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My Productivity Whitepaper

Just thought I would finally offer up my productivity whitepaper for folks to check out if they wanted. I was inspired by Emory's now famous GTD Whitepaper to try to get my org-fu all laid out in one piece for all to see. It is only about 75% done right now but good enough to get it out there.

Check it out at my blog here:

Org-Fu ?berpost - Productivity Whitepaper

I would welcome your comments or suggestions

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I will try to explain...

patrickrhone wrote:
I will try to explain briefly here but will eventually do a longer post about it at my site. As many of you know, I am a big fan of the vertical map.

I guess the best way to spell it out is to show you a piece of mine. Here is a section of my 20,000 ft map:

20,000 ft. - Areas of Responsibility
* Personal
** Relatonships
*** Bethany
**** Fiance
**** Professional support
**** Home maintenance
**** Best friend
**** Wedding planning
**** Joint management of finances
**** Joint management of households
*** Maxim & Miles
**** Father
**** Mentoring
**** Care and feeding
**** Co parenting with Lisa (Mom)
**** Co parenting with Bethany (Step Mom
**** Healthcare
**** Education
**** Transportation
**** Logistics (i.e. w/Lisa)

Thanks so much Patrick. This is one area that I am really struggling with right now. I feel that a total revamp of my system is upon me. I have never understood this model that Allen uses until I re-read the chapter for our GTD Primer that I posted today.

I plan on doing some serious 20K, 30K and 40K thinking this weekend to help me grasp what I feel is missing from my life.

I look forward to the additional writings on your vertical mappings in the Org-Fu.

Michael

 
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