Master GTD with Todoist: 5 Steps to Productivity

📝 In this episode, the focus is on using Todoist with GTD in its purest form.

🎨 Learning the rules of GTD is important to break them effectively, as Picasso said.

📚 The five steps of GTD are capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage.

📝 The video discusses the process of capturing tasks and setting up the to-do list system in Todoist using GTD (Getting Things Done).

💻 Two quick ways to enter tasks in Todoist are demonstrated: clicking on 'add task' and using the quick entry keyboard shortcut (shift + command + a).

🗃️ The quick entry feature allows for adding labels, projects, and other details to tasks, making organization easier.

📝 Setting up Todoist extension in Safari or using the share sheet on Mac to easily capture tasks from anywhere on the web.

🔗 Both methods provide a link directly to the website, allowing quick access to the captured tasks.

📥 Utilizing Todoist on different platforms, such as Chrome and email, to keep track of tasks efficiently.

The video discusses how to quickly add tasks to Todoist using the Chrome extension on desktop and the mobile app on phones.

On desktop, users can easily add tasks to Todoist by clicking on the Chrome extension and entering the task details. The task is then instantly updated in the to-do list.

On mobile devices, tasks can be added to Todoist by tapping on the inbox icon and using the plus button. There is also an option to add more details using the push button.

✨ There are multiple ways to add tasks to Todoist, including typing them directly or using applications like Drafts and IFTTT.

⏰ Setting up your phone for quick task capture is crucial for success with GTD.

💡 Quickly capturing tasks without any hassle is the key to efficient task management.

📥 To capture tasks in Todoist, you can email them directly to your inbox.

✉️ To set this up, go to the tasks actions icon and select 'email tasks to this project'.

⏰ Forwarding emails to your todoist inbox may take a few minutes, but it will come in.

📱 Using the share sheet on your mobile device allows for easy collection of articles or content for later use.

⚙️ Setting up a fast and easy capturing process is crucial for efficient task management.

🗂️ The next episode will cover the processing aspect of using Todoist as a GTD tool.