Todoist sections are a game-changer in how I organise myself

Sections in Todoist help

For the last five or six years, I’ve been using a combination of Todoist and Trello to manage my various to do lists and projects but since Doist introduced Todoist Foundations last year, I’ve had to revise how I think about how I organise myself.

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Instead of focusing on better estimates…

A tweet from John Cutler has been challenging me recently:

Instead of focusing on making ‘better’ estimates, focus on:

  • working smaller
  • integrating frequently
  • exposing work to users/customers sooner
  • testing assumptions earlier
  • limiting dependencies
  • less fragile code
  • limiting handoffs

Your estimates will improve.

Why?

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Book review: Make Time

Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day

Although I now subscribe to the 12 Week Year approach to planning , one of my overall goals for 2020 is to read more.

I’ve got the year off to a good start reading Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, the team behind the popular Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days.

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