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John Jantsch evernote online resources consultants GTD Getting Things Done David Allen
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John Jantsch
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But, like so many great tools without a system and logical way to bring them into your everyday reality, they can become just another distraction. So, I want to give you a little of the logic of how I use Evernote.
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my thinking on productivity is influenced by David Allen’s Getting Things Done. One of the core premises of the book and teaching is that by getting everything into a system that you know won’t fail, you can relieve a great deal of the stress that comes from trying to make sure you don’t forget something important.
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The function that makes Evernote so easy to adopt for this purpose is the ability to add and capture information in numerous ways.
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I create separate folders for things like blog post ideas, research for my books, and each project I identify
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and then happily clip, take notes and email ideas to Evernote as I visit my RSS reader, read my email, meet with clients and surf throughout the day
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I use Evernote as a tickler file by creating folders for each month of the year and adding reminders of future actions into each. So, now when I need to file some report quarterly I find a reminder when I review that month and add it to the to do list.
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Because I can get info into Evernote in so many ways and some many forms I also create and maintain lists of things I want to track of find later,
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I have folders for random thoughts and when I hear, see or read anything that I want to capture I use my iPhone to capture it or a service called Jott to quickly record a voice message that’s transcribed and added to Evernote.
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Evernote has become the central nerve center of my work and its usefulness has spilled over into every facet of day to day life.
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I check in every morning to create a list of action steps and to dos and then routinely add content throughout the day. The secret (once more for emphasis) is that its so integrated into every tool I use so it is easy to create a routine to use it.