


This is mostly similar as explained by Robert Talbert. Organise your tasks per projects and type This is critical in order to have a turn-over of selecting a task / checking it out and it encourages you to progress forward. into ‘write 3 paragraphs of the proposal’ or ‘write the draft of the introduction of the proposal’.

For instance, I need to write a proposal or a report: I won’t create a single task ‘write the proposal’ as this is totally impossible to achieve at once. In practical terms I usually have more than 4 tasks per day in my todo-list as the idea is to decompose a big task into something more achievable and that can be delimited in time. At the group-level, we mostly communicate with Slack.įor everyday, I try to set no more than 4 main tasks per day. We are a relatively small-medium group (6 to 8 people).

I have a wide range of tasks as I consider myself hybrid as I contribute to both the experimental- (wetlab) and computer-side (drylab). I am a PhD student in biology, under the supervision of a principal investigator (PI). Everybody is unique and need different methods, that way works for me so I share it with you. You can find my 4 levels of priority in the text below.įirst of all, this is not a miracle recipe, GTD relies on changing your habits and the way you characterize and sort your daily tasks.
