Very useful video, Peter! Thank you for creating it. I'd love to see a video on how to create projects and what the scope of a project should be. Could, for example, a super big project (say, publishing a book) be viewed as one project or be broken down into multiple mini-projects and grouped under an 'area'?
For a big creative project, task management is mostly useful for tracking the less creative parts, such as communicating with your publisher, organizing your notes, or doing various marketing tasks. A task manager won’t help you do the actual creative part (= writing the book), so for those parts I recommend focusing on how you can actually help yourself do the creative bits. For example, you could have tasks to clean up your writing space. Eventually, though, you just need to sit down and do the work.
like I want, on the Technical Side, my Project in Things that I'm making progress toward my goals on, to be the same things that are showing up only calendar, to avoid disconnects and miscommunications
@@duderadley2383 I don't think Things 3 able to do it (not a user). I'm thinking about creating an app where you could write notes, tasks, and seeing your calendar in same space. That'd be perfect. Although I've talked to some people that it might be to complex or busy looking in one app.
Hi Peter, good stuff here. I have a few questions: 1) How do you track progress towards your goal pursuits? You made a project to develop a 3x weekly workout routine. I would think you would want to track that, how you’re sticking to it, if you need to make changes, maybe the actual sets and reps you do, etc. Do you keep that information in a journal file in Evernote? 2) Similarly how do you store project material? e.g. your speech draft, notes from the people giving you feedback, etc? 3) You have courses for both OmniFocus and Things - so which one do you actually use?
Hey Pat. I don't track my goal pursuits (which I have now renamed "actionable projects" because it sounds better IMO). They're done or they're not done. Developing the routine is a one-time thing. Sticking to it is a habit-and habit tracking is different than goal tracking. There are lots of good habit trackers out there so I suggest one of those. I use the Bear app to write and store other written material. Files just go on my hard drive, neatly sorted into folders. These days I usually use Things. Now and then I switch back to OmniFocus to stay up-to-date with omniFocus. But I find the Things interface more pleasant to use.
Peter, I love your videos and your presentation! I think so the Tag system (in Things 3) much better for keep horizons of focus. What do you think about it?
Hey Olivér. I think "horizons of focus" is a Getting Things Done term, right? I don't follow GTD strictly so I don't think of things that way. What do you mean by using tags in this case? Thank you very much for your compliment, by the way!
@@PeterAkkies Yes, it's term of GTD. What i mean it? if I have a goal (for example: Living Healthier = Horizon 4), it is easier for me to use the tag system because it is not tied to projects (or areas). Thus, lower level commitments (e.g.: developing a healthier diet = Horizon 3, climbing 9a+ route = Horizon 3, Walking at least 40km per month = Horizon 3). These are commitments that are not necessarily tied to a context such as "Business" or "Personal", etc. This will of course give each project one (or more) Horizon 3 and Horizon 4 labels. Because the "Climbing Nanga Parbat" project contributes to more Horizon 3 commitments In this way I can easily see that in the Logbook of my individual goals to what extent I proceeded during the period no matter what area or project. I hope you understand what I mean by this :) (I'm so sorry for my English knowledge)
@@OliverMolnar That makes a lot of sense to me, Olivér. Sounds like a good way to keep track of tasks and projects related to higher-level goals. I might try it to see how I like using it.
my comments are more in relation to feature set available, not your prices, which think is Great and seems very practical to me. just want your thoughts on my feature visions here
Hello Peter. I really enjoy your content, keep dooing :) But don't you feel that it is unnecessary micro-management when you add such detailed and obvious steps to your task manager? I know what GTD says about it, but for many people, starting gym sessions is just „starting gym sessions”. For me adding all these - as I said - obvious steps before would be a bit overwhelming.
Hey Paweł. You know, I think the optimal level of detail for tasks and projects varies from person to person. In fact, I also think it varies by project for a given person. When I'm working on a creative project, like writing a blog post or preparing a speech, my work tends to be much less structured. It doesn't lend itself as well to being written down in sequential tasks. But for other projects, such as uploading a video to TH-cam, I find it really useful to have a step-by-step list, so that I don't forget anything. In other words: I think it depends!
Very useful video, Peter! Thank you for creating it. I'd love to see a video on how to create projects and what the scope of a project should be. Could, for example, a super big project (say, publishing a book) be viewed as one project or be broken down into multiple mini-projects and grouped under an 'area'?
