Very nice idea to put things in reverse thereby focusing on the goal more. I believe that would work for me..
Thanks for sharing :) On Sep 16, 12:54 pm, "Steve Wynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typically with regards to the Outline I think most of us probably lay things > out in the sequence we are going to action things, nearest date at the top. > So for example, > > One thing I have mentioned before is Dr Neil Fiores 'Now Habit' and his > approach of the reverse calendar. This is the idea that you start with the > ultimate deadline and work backwards from there to today. Mapping out your > own individual deadlines. This has the effect of breaking things down so you > don't feel as overwhelmed. > > MLO is ideal for this sort of purpose because you can sort in the Outline. > Right click the portion of the Outline you want to sort, then select Advanced > > Sort Subtasks then select Due Date Descending. You can easily modify your > view from that above, to this below:- > > In essence you now have a reverse calendar for the project. What is the > difference you might ask? Well the theory of the reverse calendar is it > gives you more of a three dimensional view over time and space. Fair enough > that view is a little limited with just a list, but you get the general idea. > Personally I have tried this with calendar applications and to be honest, the > list approach to my mind is actually more coherent because everything is > connected. > > Personally I think the view change is significant. The Ultimate deadline > being at the top, means you are working up the list - in essence towards the > goal. With the Ultimate deadline being at the bottom, you are to an extent > working away from the goal, that being 'Test Project', and towards the > deadline - a subtle difference that has to my mind a surprising impact. > > Now typically with the flat ToDo list structure of MLO this outline view is > hidden but that doesn't really matter. The reverse calendar aspect is > utilised at the planning stage/review stages. I appreciate the word > 'calendar' might have everybody going here, but as you can see you don't > actually need a calendar to utilise the reverse calendar concept. In fact > the view MLO supplies in the Outline to my mind is ideal for this type of > planning method. Add a few reminders, email notifications at key stages and > it can work extremely well. > > All the best > > Steve > > mlo3.jpg > 67KViewDownload > > mlo2.jpg > 68KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
