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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend15-45 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
11-101
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review