The David Allen Company puts out a great podcast where David and some of the other coaches talk about different GTD topics. The latest one is called "Best Practices of Doing" and dealt with how to best choose an item from your task lists and get working.
One of the coaches mentioned that you can use a daily "Hot List" of actions to make your lists easier to deal with. He described it as the few things you would get done "if today was going to be wildly successful". As they talked about the Hot List, I thought that it would be a perfect use of Flags in OmniFocus. I've always used Flags to create a sort of "Today" view, but felt guilty because I thought David would say I should only have my context lists. I think the idea of Flagging actions for today is a great way to focus your workflow.
I wrote up a more in-depth look at the Hot List here, and you can find the podcast here (opens in iTunes). What do you guys think of this usage of Flags?
One of the coaches mentioned that you can use a daily "Hot List" of actions to make your lists easier to deal with. He described it as the few things you would get done "if today was going to be wildly successful". As they talked about the Hot List, I thought that it would be a perfect use of Flags in OmniFocus. I've always used Flags to create a sort of "Today" view, but felt guilty because I thought David would say I should only have my context lists. I think the idea of Flagging actions for today is a great way to focus your workflow.
I wrote up a more in-depth look at the Hot List here, and you can find the podcast here (opens in iTunes). What do you guys think of this usage of Flags?