The review focuses my thinking and lets me bring the biggest, discrete problem to a group of people I trust. Great way to prepare for a mastermind – If you aren’t in a mastermind, it’s worth it to get in one. I know I’ll sort it out from a big picture perspective at the end of the week. So when it’s Wednesday afternoon and I feel like sh*t is flying everywhere, I’m able just keep going on my big objectives for the week. A weekly review let’s me know I can put together the pieces at the end of the week in a way that’s hopefully more interesting. I trust the system enough to know that it’s all in it’s proper place and I’ll be reminded at the proper time.īe reckless during the week. – I spend a lot of the week trying to break my business (sometimes metaphorically, sometimes literally) in interesting ways. No Nagging Feelings – I very rarely have that feeling of trying to remember whether I forgot something or not anymore. Advantages to the Entrepreneur’s Weekly Review So I took David Allen’s system and updated it to be what I wanted and needed as an entrepreneur. It was designed more for people that had their priorities dictated to them or at least circumscribed to a certain domain and not for people setting their own priorities. Made for the knowledge worker, not the entrepreneur – The biggest problem with Allen’s system overall and the GTD weekly review process in particular me was that it was for knowledge workers, not entrepreneurs. Not Travel Friendly – Because Allen’s systems rely on physical inboxes and systems in a lot of cases, the system falls apart if you keep everything you own in a carry-on or tend to take a lot of business trips. Why use a filing cabinet when you have Google? Not Updated for Digital – As far as I know, no one outside of dentists uses filing cabinets anymore so Allen’s systems are a bit dated in that regard. That being said, I’ve found for myself and a lot of entrepreneurs I talk with, it runs into a few of problems: #Omnifocus review freeWant a free template to set up your own weekly review? Enter your email below and I’ll send you everything you need to get set up. Because I know that I’ll come back to everything or be reminded of it at the appropriate time, I can confidently file it away and recover the mental bandwidth it used to consume. The review has proved the critical component for me. That means setting up all your inboxes (email, thoughts of things to do in your notebook, physical mail, crap you downloaded), processing the inputs and then filing them away to give you the mental freedom, then reviewing them at the appropriate time. In the years since I read David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD), I’ve created systems that cover the majority of my organizational weaknesses.Īllen’s GTD philosophy is based around the idea of inboxes, processing and review. If some niggling thought does pop to the front of my head, I’ll file it away knowing it will get handled later. Now, when I’m walking around or relaxing with friends I’m usually absorbed in my thoughts or talking with friends not thinking about what I have to do. I’ve built systems around myself to make up for a poor rote memory and tendency to forget. In the case of relying on the help of others where I am weak, organization has been essential for me. “I believe that I can get all I want out of life by suspending my ego and taking a no-excuses approach to achieving my goals with open-mindedness, determination and courage, by relying on the help of others who are strong where I am weak.” I take solace in what billionaire, hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio says: That means that I’ve always had a problem losing or forgetting things that need to get taken care of. I’ve always been a bit of the absent minded professor type, prone to getting lost in my head or on a walk. Ever get the feeling nagging at the back of your head that there’s something you’re supposed to do, but you can’t remember what it is? Or you know you’re supposed to ask something specific to the person you’re talking to? Or you’ve got so many open loops in that you aren’t sure what the logical next step is?
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