# Transcript [[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:00.300" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Oh, wow!""" start="00:00:00.300" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm gonna tell you about how I'm learning this new thing…""" start="00:00:00.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Okay…""" start="00:00:07.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Hey dude, I am recording, okay? So, I'll call you back""" start="00:00:11.840" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""yeah yeah I'm doing learning the new thing.""" start="00:00:15.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah yeah yeah later later later""" start="00:00:18.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""not right now later later later later.""" start="00:00:20.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Sorry about that.""" start="00:00:24.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Okay, as I was saying, I'm going to tell you all about""" start="00:00:25.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""how I'm learning this new thing.""" start="00:00:28.920" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Ooh, Sacha Chua's Emacs newsletter is out.""" start="00:00:32.074" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Maybe I should spend some time…""" start="00:00:36.490" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Oh, wait a second. I have to learn this new thing.""" start="00:00:38.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Haha. Okay, so I'm going to tell you""" start="00:00:43.370" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""how we can learn new skills in the middle of""" start="00:00:47.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so many other wonderful things that you want to do""" start="00:00:51.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and to speak to wonderful people that you have to speak to.""" start="00:00:54.360" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""My name is Bala Ramadurai and I'm going to be talking about""" start="00:00:57.460" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the Survival of The Skillest, that's what I call it, okay?""" start="00:01:01.607" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Survival of The Skillest. Thriving in the Learning Jungle.""" start="00:01:07.407" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Here I'm going to give you some tips and techniques""" start="00:01:11.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""as to how you can learn skills, new skills.""" start="00:01:14.250" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm going to give you a quote from a multi-talented teacher.""" start="00:01:17.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""He was the second president of my country, India.""" start="00:01:23.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""S. Radhakrishnan, he says,""" start="00:01:27.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""“When we think we know, we cease to learn.”""" start="00:01:29.590" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That was his quote.""" start="00:01:32.674" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What is a skill?""" start="00:01:35.350" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What is a skill?""" start="00:01:35.350" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""A skill is the knowledge and the ability""" start="00:01:36.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that enables you to do something well.""" start="00:01:39.507" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There's the knowledge first and the ability""" start="00:01:43.157" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and you have to do it well.""" start="00:01:45.607" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Why should you learn a new skill?""" start="00:01:47.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Right. So why should you learn a new skill?""" start="00:01:47.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now if you can pause this video,""" start="00:01:50.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""watching streaming part of the video,""" start="00:01:53.674" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""then come up with your own reasons.""" start="00:01:55.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm going to give you my top three reasons""" start="00:01:58.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that you might want to learn a new skill.""" start="00:02:00.340" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Get ahead in your career.""" start="00:02:02.574" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Look good or cool in your community or peer group""" start="00:02:04.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or someone forced you to.""" start="00:02:08.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What skills should you learn?""" start="00:02:11.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, what skills should you learn?""" start="00:02:11.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Ok, there could be a whole list.""" start="00:02:14.574" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Let me take a stab at some of the ones""" start="00:02:16.674" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that I think could be cool: bungee jumping,""" start="00:02:19.529" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""teaching your pet to pick up the newspaper""" start="00:02:22.057" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""without tearing it to shreds.""" start="00:02:24.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Perhaps with Python rearing, I meant coding, coding,""" start="00:02:26.330" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can do learning coding.""" start="00:02:30.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So you could list your own skills that you have to learn,""" start="00:02:31.240" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you want to learn.""" start="00:02:34.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What stops you from learning new skills?""" start="00:02:35.974" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""But what stops you from learning new skills?""" start="00:02:35.974" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The most common reason that I've heard""" start="00:02:39.140" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in the past is lack of time.""" start="00:02:41.230" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""“Oh Bala, I have to do so many things.”""" start="00:02:42.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""“I don't have the time to learn any new skills.”""" start="00:02:45.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Lack of motivation could be another reason.""" start="00:02:48.140" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Or you're just a rebel.""" start="00:02:50.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Who is he or who is she to tell me what I should learn?""" start="00:02:53.307" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm going to learn things like that.""" start="00:02:56.507" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So then it stops you from learning a new skill.""" start="00:02:57.857" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""But there's even more fundamental reason""" start="00:03:01.