It's a productivity system that teaches how to take a simple approach to improving your productivity, by encouraging you to focus on forming one productivity-boosting habit at a time.&nbsp;

Zen to Done (ZTD)

Time Management

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<li>Collect: Get ideas and to-dos out of your brain and onto a list.</li>
<li>Process: Review your list daily and decide how to act on each item.</li>
<li>Plan: Pick a few high priority items to accomplish each week and every day.</li>
<li>Do: Schedule time to accomplish your selected to-dos without interruptions.</li></ul>

The Minimalist Habits of Zen to Done

To clear your mind and improve focus, get your ideas and to-dos out of your mind and onto a list.&nbsp;Documenting to-dos in the moment lessens the likelihood that you'll forget to do something and gives you a master list of to-dos to reference when you're trying to decide where to direct your time.

The Collect Habit

For your to-do list:<ul><li>If the task takes less than 2 minutes to complete, do it immediately and get it off your list. </li><li>If the task takes longer than 2 minutes to complete, set it aside for later. </li><li>If someone else should do the task, send it to that person right away.</li><li>If the task doesn't require any action, delete it immediately to get it off your list.</li><li>If you just need to file the item for reference, put it where it needs to go right away.</li></ul>

The Process Habit

...says that when working on big rocks (the most important tasks), you need to minimize distractions as much as possible.You're more likely to complete small tasks in a single working session, and more likely to make better progress on big tasks/projects that you need to work on over multiple sessions.&nbsp;

The Do Habit

There's a reason New Year's Resolutions are so hard to keep: Reinventing the way you live overnight requires a willpower that most of us don't have. And yet-many popular productivity systems ask you to uproot your work in just that way. Changing a single habit is...

Zen to Done (ZTD)

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Ruthless prioritization

Consolidate All of Your Tasks Into a Single Source

Analyze Your Task List

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Suggested Email Structure

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Obstacles to Getting Stuff Done

Picking one important thing

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