For a big creative project, task management is mostly useful for tracking the less creative parts, such as communicating with your publisher, organizing your notes, or doing various marketing tasks. A task manager won’t help you do the actual creative part (= writing the book), so for those parts I recommend focusing on how you can actually help yourself do the creative bits. For example, you could have tasks to clean up your writing space. Eventually, though, you just need to sit down and do the work.
wish we could set calendar dates from within the app here and have 2 way sync
like I want, on the Technical Side, my Project in Things that I'm making progress toward my goals on, to be the same things that are showing up only calendar, to avoid disconnects and miscommunications
thoughts?
@@duderadley2383 I don't think Things 3 able to do it (not a user).
I'm thinking about creating an app where you could write notes, tasks, and seeing your calendar in same space. That'd be perfect.
Although I've talked to some people that it might be to complex or busy looking in one app.
Hi Peter, good stuff here. I have a few questions:
1) How do you track progress towards your goal pursuits? You made a project to develop a 3x weekly workout routine. I would think you would want to track that, how you’re sticking to it, if you need to make changes, maybe the actual sets and reps you do, etc. Do you keep that information in a journal file in Evernote?
2) Similarly how do you store project material? e.g. your speech draft, notes from the people giving you feedback, etc?
3) You have courses for both OmniFocus and Things - so which one do you actually use?
Hey Pat. I don't track my goal pursuits (which I have now renamed "actionable projects" because it sounds better IMO). They're done or they're not done. Developing the routine is a one-time thing. Sticking to it is a habit-and habit tracking is different than goal tracking. There are lots of good habit trackers out there so I suggest one of those.
I use the Bear app to write and store other written material. Files just go on my hard drive, neatly sorted into folders.
These days I usually use Things. Now and then I switch back to OmniFocus to stay up-to-date with omniFocus. But I find the Things interface more pleasant to use.
Hi Peter, I really like your videos. Can you make some videos about Evernote and Onenote too?
Peter, I love your videos and your presentation!
I think so the Tag system (in Things 3) much better for keep horizons of focus. What do you think about it?
Hey Olivér. I think "horizons of focus" is a Getting Things Done term, right? I don't follow GTD strictly so I don't think of things that way. What do you mean by using tags in this case?
Thank you very much for your compliment, by the way!
@@PeterAkkies
Yes, it's term of GTD.
What i mean it?
if I have a goal (for example: Living Healthier = Horizon 4), it is easier for me to use the tag system because it is not tied to projects (or areas). Thus, lower level commitments (e.g.: developing a healthier diet = Horizon 3, climbing 9a+ route = Horizon 3, Walking at least 40km per month = Horizon 3). These are commitments that are not necessarily tied to a context such as "Business" or "Personal", etc.
This will of course give each project one (or more) Horizon 3 and Horizon 4 labels. Because the "Climbing Nanga Parbat" project contributes to more Horizon 3 commitments
In this way I can easily see that in the Logbook of my individual goals to what extent I proceeded during the period no matter what area or project.
I hope you understand what I mean by this :) (I'm so sorry for my English knowledge)
@@OliverMolnar That makes a lot of sense to me, Olivér. Sounds like a good way to keep track of tasks and projects related to higher-level goals. I might try it to see how I like using it.
my comments are more in relation to feature set available, not your prices, which think is Great and seems very practical to me.
just want your thoughts on my feature visions here
what do you think of 2do app
Not a fan. Lacks some basic features that I need and also isn’t visually appealing.
I wish there was a more fun way to work with the visual elements of time here
Hello Peter. I really enjoy your content, keep dooing :) But don't you feel that it is unnecessary micro-management when you add such detailed and obvious steps to your task manager? I know what GTD says about it, but for many people, starting gym sessions is just „starting gym sessions”. For me adding all these - as I said - obvious steps before would be a bit overwhelming.
Hey Paweł. You know, I think the optimal level of detail for tasks and projects varies from person to person. In fact, I also think it varies by project for a given person. When I'm working on a creative project, like writing a blog post or preparing a speech, my work tends to be much less structured. It doesn't lend itself as well to being written down in sequential tasks. But for other projects, such as uploading a video to TH-cam, I find it really useful to have a step-by-step list, so that I don't forget anything.
In other words: I think it depends!