You utilize natural planning for your projects based on how your brain works: Instagram: natural planning model consists of the following vertical five-step method. Vertically – manages thinking, development, and coordination of individual topics and projects on the order of larger goals.Horizontally – maintains control across all the activities in which you are involved on the order of the day-to-day activities.Open Loop – anything that does not belong where it is, the way it is, will pull on your attention if it’s not appropriately managed The “open loops” must be adequately controlled: Decide what actions to take next and keep reminders of them organized in a system you regularly review.

Clarify what your commitment is and decide what actions you will take to make progress toward fulfilling it.

Anything considered unfinished should be captured in a collection tool or a trusted system outside your brain to come back to regularly and sort through.

Process: “The key to managing all your stuff is managing your actions,” not your time, information, or priorities.

Principle: “Most stress experienced comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.”.

Promise: You will get things done and perform at the highest levels while feeling calm, highly focused, and efficient with work.

Problem: “People have enhanced quality of life, but at the same time, they are adding to their stress levels by taking on more than they have resources to handle.”.

Curate and coordinate all of that work among the commitments that you have with yourself and others.

Make front-end decisions about your “inputs” to create an inventory of “next actions” that can be implemented or changed.

Capture everything that may need to be done or valuable in an organized, trusted system out of your head.

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