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for why we don't learn a new skill so easily.""" start="00:03:04.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And this comes from the story of scholar in the teacup.""" start="00:03:07.374" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I can pass on the link later to you.""" start="00:03:10.174" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can watch this, my own version of the story.""" start="00:03:12.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Empty your teacup""" start="00:03:16.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The ultimate truth in this story""" start="00:03:16.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or the moral in this story is that""" start="00:03:18.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""we are filled with preconceived ideas""" start="00:03:21.057" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and the Zen master in the story says,""" start="00:03:23.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's like a full teacup.""" start="00:03:26.074" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In order to learn new skills, you have to empty your teacup.""" start="00:03:27.940" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, how do you empty your teacup?""" start="00:03:32.807" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You just can't pour everything out of your head, right?""" start="00:03:34.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So how do you really empty your teacup?""" start="00:03:37.707" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So the way to empty your teacup,""" start="00:03:40.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""simplest way to do it is write down your thoughts.""" start="00:03:43.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""As simple as that.""" start="00:03:46.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Just take a piece of paper and write it down.""" start="00:03:48.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Or if you are on electronic means,""" start="00:03:51.657" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""use Emacs Org Mode and type out your thoughts, okay?""" start="00:03:53.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There is a task for you right now.""" start="00:03:58.490" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What you have to do is to create a folder""" start="00:04:00.507" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in your documents folder called Inbox.""" start="00:04:02.657" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create one and create a new file called todo.org.""" start="00:04:05.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""If you are paper based,""" start="00:04:10.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can use a notebook or any other forms of the same file.""" start="00:04:11.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In that, write down all your unfinished tasks""" start="00:04:15.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""personal and professional.""" start="00:04:18.707" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Write down some things that have been worrying you,""" start="00:04:20.270" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""whatever worries you right now.""" start="00:04:23.607" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just write it down, the whole thing, okay?""" start="00:04:25.124" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Write down some tasks or actions that""" start="00:04:28.019" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you are waiting for somebody else""" start="00:04:30.107" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that could also be part of your list here.""" start="00:04:32.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Great. Now that you have emptied your tea cup,""" start="00:04:35.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm going to tell you the origin of these ideas.""" start="00:04:38.160" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Getting Things Done""" start="00:04:40.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""These come from “Getting Things Done” by David Allen.""" start="00:04:40.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It's a great book. I've read it multiple times. Fantastic.""" start="00:04:43.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And he says, your mind is for having ideas,""" start="00:04:46.657" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""not holding them.""" start="00:04:50.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You have to hold on to this idea in your mind.""" start="00:04:52.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Keep it in your mind.""" start="00:04:55.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""saying it's for having ideas, not holding them.""" start="00:04:55.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Alright, perform one of four actions on your task list.""" start="00:05:00.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Okay? The one that you just wrote down.""" start="00:05:05.207" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You delete them, okay? As simple as that.""" start="00:05:07.974" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Strikethrough the task, hit the delete""" start="00:05:10.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or change the state to cancel, okay?""" start="00:05:13.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Alright, If you don't want to delete it,""" start="00:05:16.674" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you want to defer it, do it later.""" start="00:05:18.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Add it to your calendar.""" start="00:05:20.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Add a reminder to it if you want.""" start="00:05:22.107" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Or in Emacs Org Mode use C-c C-s to""" start="00:05:24.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""schedule it to a different time that you feel""" start="00:05:27.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you would be able to do that task.""" start="00:05:31.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Or just delegate it to somebody else.""" start="00:05:33.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Maybe you are not the best person to do it""" start="00:05:35.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or you probably won't find time to do this.""" start="00:05:37.430" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Send it to your colleague, student, assistant,""" start="00:05:40.590" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""maybe even your favorite LLM to do this.""" start="00:05:43.807" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""LLM being large language model.""" start="00:05:47.374" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Or just do it, right? As they say, just do it.""" start="00:05:50.