How to get things done?

About this template

How to get everything done easier?

Learn how to get things done easier using this template and increase productivity in your team.

At first, note down all of the things you need to do. Group them into tasks that are actionable and non-actionable.

Do a weekly review to keep track of the completed tasks and the current tasks.

Sort your tasks into tasks that you will do and tasks that you will delegate.

Getting Things Done

Use this mind map to control the flow of your life’s work.

YES

If the answer is YES, then your follow up question should be
Can you do it in less than 2 minutes?

In less than 2 minutes?

If so, add here all the things you can do now (in the next 2 minutes) and do them!

Sort out your tasks, separate the ones you delegate from the ones that you defer.

Defer it

Choosing what to do

What element on the list, if completed, would affect the most things of importance in my life?

Next action

Organize by context

Organize your to-dos by context, so it will be easier to oversee all the things you need to do in a certain area.

#errands

#home

#office

#computer

#calls

Delegate it

This is still an action, but you will not be the one who needs to do it. Split this task into two parts.

Follow up

Make a follow-up task for yourself so you won't forget to check up on these requests.

Waiting for

Add all the requests you made to other persons to your 'waiting for' list.

Request

DO IT NOW!

Review

A weekly review is essential to keep everything running smoothly.

During this review, you can make adjustments or modifications.

Weekly

Keep track of how many tasks you have completed so far.

Current task

Maintain your focus by always knowing which are the tasks you currently have in progress.

Done tasks

Is it actionable?

NO

Usually not all the tasks are actionable at all.
Some of them can be deleted and there are a few ideas which you can keep for later revision, or you can create an action list for these to come back and review in 6 months or so.

Use the marks below to sort out the non-actionable items.

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All the things you need to do

“Your mind is for having ideas, and not for holding ideas”.

Capturing is done 24/7 from emails, calls, ideas that come from talking to others or ideas that come from your imagination and creativity.

Put all the things you have to do in this inbox.

"Stuff"