Watcha been doing? January 16, 2010
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A friend I haven’t seen in a while asked me this the other day, and I felt motivated to show what I consider a body of work that I have been developing over the past few months. Focusing on creating good content has been very important to me lately.
For the past couple months, motivated by reading Crush It, I have been producing/creating/editing Video Content:
Plex Case Studies and Overviews
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GRSS Case Study![]() |
The Dish – Video Blog for The SPF
The Pink Fund![]() |
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The Mike and Doug Show – Tech and Media Talk
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Welcome to the Mike and Doug Show!
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My favorite mobile workplace – Lovely Bakery October 26, 2009
Posted by dougvanslembrouck in General.Tags: chicago, productivity
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Lovely Bakery is located, quite nicely, at the end of my street.
They serve some of the best baked goods I have ever had the pleasure of eating!

Learn more at
http://www.lovelybakeshop.com/ourstory/
http://www.lovelybakeshop.com/gallery/
My New 5 mile ride in Chicago September 11, 2009
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I rode this today and it turned out to be a good loop
Humboldt Park has a lot of ponds, gardens, and trees. I’m looking forward to riding it in the mornings
They have a pool too, so it would be great to ride there, swim, and ride home

GTD Basics – Getting Started August 24, 2009
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“I’m thinking I could use some help getting more organized and efficient. Going the David Allen route, what would you suggest to get started?”
To begin with, read the article that I wrote for Starvos:
http://dougvanslembrouck.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/my-gtd-method/
This will be a good start.
The TWO MAIN parts of GTD involve having the right SUPPLIES and a daily SYSTEM
Supplies:
Go get yourself a couple boxes of plain, manila folders.
Or, steal them from the office
I prefer the three tab, because I can see the tabs when they are stacked in the folder rack on my desk
http://tinyurl.com/ljq863
This size works the best for transferring in your brief case.
You will also need a few legal pads. I prefer the squared versions.
STEP ONE: COLLECT
For EVERY thing you have in your life: House, Work, Personal, Hobbies…EVERYTHING, place these in one big pile called STUFF
This can be papers, posters, photos, drawings, emails, voice messages, everything that clutters your desk.
STEP TWO : PROCESS
Using this flow chart, process the stuff:

STEP THREE : MAINTAIN
Every day, you will have new things pile up in your STUFF.
Process these items (I do this in the morning) as described in the flowchart:
IS IT ACTIONABLE?
YES: DO IT, DELEGATE IT, DEFER IT
NO: DELETE IT, REFERENCE IT
This will allow you to THEN focus on your projects:
Everything in your life (projects) should have a FOLDER.
The FIRST PAGE of that folder should have a list of NEXT ACTIONS for that process
Using this system for ALL projects and tasks (Home, Work, Personal), I have reached MIND LIKE WATER and do not stress out about deadlines.
The biggest advantage of this is I TRUST the system.
Once you understand the basic system, here are a couple books to read:
(I recommend the audio versions)








