fun and interesting.

Posted by Kelly at 11:06 AM | Comments (2)