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+
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+Introduction
+
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+What is a skill?
+
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+Why should you learn a new skill?
+
+00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:35.174
+What skills should you learn?
+
+00:02:35.974 --> 00:03:15.424
+What stops you from learning new skills?
+
+00:03:16.274 --> 00:04:40.374
+Empty your teacup
+
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+Getting Things Done
+
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+Archive
+
+00:07:33.290 --> 00:10:02.524
+Multiple steps
+
+00:10:02.874 --> 00:10:37.674
+Multiple projects
+
+00:10:37.874 --> 00:11:20.274
+What if the project stops before completion?
+
+00:11:20.974 --> 00:12:16.990
+What if you successfully complete the project?
+
+00:12:18.140 --> 00:12:53.519
+What if the project is ongoing and doesn't really end?
+
+00:12:54.320 --> 00:16:01.640
+What if you forget to visit the TODO files?
+
+00:16:02.740 --> 00:18:36.007
+Planning for the future
+
+00:18:36.957 --> 00:19:02.859
+Summary
+
+00:19:03.210 --> 00:19:36.650
+References
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+WEBVTT captioned by rodrigo, checked by sachac and bhavin
+
+NOTE Introduction
+
+00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:00.874
+Oh, wow!
+
+00:00:00.924 --> 00:00:05.740
+I'm gonna tell you about how I'm learning this new thing…
+
+00:00:07.790 --> 00:00:08.539
+Okay…
+
+00:00:11.840 --> 00:00:15.157
+Hey dude, I am recording, okay? So, I'll call you back
+
+00:00:15.757 --> 00:00:18.074
+yeah yeah I'm doing learning the new thing.
+
+00:00:18.724 --> 00:00:20.574
+Yeah yeah yeah later later later
+
+00:00:20.624 --> 00:00:22.924
+not right now later later later later.
+
+00:00:24.024 --> 00:00:24.990
+Sorry about that.
+
+00:00:25.390 --> 00:00:28.719
+Okay, as I was saying, I'm going to tell you all about
+
+00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:30.774
+how I'm learning this new thing.
+
+00:00:32.074 --> 00:00:36.440
+Ooh, Sacha Chua's Emacs newsletter is out.
+
+00:00:36.490 --> 00:00:38.874
+Maybe I should spend some time…
+
+00:00:38.924 --> 00:00:41.769
+Oh, wait a second. I have to learn this new thing.
+
+00:00:43.370 --> 00:00:46.790
+Haha. Okay, so I'm going to tell you
+
+00:00:47.290 --> 00:00:51.474
+how we can learn new skills in the middle of
+
+00:00:51.524 --> 00:00:54.359
+so many other wonderful things that you want to do
+
+00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:56.959
+and to speak to wonderful people that you have to speak to.
+
+00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:01.407
+My name is Bala Ramadurai and I'm going to be talking about
+
+00:01:01.607 --> 00:01:06.307
+the Survival of The Skillest, that's what I call it, okay?
+
+00:01:07.407 --> 00:01:11.574
+Survival of The Skillest. Thriving in the Learning Jungle.
+
+00:01:11.724 --> 00:01:14.149
+Here I'm going to give you some tips and techniques
+
+00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:17.490
+as to how you can learn skills, new skills.
+
+00:01:17.990 --> 00:01:22.974
+I'm going to give you a quote from a multi-talented teacher.
+
+00:01:23.224 --> 00:01:27.007
+He was the second president of my country, India.
+
+00:01:27.357 --> 00:01:29.440
+S. Radhakrishnan, he says,
+
+00:01:29.590 --> 00:01:32.324
+“When we think we know, we cease to learn.”
+
+00:01:32.674 --> 00:01:33.849
+That was his quote.
+
+NOTE What is a skill?
+
+00:01:35.350 --> 00:01:36.240
+What is a skill?
+
+00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:39.157
+A skill is the knowledge and the ability
+
+00:01:39.507 --> 00:01:42.707
+that enables you to do something well.
+
+00:01:43.157 --> 00:01:45.557
+There's the knowledge first and the ability
+
+00:01:45.607 --> 00:01:46.474
+and you have to do it well.
+
+NOTE Why should you learn a new skill?
+
+00:01:47.424 --> 00:01:50.324
+Right. So why should you learn a new skill?
+
+00:01:50.824 --> 00:01:53.474
+Now if you can pause this video,
+
+00:01:53.674 --> 00:01:55.224
+watching streaming part of the video,
+
+00:01:55.524 --> 00:01:57.990
+then come up with your own reasons.
+
+00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.290
+I'm going to give you my top three reasons
+
+00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:02.424
+that you might want to learn a new skill.
+
+00:02:02.574 --> 00:02:03.989
+Get ahead in your career.
+
+00:02:04.390 --> 00:02:08.040
+Look good or cool in your community or peer group
+
+00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:09.890
+or someone forced you to.