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Set a timer for two minutes and do the task.""" start="00:05:53.807" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Finish the task, right here right now.""" start="00:05:56.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Nothing is stopping you.""" start="00:05:58.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Finish it. Oh, great, I'm going to do this""" start="00:05:59.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but set yourself two minutes""" start="00:06:01.360" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because sometimes it may spill over to half an hour""" start="00:06:02.507" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and you still haven't processed through your list.""" start="00:06:04.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's why the timer for two minutes.""" start="00:06:07.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""One tip I'm going to give you is:""" start="00:06:08.907" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Don't skip any of the items from your list""" start="00:06:10.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because it's tough work you've been trying to avoid it,""" start="00:06:13.910" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""don't do that.""" start="00:06:16.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Be rigorous and finish it off, processing at least, okay?""" start="00:06:17.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now you can do the absolute same process""" start="00:06:23.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""on your email inbox.""" start="00:06:25.657" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I know, I know some of you have 55,000 emails in your inbox.""" start="00:06:27.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""How am I going to process all of them?""" start="00:06:31.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Archive""" start="00:06:33.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Well, Tiago Forte, whose method""" start="00:06:33.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm going to be also talking about, says:""" start="00:06:36.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Archive them all and pull out the top 100, okay?""" start="00:06:39.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The last latest 100 and process that.""" start="00:06:42.707" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's a cool way to do it, okay?""" start="00:06:45.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So you're not stuck to those 55,000,""" start="00:06:48.407" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but just the top 100 of those.""" start="00:06:50.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can do the same,""" start="00:06:52.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""absolutely the same thing""" start="00:06:54.007" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to any of your messaging apps as well:""" start="00:06:55.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""WhatsApp, Matrix, Slack, whatever you choose.""" start="00:06:57.674" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Even to your physical inbox,""" start="00:07:01.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can do the absolute same things.""" start="00:07:03.200" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You lift your items and""" start="00:07:04.590" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""see if you can need to process them, okay?""" start="00:07:06.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What if the email or message or task is something""" start="00:07:10.407" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that you might need in the future?""" start="00:07:13.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Great! Archive them""" start="00:07:15.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or move it to a place you may refer to later.""" start="00:07:17.107" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So, you have plenty of storage in your cloud space,""" start="00:07:19.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in your email space, in your computer space.""" start="00:07:23.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Use that. Archive it.""" start="00:07:26.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can refer to it later. Not a worry.""" start="00:07:27.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Don't want it right in front of you.""" start="00:07:29.820" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's the only thing here, right?""" start="00:07:31.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Multiple steps""" start="00:07:33.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now another question that pops in your head is:""" start="00:07:33.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What if something that requires multiple steps, right?""" start="00:07:35.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""not all steps are created… not all tasks are created alike,""" start="00:07:38.907" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There are multiple steps to a task.""" start="00:07:43.074" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's when a task becomes a project, ok?""" start="00:07:45.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""An example or few examples of those""" start="00:07:48.009" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""are finishing a course on say Coursera or NPTEL or Udemy,""" start="00:07:50.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""teaching a course if you are a teacher""" start="00:07:54.340" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in your college or school.""" start="00:07:56.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""If you are organizing a conference""" start="00:07:58.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""such as the Emacs conference, it's a huge project,""" start="00:08:00.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you will need to use… it's a project.""" start="00:08:03.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Arranging a birthday party for your spouse, that's sweet,""" start="00:08:07.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but it's still a project, you will have many tasks in it.""" start="00:08:10.560" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So these are examples of projects.""" start="00:08:13.220" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Here's how one can handle projects.""" start="00:08:15.874" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create a folder for each project.""" start="00:08:18.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create a text or word doc or title it as todo.txt""" start="00:08:20.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or todo.docx or todo.org.""" start="00:08:24.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I prefer .org and you can do it.""" start="00:08:26.560" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And in that, write down the success criteria,""" start="00:08:29.057" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the goal or the deadline of the project.""" start="00:08:32.