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Learn Productivity Tips and Tricks In 2 minutes!
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hile reading the book
1 – The Famous 2-minute Rule
Michael Sliwinski
Setting up the inboxes is nice, but in
by David Allen “Getting
order for them to really work for you, they
Things Done – the Art of
need to be emptied on a regular basis. In
Stress-free Productivity”,
this video I’m showing some basic do’s and don’ts when emptying inboxes.
I couldn’t escape many “a-ha” moments when I realized what David is saying is just
4 – A life outside of Email
pure common sense and most of it I already knew but never cared to put into practice. One of these “obvious discoveries” I’ve made is the “2-minute rule” which says: “If an action will take less than two minutes, it should be done at the moment
In this episode we’re discussing the two-minute rule by David Allen. I’m also
it is defined.” (David Allen) When I realized how powerful this rule
showing you how a small two-minute timer
is, I started searching for 2-minute actions
can help you determine your two-minute
during my busy day and found out that there
actions.
are really many of them! When you know something takes less than two minutes – you
2 – The INBOX and my inboxes
Is Email ruling your life? Are you depending on Email and feel it’s
just don’t have any excuse for not doing it.
overwhelming you with so many emails
While reading many articles by the productivity bloggers, I jotted down my
coming in? Here are my tips showing you
favorite tips and “hacks” to keep them in
how you can get a life outside of email.
mind for the future and maybe later share
5 – Processing to Zero
them with my Nozbe community. Then I realized these small pieces of advice can be presented in a form of a video series. This is how the idea of the “2-minute Productivity Show” came to life. I just thought – if I can squeeze some
Here I’m sharing with viewers how many
great tips and tricks into a short video that
inboxes I have set up and how I’m using
would last only two minutes – my users will
them to make sure I capture all the ideas
watch it. After all, it’s just two minutes!
and information worth processing.
3 – How to EMPTY your INBOX Not all the messages need to be responded to, however all the messages need to be processed. What’s the difference? Learn in this video. Since the interest in the videos is growing, I decided to publish new video every Wednesday on the Nozbe blog. Hope To date I’ve recorded one introductory video and 5 episodes of the series. Let me briefly introduce them to you:
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