+
+NOTE What skills should you learn?
+
+00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:14.174
+Now, what skills should you learn?
+
+00:02:14.574 --> 00:02:16.124
+Ok, there could be a whole list.
+
+00:02:16.674 --> 00:02:19.479
+Let me take a stab at some of the ones
+
+00:02:19.529 --> 00:02:21.757
+that I think could be cool: bungee jumping,
+
+00:02:22.057 --> 00:02:24.340
+teaching your pet to pick up the newspaper
+
+00:02:24.390 --> 00:02:25.679
+without tearing it to shreds.
+
+00:02:26.330 --> 00:02:29.974
+Perhaps with Python rearing, I meant coding, coding,
+
+00:02:30.024 --> 00:02:31.090
+you can do learning coding.
+
+00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:34.340
+So you could list your own skills that you have to learn,
+
+00:02:34.390 --> 00:02:35.174
+you want to learn.
+
+NOTE What stops you from learning new skills?
+
+00:02:35.974 --> 00:02:38.540
+But what stops you from learning new skills?
+
+00:02:39.140 --> 00:02:41.030
+The most common reason that I've heard
+
+00:02:41.230 --> 00:02:42.690
+in the past is lack of time.
+
+00:02:42.790 --> 00:02:45.174
+“Oh Bala, I have to do so many things.”
+
+00:02:45.474 --> 00:02:47.540
+“I don't have the time to learn any new skills.”
+
+00:02:48.140 --> 00:02:50.440
+Lack of motivation could be another reason.
+
+00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:52.257
+Or you're just a rebel.
+
+00:02:53.307 --> 00:02:56.407
+Who is he or who is she to tell me what I should learn?
+
+00:02:56.507 --> 00:02:57.707
+I'm going to learn things like that.
+
+00:02:57.857 --> 00:03:00.040
+So then it stops you from learning a new skill.
+
+00:03:01.040 --> 00:03:04.307
+But there's even more fundamental reason
+
+00:03:04.357 --> 00:03:06.874
+for why we don't learn a new skill so easily.
+
+00:03:07.374 --> 00:03:10.074
+And this comes from the story of scholar in the teacup.
+
+00:03:10.174 --> 00:03:12.157
+I can pass on the link later to you.
+
+00:03:12.257 --> 00:03:15.424
+You can watch this, my own version of the story.
+
+NOTE Empty your teacup
+
+00:03:16.274 --> 00:03:18.740
+The ultimate truth in this story
+
+00:03:18.790 --> 00:03:20.757
+or the moral in this story is that
+
+00:03:21.057 --> 00:03:23.657
+we are filled with preconceived ideas
+
+00:03:23.957 --> 00:03:25.874
+and the Zen master in the story says,
+
+00:03:26.074 --> 00:03:27.540
+it's like a full teacup.
+
+00:03:27.940 --> 00:03:32.107
+In order to learn new skills, you have to empty your teacup.
+
+00:03:32.807 --> 00:03:34.674
+Now, how do you empty your teacup?
+
+00:03:34.724 --> 00:03:37.607
+You just can't pour everything out of your head, right?
+
+00:03:37.707 --> 00:03:39.824
+So how do you really empty your teacup?
+
+00:03:40.624 --> 00:03:43.340
+So the way to empty your teacup,
+
+00:03:43.790 --> 00:03:46.540
+simplest way to do it is write down your thoughts.
+
+00:03:46.790 --> 00:03:48.390
+As simple as that.
+
+00:03:48.740 --> 00:03:51.157
+Just take a piece of paper and write it down.
+
+00:03:51.657 --> 00:03:53.674
+Or if you are on electronic means,
+
+00:03:53.724 --> 00:03:57.840
+use Emacs Org Mode and type out your thoughts, okay?
+
+00:03:58.490 --> 00:04:00.007
+There is a task for you right now.
+
+00:04:00.507 --> 00:04:02.607
+What you have to do is to create a folder
+
+00:04:02.657 --> 00:04:05.774
+in your documents folder called Inbox.
+
+00:04:05.824 --> 00:04:09.874
+Create one and create a new file called todo.org.
+
+00:04:10.224 --> 00:04:11.240
+If you are paper based,
+
+00:04:11.290 --> 00:04:14.607
+you can use a notebook or any other forms of the same file.
+
+00:04:15.257 --> 00:04:18.407
+In that, write down all your unfinished tasks
+
+00:04:18.707 --> 00:04:19.969
+personal and professional.
+
+00:04:20.270 --> 00:04:23.207
+Write down some things that have been worrying you,
+
+00:04:23.607 --> 00:04:25.074
+whatever worries you right now.
+
+00:04:25.124 --> 00:04:27.569
+just write it down, the whole thing, okay?
+
+00:04:28.019 --> 00:04:29.957
+Write down some tasks or actions that
+
+00:04:30.107 --> 00:04:32.174
+you are waiting for somebody else
+
+00:04:32.524 --> 00:04:34.740
+that could also be part of your list here.
