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Respect Your Backlog and Manage It

Your backlog is bigger than it should be and it needs to be managed. Everyday people tell us how they are overwhelmed by their backlog, and cannot possibly manage it within a Personal Kanban because it could contain hundreds or … Continue reading

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Rapture – Training Your Mind for Completion

Don’t strain your brain, paint a train You’ll be singing’ in the rain… – Blondie Your brain is a muscle. As we repeat certain actions, our “muscle memory” becomes comfortable with those actions, and programs itself to anticipate them. As … Continue reading

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GTD & Kanban: Managing The Relationship Between Someday/Maybe & Active Projects

In my previous post, “GTD & Kanban: Similarities, Differences & Synergies Between The Two“ in this series, I talked about using Kanban for managing the flow of work, rather than having any number of projects and someday/maybe items in separate lists which … Continue reading

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A WIP Workout: Pomodoro and Personal Kanban

Pomodoro is the workout: Personal Kanban is the trainer. Continue reading

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GTD & Kanban: Similarities, Differences & Synergies Between The Two

In this article in the “GTD & Personal Kanban Series” we will explore the why? behind bringing GTD & Personal Kanban together. What is Getting Things Done (GTD)? GTD emerged as a highly effective and popular personal productivity approach in … Continue reading

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Managing and Working Through That Ever Growing Reading List

If you are anything like me, you will have a monster reading list.  Do you manage it?  Do you focus on a few books at a time?  If not, maybe you should, to better enjoy that fiction or help manage … Continue reading

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Visualizing the Flow: Polar-State Based Personal Kanban with Habit Trackers

James Mallison shared a bit of insight and I’m passing it along. In a recent post he discussed issues very close to what I call visualization and flow. He begins with a little story about Jerry Seinfeld: A couple of … Continue reading

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GTD & Kanban: Series Overview

For a long time I have been a Getting Things Done (GTD) advocate in both my personal and professional life, starting from the basics and working my way up to a full blown implementation in various paper and electronic forms … Continue reading

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The Time Capsule Personal Kanban in Detail

Individual work is a real PITA. Over time, we invariably amass a lot of small tasks that are necessary but not urgent.  We end up with a number of things that aren’t high priorities but, the longer we put them … Continue reading

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