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Write down all the tasks that need to be done.""" start="00:08:35.730" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You don't have to think about all of it,""" start="00:08:38.340" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but whatever comes to your mind,""" start="00:08:40.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""just put it in there""" start="00:08:41.579" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""as some tasks that you need to get done inside this project.""" start="00:08:42.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, identify the immediate action that needs to be done""" start="00:08:46.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for the project to move forward.""" start="00:08:52.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's usually something that's stopping the project""" start="00:08:54.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""from progressing.""" start="00:08:56.580" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So identify that and say:""" start="00:08:57.457" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""“That's the next thing I'm going to do.”""" start="00:08:58.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""An example of a project is right here.""" start="00:09:01.557" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Goal of the project is to deliver a talk""" start="00:09:04.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about my organization system,""" start="00:09:06.207" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""make it like a workshop with pauses for activities.""" start="00:09:09.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can see that this is the talk""" start="00:09:13.010" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that I am delivering right now.""" start="00:09:14.940" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And right now if you see recording the talk, okay?""" start="00:09:16.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Of course, the next one I'm going to do after this""" start="00:09:19.840" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is going to be sending the recorded talk,""" start="00:09:21.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the file and the PDF for the talk.""" start="00:09:24.074" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, if you want, you can add some sub steps and all that""" start="00:09:25.389" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""also into this.""" start="00:09:28.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Of course, I'd like to thank the coordinators for their""" start="00:09:29.174" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""absolutely wonderful work that they're doing""" start="00:09:31.600" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""throughout this, okay?""" start="00:09:33.480" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, tasks for you.""" start="00:09:35.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can take your time.""" start="00:09:37.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And first of all, think of a project""" start="00:09:38.779" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that you have to absolutely get done.""" start="00:09:40.490" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create a folder on your computer or phone""" start="00:09:43.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with the name of the project.""" start="00:09:48.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create a todo.org.""" start="00:09:50.157" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""If you want to use a notebook, you can use a fresh leaf.""" start="00:09:52.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Write down all the tasks associated with this project.""" start="00:09:56.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's going to be how you handle it, right?""" start="00:10:00.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Multiple projects""" start="00:10:02.874" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, what if you have multiple projects?""" start="00:10:02.874" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Not many of us have only one project.""" start="00:10:05.490" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In fact, many of us have multiple projects.""" start="00:10:08.157" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What do we do in that situation?""" start="00:10:09.807" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Well, the answer is simple.""" start="00:10:11.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create a folder for each project.""" start="00:10:13.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Add this Org file called todo into each of those folders""" start="00:10:15.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and write down the task for all of these projects as well.""" start="00:10:20.657" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Write down all of these tasks and mark one of them as next.""" start="00:10:25.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There can be only one next action.""" start="00:10:29.207" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It can't be multiple next actions.""" start="00:10:30.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's the immediate thing that has to be done""" start="00:10:32.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to take this project forward, okay?""" start="00:10:34.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What if the project stops before completion?""" start="00:10:37.874" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What if the project stops before completion?""" start="00:10:37.874" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There are possibilities sometimes you lose interest,""" start="00:10:40.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""sometimes your collaborator loses interest.""" start="00:10:43.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What do you do in those situations?""" start="00:10:45.124" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Have a folder in your computer or phone""" start="00:10:47.157" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for abandoned projects called resources.""" start="00:10:49.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Oh, by the way,""" start="00:10:52.590" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for your projects folder, create an""" start="00:10:53.320" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""overarching projects folder and inside that are""" start="00:10:57.557" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all the project folders.""" start="00:11:01.289" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I forgot to tell you that.""" start="00:11:02.607" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Same way, on the same level, create a resources folder.""" start="00:11:03.707" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's for all your abandoned projects""" start="00:11:06.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or even could be on your research material as well,""" start="00:11:09.107" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which you are not currently working on.""" start="00:11:13.