+
+00:04:35.640 --> 00:04:37.859
+Great. Now that you have emptied your tea cup,
+
+00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:40.374
+I'm going to tell you the origin of these ideas.
+
+NOTE Getting Things Done
+
+00:04:40.424 --> 00:04:42.990
+These come from “Getting Things Done” by David Allen.
+
+00:04:43.090 --> 00:04:46.207
+It's a great book. I've read it multiple times. Fantastic.
+
+00:04:46.657 --> 00:04:50.240
+And he says, your mind is for having ideas,
+
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+not holding them.
+
+00:04:52.274 --> 00:04:54.740
+You have to hold on to this idea in your mind.
+
+00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:55.840
+Keep it in your mind.
+
+00:04:55.890 --> 00:04:59.107
+saying it's for having ideas, not holding them.
+
+00:05:00.757 --> 00:05:05.007
+Alright, perform one of four actions on your task list.
+
+00:05:05.207 --> 00:05:07.474
+Okay? The one that you just wrote down.
+
+00:05:07.974 --> 00:05:10.274
+You delete them, okay? As simple as that.
+
+00:05:10.324 --> 00:05:13.574
+Strikethrough the task, hit the delete
+
+00:05:13.624 --> 00:05:16.274
+or change the state to cancel, okay?
+
+00:05:16.674 --> 00:05:18.307
+Alright, If you don't want to delete it,
+
+00:05:18.357 --> 00:05:20.074
+you want to defer it, do it later.
+
+00:05:20.524 --> 00:05:21.807
+Add it to your calendar.
+
+00:05:22.107 --> 00:05:23.840
+Add a reminder to it if you want.
+
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+Or in Emacs Org Mode use C-c C-s to
+
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+schedule it to a different time that you feel
+
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+you would be able to do that task.
+
+00:05:33.640 --> 00:05:35.374
+Or just delegate it to somebody else.
+
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+Maybe you are not the best person to do it
+
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+or you probably won't find time to do this.
+
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+Send it to your colleague, student, assistant,
+
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+maybe even your favorite LLM to do this.
+
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+LLM being large language model.
+
+00:05:50.274 --> 00:05:53.457
+Or just do it, right? As they say, just do it.
+
+00:05:53.807 --> 00:05:56.140
+Set a timer for two minutes and do the task.
+
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+Finish the task, right here right now.
+
+00:05:58.257 --> 00:05:59.207
+Nothing is stopping you.
+
+00:05:59.257 --> 00:06:00.909
+Finish it. Oh, great, I'm going to do this
+
+00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:02.457
+but set yourself two minutes
+
+00:06:02.507 --> 00:06:04.940
+because sometimes it may spill over to half an hour
+
+00:06:04.990 --> 00:06:06.674
+and you still haven't processed through your list.
+
+00:06:07.024 --> 00:06:08.407
+That's why the timer for two minutes.
+
+00:06:08.907 --> 00:06:10.524
+One tip I'm going to give you is:
+
+00:06:10.624 --> 00:06:13.459
+Don't skip any of the items from your list
+
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+because it's tough work you've been trying to avoid it,
+
+00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:17.374
+don't do that.
+
+00:06:17.724 --> 00:06:22.974
+Be rigorous and finish it off, processing at least, okay?
+
+00:06:23.324 --> 00:06:25.607
+Now you can do the absolute same process
+
+00:06:25.657 --> 00:06:26.940
+on your email inbox.
+
+00:06:27.090 --> 00:06:31.490
+I know, I know some of you have 55,000 emails in your inbox.
+
+00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:33.274
+How am I going to process all of them?
+
+NOTE Archive
+
+00:06:33.724 --> 00:06:36.490
+Well, Tiago Forte, whose method
+
+00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:39.157
+I'm going to be also talking about, says:
+
+00:06:39.257 --> 00:06:42.657
+Archive them all and pull out the top 100, okay?
+
+00:06:42.707 --> 00:06:45.007
+The last latest 100 and process that.
+
+00:06:45.757 --> 00:06:48.207
+That's a cool way to do it, okay?
+
+00:06:48.407 --> 00:06:50.674
+So you're not stuck to those 55,000,
+
+00:06:50.724 --> 00:06:52.340
+but just the top 100 of those.
+
+00:06:52.990 --> 00:06:53.957
+You can do the same,
+
+00:06:54.007 --> 00:06:55.140
+absolutely the same thing
+
+00:06:55.190 --> 00:06:57.624
+to any of your messaging apps as well:
+
+00:06:57.674 --> 00:07:01.240
+WhatsApp, Matrix, Slack, whatever you choose.
+
+00:07:01.890 --> 00:07:03.099
+Even to your physical inbox,
+
+00:07:03.200 --> 00:07:04.540
+you can do the absolute same things.
