2024-07-31 - OmniFocus 4 Workflows with Jason Atwood

For more videos and additional resources, visit: http://learnomnifocus.com OmniFocus and GTD aficionado Jason Atwood returned to Learn OmniFocus LIVE to share his OmniFocus 4 setup and workflows. Jason has a long history with productivity. He’s been practicing David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) approach for 20 years and recently completed his 😮 1000th weekly review (check out his blog post on the subject to read his insights). He’s been using OmniFocus since the beginning and has evolved his setup and workflows over the past years, developing OmniFocus into a highly trusted and efficient tool. Jason talked about the OmniFocus settings he recommends, four primary perspectives he uses to get things done, why it’s important to limit the number of active projects, how and why he performs a weekly review and more. 00:00:00 - Welcome 00:00:33 - About Learn OmniFocus 00:01:33 - What's New 00:04:51 - Introducing Jason Atwood 00:06:47 - Meet Jason Atwood 00:07:28 - Productivity Training at Arkus 00:08:23 - Keeping OmniFocus Simple 00:08:58 - Minimizing Friction 00:10:14 - Getting Into the Habit of Using OmniFocus 00:11:17 - Configuring OmniFocus 00:16:54 - Using Deferred & Repeating Tasks 00:19:25 - Customizing the OmniFocus Toolbar 00:19:54 - Customizing the OmniFocus Perspectives Bar 00:20:38 - Using the Forecast Perspective 00:25:30 - Jason's Approach to Due Dates 00:29:23 - How Jason Organizes Projects 00:34:32 - Choosing What to Work On 00:37:11 - Limiting Number of Active Projects 00:40:10 - How Jason Does Weekly Reviews 00:48:14 - Q & A 01:00:33 - Wrap-Up