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Move this particular project that's abandoned or stopped""" start="00:11:15.509" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""somewhere in between to that folder.""" start="00:11:18.769" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What if you successfully complete the project?""" start="00:11:20.974" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, there's a possibility you might successfully complete.""" start="00:11:20.974" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I hope all your projects end up being successful.""" start="00:11:23.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""But there are quite a few which will end up in this,""" start="00:11:27.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""quite a few which will end up abandoned as well.""" start="00:11:30.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, I write an end report so that I can learn from this.""" start="00:11:33.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What did I enjoy most in the project?""" start="00:11:37.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What could have been better?""" start="00:11:39.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What did I learn from this particular project?""" start="00:11:40.874" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, you will need to move that folder""" start="00:11:43.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to a folder called archives.""" start="00:11:45.849" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This is the final resting place for the project,""" start="00:11:47.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""completed projects because if you come up""" start="00:11:50.807" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with another project which sounds similar""" start="00:11:53.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to the archives one,""" start="00:11:55.690" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can pick that out and create that as a template,""" start="00:11:56.857" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""use that as a template.""" start="00:11:59.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, why would I have one folder per project""" start="00:12:00.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when there's only one file sitting in it called todo.org?""" start="00:12:04.340" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Well, most projects also have some project files""" start="00:12:07.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and this folder can be a storehouse of all of that""" start="00:12:10.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and you can access all of them at one shot.""" start="00:12:13.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's the advantage.""" start="00:12:16.174" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What if the project is ongoing and doesn't really end?""" start="00:12:18.140" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What if the project is ongoing and doesn't really end?""" start="00:12:18.140" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That doesn't seem to have a deadline or an ending point.""" start="00:12:20.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's called an Area. This is now an Area.""" start="00:12:24.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Examples of Areas: gardening, paying bills, never stops,""" start="00:12:27.157" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""bills never don't stop, blogging.""" start="00:12:32.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""These are all some examples of Areas that really""" start="00:12:34.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""don't have a definite deadline.""" start="00:12:37.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""For Areas also, create a folder for each of them, right?""" start="00:12:40.374" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can create a parent folder called Areas""" start="00:12:44.710" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and under them you can have those areas, okay,""" start="00:12:47.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and have a todo [file] in each of those folders.""" start="00:12:50.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""What if you forget to visit the TODO files?""" start="00:12:54.320" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now what if we forget to visit the todo files""" start="00:12:54.320" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which in my case often happens?""" start="00:12:57.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I forget to visit those todo files""" start="00:12:58.974" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and see what the task net needs to be done.""" start="00:13:01.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can of course add all of this todo.org""" start="00:13:03.940" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and into your org-agenda-files variable""" start="00:13:08.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so that when you pull up your Org Agenda,""" start="00:13:11.360" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all of them show up.""" start="00:13:14.015" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's a good idea.""" start="00:13:15.080" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You need to have a weekly review with yourself.""" start="00:13:16.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Weekly review is essentially a weekly appointment""" start="00:13:19.624" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with yourself for you to stay""" start="00:13:22.140" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in control of your life or career. To keep things on track.""" start="00:13:24.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In the weekly review, you need to empty your teacup.""" start="00:13:29.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's the first and foremost, okay?""" start="00:13:32.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Then process all your items in the TODO file.""" start="00:13:35.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Process all your emails from the last week.""" start="00:13:39.239" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Use the exact same structure of do, delete, defer, delegate.""" start="00:13:42.057" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""These are the four D's that you can use.""" start="00:13:45.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Process all your messaging app messages from the last week.""" start="00:13:47.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So last one whole week, whatever has come up,""" start="00:13:51.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you need to process all of them, okay?""" start="00:13:54.074" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In the weekly review,""" start="00:13:57.174" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you also need to archive all your emails and""" start="00:13:58.