+
+00:07:04.590 --> 00:07:06.574
+You lift your items and
+
+00:07:06.624 --> 00:07:09.707
+see if you can need to process them, okay?
+
+00:07:10.407 --> 00:07:13.174
+What if the email or message or task is something
+
+00:07:13.224 --> 00:07:14.974
+that you might need in the future?
+
+00:07:15.274 --> 00:07:16.807
+Great! Archive them
+
+00:07:17.107 --> 00:07:19.507
+or move it to a place you may refer to later.
+
+00:07:19.757 --> 00:07:23.240
+So, you have plenty of storage in your cloud space,
+
+00:07:23.290 --> 00:07:25.690
+in your email space, in your computer space.
+
+00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:27.790
+Use that. Archive it.
+
+00:07:27.890 --> 00:07:29.719
+You can refer to it later. Not a worry.
+
+00:07:29.820 --> 00:07:31.040
+Don't want it right in front of you.
+
+00:07:31.090 --> 00:07:32.740
+That's the only thing here, right?
+
+NOTE Multiple steps
+
+00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:35.207
+Now another question that pops in your head is:
+
+00:07:35.257 --> 00:07:38.807
+What if something that requires multiple steps, right?
+
+00:07:38.907 --> 00:07:42.774
+not all steps are created… not all tasks are created alike,
+
+00:07:43.074 --> 00:07:44.474
+There are multiple steps to a task.
+
+00:07:45.024 --> 00:07:47.959
+That's when a task becomes a project, ok?
+
+00:07:48.009 --> 00:07:49.990
+An example or few examples of those
+
+00:07:50.190 --> 00:07:53.840
+are finishing a course on say Coursera or NPTEL or Udemy,
+
+00:07:54.340 --> 00:07:56.224
+teaching a course if you are a teacher
+
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+in your college or school.
+
+00:07:58.224 --> 00:08:00.807
+If you are organizing a conference
+
+00:08:00.957 --> 00:08:03.607
+such as the Emacs conference, it's a huge project,
+
+00:08:03.957 --> 00:08:05.990
+you will need to use… it's a project.
+
+00:08:07.440 --> 00:08:10.359
+Arranging a birthday party for your spouse, that's sweet,
+
+00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.170
+but it's still a project, you will have many tasks in it.
+
+00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:14.824
+So these are examples of projects.
+
+00:08:15.874 --> 00:08:17.374
+Here's how one can handle projects.
+
+00:08:18.024 --> 00:08:19.940
+Create a folder for each project.
+
+00:08:20.390 --> 00:08:24.340
+Create a text or word doc or title it as todo.txt
+
+00:08:24.390 --> 00:08:26.559
+or todo.docx or todo.org.
+
+00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.507
+I prefer .org and you can do it.
+
+00:08:29.057 --> 00:08:32.340
+And in that, write down the success criteria,
+
+00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:35.079
+the goal or the deadline of the project.
+
+00:08:35.730 --> 00:08:38.290
+Write down all the tasks that need to be done.
+
+00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:40.040
+You don't have to think about all of it,
+
+00:08:40.190 --> 00:08:41.529
+but whatever comes to your mind,
+
+00:08:41.579 --> 00:08:42.474
+just put it in there
+
+00:08:42.524 --> 00:08:45.974
+as some tasks that you need to get done inside this project.
+
+00:08:46.624 --> 00:08:52.174
+Now, identify the immediate action that needs to be done
+
+00:08:52.224 --> 00:08:53.740
+for the project to move forward.
+
+00:08:54.040 --> 00:08:56.279
+That's usually something that's stopping the project
+
+00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:57.257
+from progressing.
+
+00:08:57.457 --> 00:08:58.874
+So identify that and say:
+
+00:08:58.924 --> 00:09:00.307
+“That's the next thing I'm going to do.”
+
+00:09:01.557 --> 00:09:03.974
+An example of a project is right here.
+
+00:09:04.274 --> 00:09:06.107
+Goal of the project is to deliver a talk
+
+00:09:06.207 --> 00:09:09.157
+about my organization system,
+
+00:09:09.257 --> 00:09:12.709
+make it like a workshop with pauses for activities.
+
+00:09:13.010 --> 00:09:14.890
+You can see that this is the talk
+
+00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:16.174
+that I am delivering right now.
+
+00:09:16.424 --> 00:09:19.590
+And right now if you see recording the talk, okay?
+
+00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:21.907
+Of course, the next one I'm going to do after this
+
+00:09:21.957 --> 00:09:24.024
+is going to be sending the recorded talk,
+
+00:09:24.074 --> 00:09:25.339
+the file and the PDF for the talk.
+
+00:09:25.389 --> 00:09:27.974
+Now, if you want, you can add some sub steps and all that
+
+00:09:28.024 --> 00:09:28.774
+also into this.
+
+00:09:29.174 --> 00:09:31.599
+Of course, I'd like to thank the coordinators for their
+
+00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:33.479
+absolutely wonderful work that they're doing
+
+00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:35.240
+throughout this, okay?
