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“Baumeister and his colleagues revealed this important discovery in the 2011 book, “Willpower.” Not only that, but we use the same stock of willpower for every type of task. So the more things we deal with during the day the more it wears at our willpower.”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Waking Up: A Hands-On Guide To Becoming A Morning Person

“working on a given day.   Check out the tutorial I made on how to create a Tickler File in Evernote.     Paper,”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“All inputs need to be sorted regularly by filtering them through the four D’s (Do, Delegate, Defer, Dump) and putting them in the appropriate place. As you practice asking yourself which category something should go in it’ll become easier. Within a week of practice you’ll be able to take something from Capture and add it straight to your “Next Action” list without much thought.”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“we’ll distinguish between a “project” and a “to-do”. We’ll call a ‘project’ anything that involves multiple steps and a ‘to-do’ a single next action to take. The list we create here will be used exclusively for “Next Actions” that will make up the multiple projects you have planned.   The”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Capture, Filter, & Organize (CFO).   These three pieces work seamlessly together to create an effective workflow, but each piece is still valuable in itself. We’ll break each part down and the associated goals it covers, and you can pick and choose the parts you like depending on what you’re looking for.   Capture”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Cheat Sheet   Capture – System for capturing new inputs   • Desk • Phone • Email     Action steps   1. Set up Capture system   • Designate note-taking process on phone • Create “In-basket” for desk • Clean out email inbox        –Unsubscribe from unnecessary emails        –Create filters for verification messages   2. Set up system for scanning receipts   • Create Evernote Account • Download Scannable • Read tutorial on scanning receipts with Scannable   Filter – Process for simplified decision-making   • Do it • Delegate it • Defer it • Dump it     Action steps   1. Set up a Tickler File   • Purchase and label 43 folders and file holder or • Read tutorial on creating Tickler file in Evernote   2. Set up “Next Actions” list   • Download preferred to-do app (Eg. Wunderlist) • Add necessary lists   3. Set up other useful lists in Evernote   • Download templates for useful lists   4. Opt out of junk mail   Organize – Maintaining your system   • Weekly Review     Action steps   1.    Schedule a time each week for a “Weekly Review” 2. Download “Weekly Planner”       Click here for a printable version of this cheat sheet summary.   Thank You Before you go, I’d like to say “thank you” for purchasing my book. You”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Again, you can see my tutorial on how to create a Tickler File in Evernote.     -”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Schedule a time each week for a “Weekly Review” 2. Download “Weekly Planner”  ”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Check your inbox only when you’re mentally ready to respond to what’s waiting there, not as a means of distraction (and ideally no more than twice a day).”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“thoughts your brain distracts you with includes everything from emails, to things people ask you to do, and new ideas that pop into your head. You also have probably made more commitments to yourself than you realize. Maybe it’s “change pillow covers” or “meditate”. Your brain is swimming with things you think you should be doing but aren’t. These unfinished commitments are “open-ends” that suck a huge amount of satisfaction out of your life. You can’t concentrate effectively when your mind is a mess like that. Having a place for all of it to go will take a huge burden off you that you may not even be aware of.   Two Locations for Capturing information:   At”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Action Steps II   1. Set up Tickler File   • Purchase and label 43 manila folders and file holder or • Read tutorial on creating Tickler file in Evernote   2. Set up “Next Actions” list   • Download preferred to-do app (Eg. Wunderlist) • Add necessary lists   3. Set up other useful lists in Evernote   • Download templates for useful lists   4. Opt out of junk mail   Organize   So far we’ve created a means of capturing everything and taking it out of our head.”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“This is the last file I keep in Evernote, and it’s actually a folder that acts as a catchall for all my other lists that don’t fit anywhere else. A few of these are:   • Random Thoughts • Books I Want To Read • Things I Want To Buy • Things I Want To Learn • Maybe Projects   “One Day Some Day” acts as the place to store everything for the future. Come here for new ideas and inspiration.   I created templates for the above lists you can download straight into your Evernote account.”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“You’ll have all your appointments in your calendar, and other reminders in your Tickler file, but I still like having something physical in front of me to understand what the upcoming week will be like, as well as something to refer to when reviewing how the previous week went.   So I made a Weekly Planner. Everyone has appointments and deadlines for the week. You can write those out here, as well as weekly goals based on your “Projects” list in order to keep them moving forward.   It also has space for your MITs.     “Most”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“There are many scanning apps for smartphones and they all work fine. I like Scannable because it’s designed by the makers of Evernote, which is an ideal place to store things like receipts anyway. You can scan things with Scannable and they’ll automatically be synced into Evernote where you can find them later on. And it’s free; others you’ll have to pay for.”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity

“Your system should have a simple process for emptying everything on your Capture list and figuring out what to do. This is a matter of simplified decision making. Everyone makes decisions on what they choose to do or not do, but few people have a clearly defined process for this.   Take everything from your Capture list and filter it with a few simple questions that allow you to take one of the following actions:      -Do it    -Delegate it    -Defer it    -Dump it”
― Sam Uyama, How To Love Your To Do List: A Simple Guide To Stress-Free Productivity