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""messaging app messages that you have processed.""" start="00:14:01.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You've already taken care of it.""" start="00:14:03.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You don't need to have it right in front of you.""" start="00:14:05.857" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can move them all into archive.""" start="00:14:07.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Most messaging apps and email systems""" start="00:14:09.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have archives as part of their features.""" start="00:14:12.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Look through the project TODO files""" start="00:14:15.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to see if the next action is marked, okay?""" start="00:14:17.174" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now look through the project folder list""" start="00:14:20.690" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to see if some of them need to be archived""" start="00:14:22.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or moved to resources.""" start="00:14:24.307" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Some may be abandoned, some may be done.""" start="00:14:26.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can move them successfully to""" start="00:14:28.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all of where it needs to belong.""" start="00:14:30.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now task for you, you can pause this,""" start="00:14:33.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of course, and do this.""" start="00:14:34.943" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Set an appointment with yourself, sacrosanct time,""" start="00:14:36.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""only with yourself and title it weekly review.""" start="00:14:39.730" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Start with half an hour,""" start="00:14:42.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""perhaps you can have it longer later on.""" start="00:14:43.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""As you need more time,""" start="00:14:46.057" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can have more time with yourself.""" start="00:14:47.713" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And make it repeating every week.""" start="00:14:49.846" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now you can complain, I can hear you some of you complain""" start="00:14:53.607" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""“Oh, this is such a microscopic view of my life.""" start="00:14:56.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What about the big picture?”""" start="00:14:58.557" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Well, there is quarterly review, once every 13 weeks""" start="00:14:59.857" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you can mark an appointment with yourself.""" start="00:15:03.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Right after your weekly review""" start="00:15:06.357" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to do your quarterly review, okay?""" start="00:15:08.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And also every year, mark yourself--""" start="00:15:11.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it could be at the start""" start="00:15:14.117" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or the end of an academic year or a calendar year--""" start="00:15:15.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""mark yourself an appointment again with yourself""" start="00:15:18.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""called yearly review.""" start="00:15:21.940" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And these contain some big life questions, okay?""" start="00:15:23.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now I'll give you some examples but feel free to modify it,""" start="00:15:27.074" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""have it as your own.""" start="00:15:31.207" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""How much money did I make?""" start="00:15:33.324" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""How much money did I save?""" start="00:15:34.850" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""How many people did I help?""" start="00:15:36.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""How many do I plan to help in the future?""" start="00:15:39.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What projects did I enjoy?""" start="00:15:43.457" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Look through your archives and resources.""" start="00:15:44.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Which one are best avoided?""" start="00:15:47.907" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I don't want to get on to this, okay?""" start="00:15:49.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can look through a personal and private… I'm sorry…""" start="00:15:52.490" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""personal and professional and""" start="00:15:55.360" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""see how much is there a balance between all of these.""" start="00:15:56.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""These are some questions you can answer.""" start="00:15:59.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Planning for the future""" start="00:16:02.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now that you know how to manage them now...""" start="00:16:02.740" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So far we have looked at the now,""" start="00:16:04.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""how do you plan for the future?""" start="00:16:06.840" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like really into the future?""" start="00:16:08.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Well, I have a trick called nine windows for you.""" start="00:16:10.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Nine windows are essentially,""" start="00:16:13.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's like a tic-tac-toe grid""" start="00:16:15.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and the left column is your past,""" start="00:16:18.507" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the middle column is your present""" start="00:16:25.574" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and the right column is your future, okay?""" start="00:16:28.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and the bottom row is your skill set,""" start="00:16:31.940" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the middle row is what you do""" start="00:16:37.940" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and the top row is whom do you work for""" start="00:16:40.920" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or whom do you serve, right?""" start="00:16:44.657" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So you are doing something for an organization""" start="00:16:46.