+
+00:09:35.640 --> 00:09:37.274
+Now, tasks for you.
+
+00:09:37.474 --> 00:09:38.579
+You can take your time.
+
+00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:40.440
+And first of all, think of a project
+
+00:09:40.490 --> 00:09:42.374
+that you have to absolutely get done.
+
+00:09:43.474 --> 00:09:48.274
+Create a folder on your computer or phone
+
+00:09:48.324 --> 00:09:49.557
+with the name of the project.
+
+00:09:50.157 --> 00:09:51.724
+Create a todo.org.
+
+00:09:52.024 --> 00:09:56.024
+If you want to use a notebook, you can use a fresh leaf.
+
+00:09:56.524 --> 00:10:00.074
+Write down all the tasks associated with this project.
+
+00:10:00.524 --> 00:10:02.524
+That's going to be how you handle it, right?
+
+NOTE Multiple projects
+
+00:10:02.874 --> 00:10:04.540
+Now, what if you have multiple projects?
+
+00:10:05.490 --> 00:10:08.107
+Not many of us have only one project.
+
+00:10:08.157 --> 00:10:09.757
+In fact, many of us have multiple projects.
+
+00:10:09.807 --> 00:10:11.240
+What do we do in that situation?
+
+00:10:11.790 --> 00:10:12.974
+Well, the answer is simple.
+
+00:10:13.274 --> 00:10:15.174
+Create a folder for each project.
+
+00:10:15.624 --> 00:10:20.157
+Add this Org file called todo into each of those folders
+
+00:10:20.657 --> 00:10:25.040
+and write down the task for all of these projects as well.
+
+00:10:25.190 --> 00:10:29.107
+Write down all of these tasks and mark one of them as next.
+
+00:10:29.207 --> 00:10:30.590
+There can be only one next action.
+
+00:10:30.790 --> 00:10:31.940
+It can't be multiple next actions.
+
+00:10:32.390 --> 00:10:34.840
+That's the immediate thing that has to be done
+
+00:10:34.990 --> 00:10:37.674
+to take this project forward, okay?
+
+NOTE What if the project stops before completion?
+
+00:10:37.874 --> 00:10:40.390
+What if the project stops before completion?
+
+00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:42.974
+There are possibilities sometimes you lose interest,
+
+00:10:43.024 --> 00:10:44.874
+sometimes your collaborator loses interest.
+
+00:10:45.124 --> 00:10:46.707
+What do you do in those situations?
+
+00:10:47.157 --> 00:10:49.590
+Have a folder in your computer or phone
+
+00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:52.040
+for abandoned projects called resources.
+
+00:10:52.590 --> 00:10:53.270
+Oh, by the way,
+
+00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.157
+for your projects folder, create an
+
+00:10:57.557 --> 00:11:01.239
+overarching projects folder and inside that are
+
+00:11:01.289 --> 00:11:02.507
+all the project folders.
+
+00:11:02.607 --> 00:11:03.507
+I forgot to tell you that.
+
+00:11:03.707 --> 00:11:06.807
+Same way, on the same level, create a resources folder.
+
+00:11:06.957 --> 00:11:09.057
+That's for all your abandoned projects
+
+00:11:09.107 --> 00:11:13.040
+or even could be on your research material as well,
+
+00:11:13.090 --> 00:11:14.859
+which you are not currently working on.
+
+00:11:15.509 --> 00:11:18.669
+Move this particular project that's abandoned or stopped
+
+00:11:18.769 --> 00:11:20.274
+somewhere in between to that folder.
+
+NOTE What if you successfully complete the project?
+
+00:11:20.974 --> 00:11:23.590
+Now, there's a possibility you might successfully complete.
+
+00:11:23.640 --> 00:11:26.840
+I hope all your projects end up being successful.
+
+00:11:27.190 --> 00:11:30.174
+But there are quite a few which will end up in this,
+
+00:11:30.224 --> 00:11:32.857
+quite a few which will end up abandoned as well.
+
+00:11:33.757 --> 00:11:37.390
+Now, I write an end report so that I can learn from this.
+
+00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.274
+What did I enjoy most in the project?
+
+00:11:39.324 --> 00:11:40.574
+What could have been better?
+
+00:11:40.874 --> 00:11:43.024
+What did I learn from this particular project?
+
+00:11:43.724 --> 00:11:45.699
+Now, you will need to move that folder
+
+00:11:45.849 --> 00:11:47.490
+to a folder called archives.
+
+00:11:47.790 --> 00:11:50.757
+This is the final resting place for the project,
+
+00:11:50.807 --> 00:11:53.490
+completed projects because if you come up
+
+00:11:53.540 --> 00:11:55.640
+with another project which sounds similar
+
+00:11:55.690 --> 00:11:56.807
+to the archives one,
+
+00:11:56.857 --> 00:11:59.140
+you can pick that out and create that as a template,
+
+00:11:59.190 --> 00:12:00.124
+use that as a template.
