One of the best and worst parts of mlo is that there's almost always more than a few ways to get to a given result..
I'm also a small biz owner and my business deals with distinct projects, often related to construction projects. As such I can have a lot of these types of "people" items. For me though they also often also correlate to some part of a larger project. My way is taken from GTD methodology where they are referred to as 'agendas' and I create an agenda context for each person I need to track items for (coincidentally, I also use # to denote my agendas/people contexts.) I also create a single #agenda context for one off ppl items that don't merit a whole context for themselves. I don't use that single #agenda context often but it sometimes has it's place. Doing things this way allows me to: Put the items in my outline under their respective project (I have a folder for each project, which may bequeath contexts of its own) Add more than one agenda context if needed (teams or owner AND contractor for ex., multiple ppl who's opinion I want, etc. - it ends up being pretty free-form) Create one super context called *Agendas which includes all my #namedagenda contexts (in desktop you can make a context include others.). I find this useful as I can see at a glance ALL the ppl I need to talk to which sometimes helps decide what to do/where to go next. HTH. > On Aug 24, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Stéph <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello pakiya, > > Funnily enough - I just posted a relevant answer to a different thread on > this community. Basically, my solution is to use hashtagged names (ie > #Samuel, #Rani, #Rajeev, etc) at the top of the notes field. When I'm > talking to Rani, for example, I'll quickly type #Rani into the search > function and all of the tasks related to that person immediately appear in a > list of results for me. It works very well for me, especially as the search > function can filter results based on the view you're working in, too. > > Stéphane > > >> On Wednesday, 20 August 2014 10:31:43 UTC+1, pakiya wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm a small business owner and have to see different aspects of my business >> ranging from accounts to documentation to sales to production. My to lists >> mainly consist of follow up which i need to do , things I need to veify , >> reminders to my team etc. >> >> >> >> So an actualy part of to do list is (in bracker I mention the frequency) . >> >> >> >> >> >> - Review the production tracker from samuel (bi weekly) >> >> - Follow up with bank when I get my password (one time) >> >> - Check with Suresh about big forms for workers (one time) >> >> - Implement wtih Suresh fire training needed (every 3 months) >> >> - Ask Rani where will the files go (one time) >> >> - Consult Rani where will the weighing scale go (one time) >> >> - Verify reports written by QC (weekly) >> >> - Verify recievables from Accounts team (bi weekly) >> >> - Ask Rajeev the status of race course membership (keep reminding till the >> project is finished) >> >> >> >> >> >> So my people list is Samuel , Rani , Rajeev & Suresh in above list . I >> infact deal with around 20/25 more on a weekly basis. >> >> >> >> What's the best way to keep this list in MLO ? Should I use context since >> tasks are kept in different list ? Should I create a seperate waiting >> project and create dependency of some sorts ? Just use saved search with a >> person name ? >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a54bbf5f-78a1-480d-afde-0d36f69199a5%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/A2A33F0B-AA8A-48CC-81B0-BA9F5138B7A6%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
