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How to become 25% more productive
Essential free tools for the modern office
By James Yeang of Friedbeef’s Tech (www.friedbeef.com)
What’s in it for you
1. Email – How to handle heavy loads without going nuts
2. The 2nd chance Outlook Rule 3. Portable productivity – who needs admin rights?
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1. Email – How to handle heavy loads without going nuts
Simplified GTD Steps
1. Process Email in Batches2. Whatever can be finished now, do it now3. Whatever needs time to finish, assign a timeline
to it, and do it later4. Have ONE and only ONE To-do list
Ingredients• 1 Desktop Search Tool • 1 Outlook Email Client
A typical morning?
Email can be dealt < 2 minutes
Dealt with and moved
Email needs follow-up
Drag email to Follow-up basket
…
Zero Inbox
No Action Required
Action Required
Do one thing at a time, and move on to the next, according to priority
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Sort by reminder time (You may need to add this field in Outlook
2000/03)
Once follow-up items are done, they are moved here
Have one and ONLY one To Do list
Gather all >2 minute tasks and email them to yourself
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Bcc yourself on every email that needs further action from someone else
…then treat it as an email to be followed up on
Sorting & Organizing Information
Desktop Search
What we’ve doneUse Outlook as the One and ONLY one
To-Do list
Go through every email and acting on it if <2minsMark it for follow up, and
assign a reminder if >2 mins
Move everything in the inbox to either a DONE or
FOLLOWUP folder
You get an empty inbox
You remove the clutter of the items which don’t
need action now
You get to focus on what’s next - based on the timelines you set
Outcome?
1. Next actions are clearly defined as everything is prioritized accordingly
2. NOTHING no matter how small slips under the cracks
3. Desktop search finds everything fast
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2. The 2nd chance Outlook rule
Murphy’s Law #99:
“You will realize you needed to add something to an email …ONLY when you’ve hit the SEND button”
The magic workaround
No more…
• Hitting the send button too soon• Forgetting attachments• Angry email written in the heat of the
moment
3. Portable productivity – who needs admin rights?
How to constantly backup your work without even trying
Http://www.mogware.com/FileHamster/
What it does
Watch a directory Detect changes Save a NEW instance of the file
Accidents happen!
• Deleted by mistake• File wrongly over-written• Document becomes corrupt• Wrong changes saved
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For more portable freeware visit
• http://www.portablefreeware.com/• http://portableapps.com/• http://www.pendriveapps.com/
For more productivity tips visit…
www.friedbeef.com
To recap…
Thank you for attending
Enjoy your extra free time!
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