+
+00:12:00.524 --> 00:12:04.290
+Now, why would I have one folder per project
+
+00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:07.457
+when there's only one file sitting in it called todo.org?
+
+00:12:07.757 --> 00:12:10.774
+Well, most projects also have some project files
+
+00:12:10.824 --> 00:12:13.574
+and this folder can be a storehouse of all of that
+
+00:12:13.824 --> 00:12:15.824
+and you can access all of them at one shot.
+
+00:12:16.174 --> 00:12:16.990
+That's the advantage.
+
+NOTE What if the project is ongoing and doesn't really end?
+
+00:12:18.140 --> 00:12:20.740
+What if the project is ongoing and doesn't really end?
+
+00:12:20.790 --> 00:12:23.590
+That doesn't seem to have a deadline or an ending point.
+
+00:12:24.190 --> 00:12:27.107
+That's called an Area. This is now an Area.
+
+00:12:27.157 --> 00:12:31.674
+Examples of Areas: gardening, paying bills, never stops,
+
+00:12:32.024 --> 00:12:34.574
+bills never don't stop, blogging.
+
+00:12:34.624 --> 00:12:36.974
+These are all some examples of Areas that really
+
+00:12:37.024 --> 00:12:39.474
+don't have a definite deadline.
+
+00:12:40.374 --> 00:12:44.559
+For Areas also, create a folder for each of them, right?
+
+00:12:44.710 --> 00:12:47.274
+You can create a parent folder called Areas
+
+00:12:47.324 --> 00:12:50.540
+and under them you can have those areas, okay,
+
+00:12:50.990 --> 00:12:53.519
+and have a todo [file] in each of those folders.
+
+NOTE What if you forget to visit the TODO files?
+
+00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.724
+Now what if we forget to visit the todo files
+
+00:12:57.024 --> 00:12:58.824
+which in my case often happens?
+
+00:12:58.974 --> 00:13:00.790
+I forget to visit those todo files
+
+00:13:01.040 --> 00:13:03.540
+and see what the task net needs to be done.
+
+00:13:03.940 --> 00:13:08.174
+You can of course add all of this todo.org
+
+00:13:08.224 --> 00:13:11.110
+and into your org-agenda-files variable
+
+00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:14.014
+so that when you pull up your Org Agenda,
+
+00:13:14.015 --> 00:13:14.729
+all of them show up.
+
+00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:15.790
+That's a good idea.
+
+00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.574
+You need to have a weekly review with yourself.
+
+00:13:19.624 --> 00:13:22.090
+Weekly review is essentially a weekly appointment
+
+00:13:22.140 --> 00:13:24.207
+with yourself for you to stay
+
+00:13:24.357 --> 00:13:28.674
+in control of your life or career. To keep things on track.
+
+00:13:29.524 --> 00:13:32.474
+In the weekly review, you need to empty your teacup.
+
+00:13:32.724 --> 00:13:34.974
+That's the first and foremost, okay?
+
+00:13:35.274 --> 00:13:38.539
+Then process all your items in the TODO file.
+
+00:13:39.239 --> 00:13:42.007
+Process all your emails from the last week.
+
+00:13:42.057 --> 00:13:45.340
+Use the exact same structure of do, delete, defer, delegate.
+
+00:13:45.390 --> 00:13:47.074
+These are the four D's that you can use.
+
+00:13:47.474 --> 00:13:51.740
+Process all your messaging app messages from the last week.
+
+00:13:51.890 --> 00:13:54.024
+So last one whole week, whatever has come up,
+
+00:13:54.074 --> 00:13:56.824
+you need to process all of them, okay?
+
+00:13:57.174 --> 00:13:58.174
+In the weekly review,
+
+00:13:58.224 --> 00:14:01.439
+you also need to archive all your emails and
+
+00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.839
+messaging app messages that you have processed.
+
+00:14:03.990 --> 00:14:05.707
+You've already taken care of it.
+
+00:14:05.857 --> 00:14:07.690
+You don't need to have it right in front of you.
+
+00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:09.707
+You can move them all into archive.
+
+00:14:09.957 --> 00:14:12.240
+Most messaging apps and email systems
+
+00:14:12.290 --> 00:14:14.774
+have archives as part of their features.
+
+00:14:15.524 --> 00:14:17.124
+Look through the project TODO files
+
+00:14:17.174 --> 00:14:20.290
+to see if the next action is marked, okay?
+
+00:14:20.690 --> 00:14:22.374
+Now look through the project folder list
+
+00:14:22.424 --> 00:14:24.157
+to see if some of them need to be archived
+
+00:14:24.307 --> 00:14:26.274
+or moved to resources.
+
+00:14:26.474 --> 00:14:28.390
+Some may be abandoned, some may be done.
