I stood by the side of the road a few weeks ago waiting for AAA to show up to change my flat tire. In my PDA I had “Identify day I can get to dealer to replace balding tires” on to do list, where it had sat for several weeks. Here I am with a […]
My ResultsManager Daily Action dashboard has gotten a bit bloated over the past year with a subset of tasks and projects that are lingering. In theory a good GTD Weekly Review would help address these, but I’ve been playing with some alternative strategies to break the log jam. I now use the GyroQ naaa tag […]
Is the “Review dashboards for aging tasks” action item you added to your list after reading a recent post becoming an aging task itself? Even if you are capturing and completing dozens of tasks each week, a couple of them will invariably be “amorphous blobs” or have something about them that leads you to not […]
If your ResultsManager activities typically have start date entered (e.g. if you use MindReader), then you might find an added feature of the “next-action-verb-analysis” macro useful. The new version of the macro calculates the average age of your next actions and enumerates those stragglers that are more than twice the average. This provides a way […]
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Welcome to ActivityOwner.com -- a site focused on the use MindManager macros, ResultsManager dashboards, and GyroQ tags for personal productivity and Getting Things Done.
I have been personal and corporate user of ResultsManager since March 2005. This site is my way of trying contribute something back to the internet community as well as to to organize my understanding of GTD and management. The MindReader, Outlinker, Mark Task Complete, Next Action Analysis, and Map2Excel add-ins are worth a look and can be installed by downloading setup programs.
Readers here have provided great ideas and tips along the way, so be sure to search or read through the archives and add to the comments. You can follow developments on the site by subscribing to email updates or by following the site on RSS, Twitter, or Facebook. This is a non-commercial site and is not affiliated with Gyronix, Mindjet, or the David Allen Company. You can contact me at info@activityowner.com.
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| Tool | Purpose |
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 Map2Excel |
Export a map to Excel. Optionally export as an outline or a table |
 MindReader | Use AI to set your MindManager topics attributes and destination map. |
 Mark Task Complete | Advance repeating tasks and log completions to branches and monthly logs |
 Next Action Analysis | Review Daily Actions and improve your focus. Comes with MindReader. |
 MyMapMacros | Add macros to the MindManager ribbon and Quick Access toolbar. |
 OutLinker | Process mail to Outlook or MindManager tasks and link/attach original. |
 OutLinker Lite | Outlinker functionality without the need to have MindManager. |
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