Do The Work
(book) (26mins)
Meditate
(34mins)
- Invocations
The Tim Ferriss Show
(podcast) (15mins)
- Thomas Edison's Formula for Greatness
*Entrepreneur on Fire
(podcast) (30mins)
- 1005: How to avoid climbing the wrong ladder with Stephanie Crowder
- Stephanie is the Director of Member Success at Fizzle. With a background in training, coaching and executive leadership at Groupon, she launched a career coaching business designed for ambitious young women. She recently joined Fizzle's team as she strives to help even more people uncover their true talents & grab a hold of the lives they desire
Work
(8hrs 39mins)
*Entrepreneur on Fire
(podcast) (30mins)
- 1003: How to know when it's time to quit with Barrett Brooks
- Barrett is 1/3 of the trio from Fizzle.co, a community of entrepreneurs building businesses they believe in. Fizzle provides training, community, and coaching for anyone building an online business. Press and hold link to visit the page Show Notes Page Resource: Death to stock photo, The Great Discontent Book: Linchpin, Mastery
Entrepreneur on Fire
(podcast) (30mins)
- 988: How to do good things in life and still WIN with Jay Buys
- Jay is the Co-founder and CEO of Visceral, a boutique creative agency that crafts digital products for the world’s leading causes and socially conscious organizations. Press and hold link to visit the page Show Notes Page Resource: This Good World Book: You're My Favorite Client
*The Dough Roller Money Podcast
(podcast) (34mins)
- DR 185: Applying Getting Things Done to your Finances
- Recently I read the 2015 edition of David Allen’s widely popular book, Getting Things Done—The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. The previous edition was an eye-opener for me, although to be honest, I didn’t implement his system. This time is different. I’ve jumped head first into the GTD cult. In this article I’m going to walk through how I implemented GTD, including the tools I use. I’m also going to cover how you can use GTD to improve your finances. To get starting, let’s look at the 5 steps of the Getting Things Done system: The 5 Steps 1. Capture: Use an in-basket, notepad, or voice recorder to capture 100% of everything that has your attention. Little, big, personal and professional—all your to-do’s, projects, things to handle or finish. 2. Clarify: Take everything that you capture and ask: Is it actionable? If no, then trash it, incubate it, or file it as a reference. If yes, decide the very next action required. If it will take less than two minutes, do it now. If not, delegate it if you can; or put it on a list to do when you can. 3. Organize: Put action reminders on the right lists. For example create lists for the appropriate categories—calls to make, errands to run, emails to send, etc. 4. Reflect: Look over your lists as often as necessary to determine what to do next. Do a weekly review to clean up, update your lists, and clear your mind. 5. Engage: Use your system to take appropriate actions with confidence. For me there are three key parts to this system: 1. The ‘Snap Your Finger’ Test: As part of the capture phase, I record every thought, idea, inspiration, or to-do into my system. It gets everything out of my head and down on paper (or into Evernote as you’ll see in a minute). As part of this, I ask a simple question. If I could get anything accomplished by snapping my fingers, what would I do? This simple question triggers the imagination and gets the ideas flowing. 2. The 2-Minute Drill: Following David Allen’s 2-minute rule has increased my productivity exponentially. Rather than putting things off that are quick and easy to handle, I do them immediately. This is particularly useful when it comes to managing paper around my house or office, especially mail. 3. The Power of the Next Step: Big projects can overwhelm us. One way to break down the projects into manageable pieces is to start with the next step. Not all of the steps. Just the next one. I write it down for every multiple-step project. Tools As helpful as the Getting Things Done approach to productivity is, it won’t work without the right tools. I’ve tried several, including OmniFocus and even Scrivener. By far and away the best tool, however, is a combination of Evernote and a paper scanner. Through the use of just a few notebooks and nested tags, you can easily create a GTD system inside Evernote. The place to start is with a free resource called The Secret Weapon (no, I’m not kidding). Through a series of easy to follow videos, you’ll see exactly how to set up Evernote for GTD. I customized my setup in a slightly different way. Basically I gave my “when” tags different names. It will all make sense when you watch the videos. Rather than using tags such as Now, Soon, Later, and so on, I opted for Today, This Week, Next Week, This Month and Someday. The paper scanner helps you get everything into Evernote very easily. I use a ScanSnap, which can scan directly into Evernote. Applying it to your Finances Once you have your GTD system setup, applying it to your finances is easy. There are a few additional tools you may want to use, however. A good budgeting tool and investing tracking tool are important. One option to cover both is Personal Capital. You can easily connect your bank accounts, credit cards, and investment accounts. Once connected, you can manage all of your finances in one place. For those that one just a budget tool, YNAB is the best option in my opinion. With the right tools in place, the next step is to capture every aspect of your financial life. Here are some ideas: Filing CabinetsBillsInvestmentsTaxesDebtCars (e.g., title, registration fees, etc.)InsuranceBank statementsWillsTrustsAirline or Hotel RewardsBooksReceipts Some of this will mean piling paper on a table to sort through. Some of it will mean a brain dump (remember the ‘snap your fingers’ test) of things you’ve been meaning to do for a long time (e.g., finally get a will or rebalance your investments). Once you have everything out of your head and out on the table, start processing each item using the 2-minute drill. For items that will take longer or are part of a project, record the next step. And use Evernote to save reference material (with the help of your brand new scanner). The post How To Apply ‘Getting Things Done’ To Your Finances appeared first on The Dough Roller.
Tangentially Speaking
(podcast) (1hr)
- 3 - Tao Ruspoli
- This week, Christopher joins Tao Ruspoli a flamenco guitarist, Italian prince, and accomplished film-maker in Ruspoli's camper van to talk about drugs, what it's like to work with Oliver Stone, and Roman Polanski's match-making skills.
Zero to Travel
(podcast) (30mins)
- How To Work And Travel Through South America As a Digital Nomad With Fabian From StartUpDiaries.org : Zero To Travel Podcast
- My guest in this episode of the Zero To Travel Podcast takes the digital nomad lifestyle to the extreme. Adventurer, Digital Nomad & Entrepreneur Fabian Dittrich is the founder and CEO of Helpando and creator and leader of StartUp Diaries. Fab worked and traveled through South America as a Digital Nomad in his mobile ‘office’, a Land Rover Defender called La Oficina. Today he shares his experience running a business while traveling overland and teaches you the secrets to finding your work/travel/life balance. Is it worth it to run a business while you travel? Can you manage a whole company on the road in South America? And create a documentary along the way with little experience, giving insight to people who redefine work? Listen to the show now to find out how it can be done! You’ll Learn: Logistics of running a business from a Land Rover Defender (in South America)How much a business interferes with the travel experienceHow to manage clients across different time zonesHow to balance adventure and workBenefits of a Digital Nomad Lifestyle (think Freedom and Empathy)How to design your life and take a different pathConquering the fears of potential issues on the roadAbout many South American locals doing creative things (and redefining work)Rewards of Business, Travel, Documentary experienceValuable resources and suggestions about technology (to create ease and efficiency) Resources Mentioned: HelpandoStartUp DiariesCalendlyThe Four Hour Work WeekArt of Designing Your Own PathBase CampAlfred AppFabian Dittrich