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so those could be in your top row.""" start="00:16:50.500" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Let me give you an example from my own life.""" start="00:16:52.570" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This I made about 10 years ago, okay?""" start="00:16:55.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So the middle column is the what I did 10 years ago.""" start="00:16:59.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So that is the now let's keep it as the now, okay?""" start="00:17:05.724" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So five years before that, I used to work""" start="00:17:09.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for General Electric (GE).""" start="00:17:11.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I was a research scientist for them""" start="00:17:13.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and the skills that I had was:""" start="00:17:15.240" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I had a PhD which was used in this profession.""" start="00:17:16.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I had writing skills,""" start="00:17:22.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I had some teaching skills,""" start="00:17:23.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I love to interact and learn from my teammates.""" start="00:17:25.424" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Then I joined Mindtree, which was the current job""" start="00:17:29.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when I did this, software services company.""" start="00:17:32.590" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I co-founded TRIZIndia also.""" start="00:17:36.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""These are two organizations that I served.""" start="00:17:38.524" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And facilitator, that was the main profession that I was in.""" start="00:17:41.124" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And the skills I had was:""" start="00:17:45.240" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""TRIZ [Theory of Inventive Problem Solving],""" start="00:17:46.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""interacting with people outside of my team,""" start="00:17:47.800" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I could align well with my organization.""" start="00:17:52.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I knew exactly where they were going""" start="00:17:54.890" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and how to align myself, my goals with that.""" start="00:17:56.274" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, I said, five years later,""" start="00:17:59.107" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I want to be an entrepreneur and an author.""" start="00:18:02.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And I want to do this for,""" start="00:18:05.174" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I want to really work with academia and corporate companies.""" start="00:18:07.224" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That was my goal.""" start="00:18:11.757" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So the skills I needed to have were:""" start="00:18:13.240" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""marketing, writing, sales, hiring, people management,""" start="00:18:15.057" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all of that I needed to have.""" start="00:18:18.207" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And I had to plan that so I used""" start="00:18:19.924" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the PARA structure [projects, areas, resources, archives]""" start="00:18:21.540" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to manage how I'm going to learn all of these skills""" start="00:18:23.090" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and imbibe those and get better at it.""" start="00:18:27.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So that's where I use this.""" start="00:18:29.257" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Ok, your turn.""" start="00:18:31.157" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You can pause this video and build your own nine windows""" start="00:18:32.639" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to plan for the future.""" start="00:18:34.990" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""Summary""" start="00:18:36.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So in summary, you need to empty your teacup""" start="00:18:36.957" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""before engaging with the work in front of you.""" start="00:18:40.007" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Use the PARA structure: projects, area,""" start="00:18:43.040" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""resources and archives.""" start="00:18:45.390" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Create this folder structure and use reviews regularly,""" start="00:18:46.770" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""weekly, quarterly and yearly.""" start="00:18:51.480" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Use the nine windows to your advantage""" start="00:18:54.024" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for your future career planning""" start="00:18:55.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and of course, apply PARA to your future plans""" start="00:18:57.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to plan for those as well, ok?""" start="00:19:00.440" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template new="1" text="""References""" start="00:19:03.210" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Now, these are the references I have used.""" start="00:19:03.210" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""heavily borrowed upon Tiago Fortes' PARA,""" start="00:19:04.840" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""David Allen's “Getting Things Done”""" start="00:19:07.640" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and Tasshin's way to implement this in Emacs and Org Mode.""" start="00:19:09.240" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""These are some acknowledgments.""" start="00:19:14.190" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I used some generative AI for this.""" start="00:19:15.507" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And this is a question to you:""" start="00:19:18.290" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""What parts of this talk are you planning on implementing?""" start="00:19:20.790" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Please write this in the Etherpad.""" start="00:19:24.140" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Thank you so much. If you have any questions,""" start="00:19:26.824" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""let me know in the Etherpad as well.""" start="00:19:28.569" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Good luck managing your tasks,""" start="00:19:30.857" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""emptying your teacup, and planning for the future.""" start="00:19:33.474" video="mainVideo-learning" id="subtitle"]]