From Dallas to Happy Days: tips for positively hacking your life
summary
Explains a practical five‑step GTD workflow—capture, clarify, organize, reflect, engage—implemented with tools like Omnifocus or a Personal Kanban board with limited WIP and a weekly review; recommends making completed work visible and avoiding artificial deadlines. Combines the system with mental hygiene practices—therapy or coaching, mindfulness (book Méditer jour après jour, apps like Petit BamBou), and Nonviolent Communication—and advises expecting 50–70% realistic throughput and prioritizing impact over sheer task count.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00How to go from Dallas to Happy Days
- 1:51Introduction by Emmanuel Bernard
- 3:05Drawing of Happy Days
- 5:33External and internal factors
- 7:30Internal factors
- 9:31List of things to do
- 10:31Infinite list
- 11:21Gaming method
- 17:25Managing with priority
- 19:28The tools
- 20:15The to-do list
- 21:08What do we want?
- 22:58Maslow's pyramid
- 24:20The shrink
- 27:36Taking a step back
- 28:28Improving your brain
- 28:45Having the most efficient brain
- 29:34Mindfulness meditation
- 31:46Limiting beliefs
- 32:45Dig deeper
- 33:47Meditate
- 35:05Optimize
- 35:27Example
- 38:57Communication and empathy
- 39:57Nonviolent communication
- 42:31Let it go
- 43:06Does anyone have anything to say?
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