+
+00:14:28.640 --> 00:14:30.490
+You can move them successfully to
+
+00:14:30.540 --> 00:14:32.407
+all of where it needs to belong.
+
+00:14:33.257 --> 00:14:34.942
+Now task for you, you can pause this,
+
+00:14:34.943 --> 00:14:36.290
+of course, and do this.
+
+00:14:36.540 --> 00:14:39.679
+Set an appointment with yourself, sacrosanct time,
+
+00:14:39.730 --> 00:14:42.124
+only with yourself and title it weekly review.
+
+00:14:42.324 --> 00:14:43.674
+Start with half an hour,
+
+00:14:43.924 --> 00:14:45.907
+perhaps you can have it longer later on.
+
+00:14:46.057 --> 00:14:47.712
+As you need more time,
+
+00:14:47.713 --> 00:14:49.096
+you can have more time with yourself.
+
+00:14:49.846 --> 00:14:51.907
+And make it repeating every week.
+
+00:14:53.607 --> 00:14:56.307
+Now you can complain, I can hear you some of you complain
+
+00:14:56.357 --> 00:14:58.507
+“Oh, this is such a microscopic view of my life.
+
+00:14:58.557 --> 00:14:59.707
+What about the big picture?”
+
+00:14:59.857 --> 00:15:03.674
+Well, there is quarterly review, once every 13 weeks
+
+00:15:03.724 --> 00:15:06.107
+you can mark an appointment with yourself.
+
+00:15:06.357 --> 00:15:08.274
+Right after your weekly review
+
+00:15:08.324 --> 00:15:11.240
+to do your quarterly review, okay?
+
+00:15:11.290 --> 00:15:14.116
+And also every year, mark yourself--
+
+00:15:14.117 --> 00:15:15.174
+it could be at the start
+
+00:15:15.224 --> 00:15:18.840
+or the end of an academic year or a calendar year--
+
+00:15:18.990 --> 00:15:21.840
+mark yourself an appointment again with yourself
+
+00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:22.890
+called yearly review.
+
+00:15:23.790 --> 00:15:26.474
+And these contain some big life questions, okay?
+
+00:15:27.074 --> 00:15:31.157
+Now I'll give you some examples but feel free to modify it,
+
+00:15:31.207 --> 00:15:32.274
+have it as your own.
+
+00:15:33.324 --> 00:15:34.799
+How much money did I make?
+
+00:15:34.850 --> 00:15:36.540
+How much money did I save?
+
+00:15:36.640 --> 00:15:38.440
+How many people did I help?
+
+00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:42.307
+How many do I plan to help in the future?
+
+00:15:43.457 --> 00:15:44.690
+What projects did I enjoy?
+
+00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:47.707
+Look through your archives and resources.
+
+00:15:47.907 --> 00:15:49.840
+Which one are best avoided?
+
+00:15:49.890 --> 00:15:52.440
+I don't want to get on to this, okay?
+
+00:15:52.490 --> 00:15:55.359
+You can look through a personal and private… I'm sorry…
+
+00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.707
+personal and professional and
+
+00:15:56.757 --> 00:15:59.324
+see how much is there a balance between all of these.
+
+00:15:59.724 --> 00:16:01.640
+These are some questions you can answer.
+
+NOTE Planning for the future
+
+00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:04.840
+Now that you know how to manage them now...
+
+00:16:04.890 --> 00:16:06.590
+So far we have looked at the now,
+
+00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.240
+how do you plan for the future?
+
+00:16:08.290 --> 00:16:09.674
+like really into the future?
+
+00:16:10.224 --> 00:16:13.174
+Well, I have a trick called nine windows for you.
+
+00:16:13.474 --> 00:16:15.340
+Nine windows are essentially,
+
+00:16:15.640 --> 00:16:18.257
+it's like a tic-tac-toe grid
+
+00:16:18.507 --> 00:16:25.174
+and the left column is your past,
+
+00:16:25.574 --> 00:16:27.740
+the middle column is your present
+
+00:16:28.090 --> 00:16:31.740
+and the right column is your future, okay?
+
+00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:37.590
+and the bottom row is your skill set,
+
+00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:40.519
+the middle row is what you do
+
+00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:44.607
+and the top row is whom do you work for
+
+00:16:44.657 --> 00:16:46.674
+or whom do you serve, right?
+
+00:16:46.724 --> 00:16:50.349
+So you are doing something for an organization
+
+00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.869
+so those could be in your top row.
+
+00:16:52.570 --> 00:16:54.974
+Let me give you an example from my own life.
+
+00:16:55.424 --> 00:16:58.874
+This I made about 10 years ago, okay?
+
+00:16:59.024 --> 00:17:05.674
+So the middle column is the what I did 10 years ago.
+
+00:17:05.724 --> 00:17:09.207
+So that is the now let's keep it as the now, okay?
