Comments on: The Triple Hat Trick http://manage-this.com/triple-hat-trick/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:57:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tweaking GTD for Better Weekly Task Prioritization | Constant Cogitation http://manage-this.com/triple-hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-11041 Tweaking GTD for Better Weekly Task Prioritization | Constant Cogitation Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:34:53 +0000 http://manage-this.com/?p=243#comment-11041 [...] has been a recent post on the Manage This! blog on this topic of late (after I received the advice from Claudine).  The concept is similar, [...] [...] has been a recent post on the Manage This! blog on this topic of late (after I received the advice from Claudine).  The concept is similar, [...]

]]> By: carl http://manage-this.com/triple-hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-11034 carl Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:02:50 +0000 http://manage-this.com/?p=243#comment-11034 Craig - I think this could be easily imported into a tool like <a href="http://docs.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Docs</a> or <a href="http://docs.zoho.com/" rel="nofollow">Zoho Docs</a>. You're welcome to do that. For myself, I'm trying to keep this non-electronic at the moment to avoid the temptation of <a href="http://manage-this.com/procrastivity/" rel="nofollow">fiddling</a> with it instead of just using it. Craig – I think this could be easily imported into a tool like Google Docs or Zoho Docs. You’re welcome to do that. For myself, I’m trying to keep this non-electronic at the moment to avoid the temptation of fiddling with it instead of just using it.

]]> By: Craig M. Rosenblum http://manage-this.com/triple-hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-11021 Craig M. Rosenblum Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:33:26 +0000 http://manage-this.com/?p=243#comment-11021 Possible to write this as a web-based form, like via google docs? Possible to write this as a web-based form, like via google docs?

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]]> By: carl http://manage-this.com/triple-hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-10955 carl Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:39:28 +0000 http://manage-this.com/?p=243#comment-10955 Hi David - Thanks for you comments. I should clarify that this is not intended to replace my task management system. It’s more of a cover page or a compass for the week. I should also clarify that I don’t have a “basic, entry-level workload”. On the contrary, it sounds pretty similar to your own workload. Tasks & projects come and go throughout the week, and I try to knock them off as fast as they come in. I agree this does require flexibility. I also want to do more than just keep up. I’d like to look back at the end of each week and know that I accomplished a few things that were important to me. Anyway, this is an experiment, and I’ll see how it goes. Hi David – Thanks for you comments. I should clarify that this is not intended to replace my task management system. It’s more of a cover page or a compass for the week. I should also clarify that I don’t have a “basic, entry-level workload”. On the contrary, it sounds pretty similar to your own workload. Tasks & projects come and go throughout the week, and I try to knock them off as fast as they come in. I agree this does require flexibility. I also want to do more than just keep up. I’d like to look back at the end of each week and know that I accomplished a few things that were important to me. Anyway, this is an experiment, and I’ll see how it goes.

]]> By: David A. Desrosiers http://manage-this.com/triple-hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-10947 David A. Desrosiers Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:46:20 +0000 http://manage-this.com/?p=243#comment-10947 While this works for your workflow, and it would work for anyone with a basic, entry-level workload, I don't really believe it would work for someone with a high volume of tasks and projects on their plate. If you're choosing your cards at the beginning of the week with the top 3 projects, top 3 tasks, etc. and aren't recalculating that daily as new, higher-priority tasks come up, the system falls on its face. In any given week for me, I sweep off 50+ tasks and a dozen projects, only to have that time replaced by 100 more tasks and two-dozen more projects. That's just the nature of the work we all do. While this works for your workflow, and it would work for anyone with a basic, entry-level workload, I don’t really believe it would work for someone with a high volume of tasks and projects on their plate.

If you’re choosing your cards at the beginning of the week with the top 3 projects, top 3 tasks, etc. and aren’t recalculating that daily as new, higher-priority tasks come up, the system falls on its face.

In any given week for me, I sweep off 50+ tasks and a dozen projects, only to have that time replaced by 100 more tasks and two-dozen more projects. That’s just the nature of the work we all do.

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