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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:47 PM

AutoFocus Version 4 Now Available

AutoFocus version 4 (AF4) is now available. In summary: Start writing a list of your undone tasks, one task per line. Draw a line at the end of the list. Everything above the line is called the Backlog . Everything after the line is called the Active
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Monday, July 27, 2009 5:49 PM

Autofocus: Why I Like AF2 So Much Better Than AF1

Why do I like Autofocus 2 ( AF2 ) so much better than AF1 ? I like the notion of one big list of tasks (instead of “pages” of tasks). I never really followed the concept of pages anyway, and there really isn’t a good page model for electronic lists such
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Friday, July 24, 2009 7:06 PM

Autofocus: Differences Between Versions 1 and 2

I’m really enjoying working with the Autofocus (AF) method by Mark Forster . It has allowed me to complete a greater volume of work each day, and it helps me focus on my most critical tasks. AF has been updated, so now there’s a version 1 and a version
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:10 PM

Autofocus Version 2 Now Available

See http://www.markforster.net/blog/2009/6/27/autofocus-2-time-management-system-af2.html . (Version 1 is still available at http://www.markforster.net/autofocus-system/ .) I'll soon be providing my list of the differences between versions 1 and 2 and
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:53 PM

Autofocus: Discussion Groups

Here are the Autofocus discussion groups that I'm currently aware of: http://www.markforster.net/forum http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/AutoFocusTM/ http://autofocusgld.ning.com/ Do you know of any others? If so, please let me know in the comments
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:24 PM

Autofocus: How to Decide on Which Task to Work on Next

The Autofocus directions state that you must not try to prioritize items mentally. "Instead," Mark Forster writes, "wait for a feeling of release about an item. It’s hard to describe but easy to recognize. You just feel that the item is ready to be done.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:39 AM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #7 - Dismissing Actions

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "If you go to a page and no item stands out for you on your first pass through it, then all the outstanding items on that page are dismissed without re-entering
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Friday, April 24, 2009 5:30 PM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #6 - Moving on to the Next Page

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Move onto the next page and repeat the process...." When you've finished all of the tasks on a given page, write an "X" in the page's upper corner. Draw a circle
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:40 PM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #5 - Complete the Current Page First

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Continue going round the same page in the same way. Don’t move onto the next page until you complete a pass of the page without any item standing out...." Each
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:44 PM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #4 - Re-Entering Actions

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Cross the item off the list, and re-enter it at the end of the list if you haven’t finished it...." Get used to re-entering actions. All of your partially-done,
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:52 PM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #3 - Work an Action for a While

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Work on that item for as long as you feel like doing so...." When you pick a task to work on, keep at it without getting distracted. When you feel like you've
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Monday, April 20, 2009 10:52 PM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #2 - A Stand-Out Action

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Go through the page more slowly looking at the items in order until one stands out for you...." Don't begin mentally prioritizing the list of undone items. Instead,
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:02 PM

Autofocus: Dissecting the Instructions #1 - Don't Take Action Yet

In this series of blog posts, I'm going through each step of the Autofocus instructions... "Read quickly through all the items on the page without taking action on any of them...." Doing this helps me to begin recognizing which tasks are undone. It also
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:49 PM

Autofocus: My Outlook Tasks Implementation

In attempting to keep with a relatively "pure" Autofocus implementation, here's how I'm currently using my Outlook Tasks list: I have a simple list view with the following columns: Categories , Priority , Subject , Due Date , and Complete . Completed
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Monday, April 13, 2009 8:54 PM

Autofocus: Print-Friendly Instructions

For a print-friendly set of instructions for Autofocus, see http://www.markforster.net/blog/2009/1/6/autofocus-system-instructions.html?printerFriendly=true .
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