+
+00:17:09.257 --> 00:17:11.390
+So five years before that, I used to work
+
+00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.990
+for General Electric (GE).
+
+00:17:13.090 --> 00:17:14.790
+I was a research scientist for them
+
+00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.874
+and the skills that I had was:
+
+00:17:16.924 --> 00:17:22.474
+I had a PhD which was used in this profession.
+
+00:17:22.824 --> 00:17:23.740
+I had writing skills,
+
+00:17:23.790 --> 00:17:25.224
+I had some teaching skills,
+
+00:17:25.424 --> 00:17:28.224
+and I love to interact and learn from my teammates.
+
+00:17:29.224 --> 00:17:32.540
+Then I joined Mindtree, which was the current job
+
+00:17:32.590 --> 00:17:35.774
+when I did this, software services company.
+
+00:17:36.824 --> 00:17:38.474
+I co-founded TRIZIndia also.
+
+00:17:38.524 --> 00:17:40.574
+These are two organizations that I served.
+
+00:17:41.124 --> 00:17:44.940
+And facilitator, that was the main profession that I was in.
+
+00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.874
+And the skills I had was:
+
+00:17:46.924 --> 00:17:47.399
+TRIZ [Theory of Inventive Problem Solving],
+
+00:17:47.800 --> 00:17:51.874
+interacting with people outside of my team,
+
+00:17:52.224 --> 00:17:54.840
+and I could align well with my organization.
+
+00:17:54.890 --> 00:17:56.224
+I knew exactly where they were going
+
+00:17:56.274 --> 00:17:58.407
+and how to align myself, my goals with that.
+
+00:17:59.107 --> 00:18:02.174
+Now, I said, five years later,
+
+00:18:02.224 --> 00:18:04.674
+I want to be an entrepreneur and an author.
+
+00:18:05.174 --> 00:18:06.924
+And I want to do this for,
+
+00:18:07.224 --> 00:18:11.557
+I want to really work with academia and corporate companies.
+
+00:18:11.757 --> 00:18:12.790
+That was my goal.
+
+00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:15.007
+So the skills I needed to have were:
+
+00:18:15.057 --> 00:18:18.157
+marketing, writing, sales, hiring, people management,
+
+00:18:18.207 --> 00:18:19.474
+all of that I needed to have.
+
+00:18:19.924 --> 00:18:21.490
+And I had to plan that so I used
+
+00:18:21.540 --> 00:18:22.740
+the PARA structure [projects, areas, resources, archives]
+
+00:18:23.090 --> 00:18:27.240
+to manage how I'm going to learn all of these skills
+
+00:18:27.290 --> 00:18:29.207
+and imbibe those and get better at it.
+
+00:18:29.257 --> 00:18:30.357
+So that's where I use this.
+
+00:18:31.157 --> 00:18:32.439
+Ok, your turn.
+
+00:18:32.639 --> 00:18:34.940
+You can pause this video and build your own nine windows
+
+00:18:34.990 --> 00:18:36.007
+to plan for the future.
+
+NOTE Summary
+
+00:18:36.957 --> 00:18:39.957
+So in summary, you need to empty your teacup
+
+00:18:40.007 --> 00:18:42.740
+before engaging with the work in front of you.
+
+00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:45.340
+Use the PARA structure: projects, area,
+
+00:18:45.390 --> 00:18:46.669
+resources and archives.
+
+00:18:46.770 --> 00:18:51.479
+Create this folder structure and use reviews regularly,
+
+00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.474
+weekly, quarterly and yearly.
+
+00:18:54.024 --> 00:18:55.740
+Use the nine windows to your advantage
+
+00:18:55.790 --> 00:18:57.290
+for your future career planning
+
+00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.340
+and of course, apply PARA to your future plans
+
+00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.859
+to plan for those as well, ok?
+
+NOTE References
+
+00:19:03.210 --> 00:19:04.790
+Now, these are the references I have used.
+
+00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:07.240
+heavily borrowed upon Tiago Fortes' PARA,
+
+00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:09.239
+David Allen's “Getting Things Done”
+
+00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:13.039
+and Tasshin's way to implement this in Emacs and Org Mode.
+
+00:19:14.190 --> 00:19:15.457
+These are some acknowledgments.
+
+00:19:15.507 --> 00:19:17.790
+I used some generative AI for this.
+
+00:19:18.290 --> 00:19:20.590
+And this is a question to you:
+
+00:19:20.790 --> 00:19:24.090
+What parts of this talk are you planning on implementing?
+
+00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:26.274
+Please write this in the Etherpad.
+
+00:19:26.824 --> 00:19:28.519
+Thank you so much. If you have any questions,
+
+00:19:28.569 --> 00:19:30.357
+let me know in the Etherpad as well.
+
+00:19:30.857 --> 00:19:32.724
+Good luck managing your tasks,
+
+00:19:33.474 --> 00:19:36.650
+emptying your teacup, and planning for the future.