Being Productive: Empty You Brain With the Help of a Trigger List
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You’re probably thinking to yourself, “what is a trigger list”? If you’ve read “Getting Things Done“, you know what a trigger list is. Click on the link below to expand and show the triggers list:
Incompletion Trigger List
Trigger lists can be an invaluable tool to clear the head and begin fresh. The one that I’ve posted here is QUITE extensive, however, I’ve found one that is much more extensive online. I won’t be featuring this here: it will be for newsletter subscribers ONLY! It is a FULL eight pages single spaced. Register for the newsletter over in the sidebar: one is published at least once a week. This trigger list will completely get everything out of your head.
How can the trigger list be beneficial? That’s an easy question to answer. It clears your head completley of everything. It will “trigger” those thoughts that flash quickly through your mind during the course of the day that you can’t quite get down quicl enough. I don’t know about you, but for me I get some of my best thoughts when I am driving. I have a 40 minute commute in the mornings, and there are days that I cannot remember the drive at all due to the fact that I have been thinking with so much concentration that the time has just flown by and I’m already at my destination. I know that I shouldn’t do that, but it is really strange how someone can drive, and be completely cognizant of traffic and cars around them, and when they arrive at their destination they have no recall of trip. I can’t say that it’s the safest way to drive, but it happens to me more times than I care to admit. But I’m wondering off the topic………
Obviously when you are drving, there isn’t much opportunity for you to write things down when they come into your head. Your best bet in the car is to use your cell phone recorder, or a personal recorder like you’ve seen on infomercials. They now have small digital ones that do not take cassettes, so that’s a very convenient feature.
When using the trigger list, it’s up to you how frequently you use it. I can see use for it on a monthly basis, and then a fresh review sleighted towards the new year with the new projects in mind that you want to get accomplished for the new year. I think it would be very draining to do a trigger list every week: it’s a time consuming process that completely “drains your brain”.
It’s best used on a monthly basis and again at the new year. Take a look at the list under the link above: how often would YOU use the trigger list? We want to know, so please share in the comments! OH, and don’t forget to subscribe to the newsletter to get the trigger list to end all lists!
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