Habits and Systems For A Productive and Meaningful Life [GTD, BASB]

A version of this lecture was delivered on 16 Oct 2023 as part of the “Professor Rounds series, organized by the Dept of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. It is an overview on setting up task and knowledge management systems to optimize personal productivity, based on my own experiences and preferences.
For a long time now, I have used David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) framework for task management. I’m currently experimenting withTiago Forte’s Building A Second Brain (BASB) approach (fortelabs.com/#) + various note-taking strategies as a knowledge management system.
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Tools I currently use:
Workflowy (workflowy.com/invite/1112317d...)
Google Calendar
Google Docs
Obsidian (obsidian.rocks/getting-starte...)
[Legacy tools: Microsoft OneNote, Evernote, Pocket Informant.]
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Selected personal sources of inspiration and wisdom:
Tim Ferriss podcast(tim.blog/podcast/)
Shane Parrish (The Knowledge Project podcast and fs.blog/)
Paul Graham (paulgraham.com/articles.html)
Russ Roberts - Econtalk podcast (www.econtalk.org/)
Kris Abdelmessih (moontower.substack.com/)
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Selected books I recommend:
Getting Things Done / Making It All Work (David Allen),
Deep Work (Cal Newport), Atomic Habits (James Clear),
How to Have A Good Day (Caroline Webb),
Four Thousand Weeks (Oliver Burkeman),
From Strength to Strength (Arthur Brooks),
The Practice of Groundedness (Brad Stulberg),
Tools of Titans (Tim Ferriss),
Writing to Persuade (Trish Hall),
Poor Charlie’s Almanack (Charles Munger).
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Chapters:
00:56 - David Allen and GTD
01:30 - Task Management Systems
03:08 - GTD Overview
03:36 - Capture
04:51 - Clarify / Process
05:43 - Organize
07:16 - Prioritize / Get Perspective
08:52 - Review / Reflect
10:57 - Do / Engage
11:18 - Calendar vs To-Do List
13:52 - “Slack” / “Buffer” Time
14:45 - Knowledge Management Systems
15:07 - Tiago Forte’s BASB system
16:51 - The PARA Method
18:42 - Note-taking as learning
20:15 - Life Habits

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[@drpritanand7193]

Thank you for a very insightful talk. Makes a lot of sense, irrespective of n of 1…

[@anirbandr]

Thank you so much for this , it will be really helpful

[@anirbandr]

Just wanted to know how to integrate GTD and BASB in our digital system. If you can share file arrangement template 😊. Thank you