Arena Tip
Every day, pick two projects and make sure they are defined: How will you know when this is done? What are your criteria for satisfaction? What are the major steps? What are the urgency, impact, and effort? The few minutes you spend answering these questions will save more effort than you can imagine. In Arena, you can answer these questions in each project's checklist and, for the last question, select the Urgency, Impact, and Effort.
Weekly Reading and Book Recommendations
- "Getting Things Done: Defining Projects Effectively" by Sebastian Günther (2016). Günther breaks project definition into four steps: Adding the project title, adding the description, defining milestones, and adding actions regularly. For more, visit Medium.
- “7 Ways You Can Finish a Big Project Super Fast" by Kevin Daum (2015). Two steps in Daum's approach are both helpful and rarely-round: "Get rid of your judgment" (#5) and "Pause and review" (#6). For more, visit Inc.
- Book recommendation: Getting Things Done by David Allen (2015, 2nd edition). This book is for you if you’ve heard about, thought about, or tried "Getting Things Done." Thinking about work, and capturing all of the open loops, is invaluable.
Register for a Free Webinar, "The Arena 7-day Challenge" #arena7day
Are you ready to easily do what matters? Are you up for a 7-day productivity challenge that actually delivers peace of mind? You are invited to a 30-minute free webinar entitled, “The Arena 7-Day Challenge” on Thursday, November 1
st
, at 1 p.m. Eastern. Registration is available via
Eventbrite
. The challenge will be hosted on Twitter and Instagram the week of November 5th and randomly-drawn winners will receive a copy of
Daring Greatly
by Brené Brown.
About Thrivner Software
The Arena App: Daily Planner, developed by Thrivner Software, helps everyone achieve the outcomes they want to see in the world. Spotlighting project urgency, impact, and effort enhances your ability to do what matters, which is our contribution to a world in
which everyone thrives.
Source(s): Winfrey, Oprah. "What I know for sure: Defining destiny."
The Oprah Magazine
. November 2009.
