Get Everything Done

I’ve said several times on this blog and in the comments that the system that I keep coming back to is NQ-FVP. The name NQ-FVP is derived from the Final Version (FV), through the Final Version Perfected (FVP), and finally the NQ bit which stands for “No Question”.

NQ-FVP is a clumsy name for sure, but it does reflect how the system was developed, and anyway there are plenty of acronyms flying around which hardly anyone knows what they stand for, e.g. IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) or CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart).

So NQ-FVP it’s going to remain. Click here for the rules.

So what are the distinguishing features which make me come back to this system time after time?

It’s relatively fast and relatively simple. There are faster and/or simpler systems, but they lack NQ-FVP’s other features.
It’s a long list system which feeds a short list system and even sometimes a no-list system.
It will sooner or later work through your whole list, even if you are constantly adding to it.
It’s a low resistance system mainly driven by your intuition about when a task is ready to be done.

Of course the obvious follow-up question is what are the distinguishing features which make me leave this system time after time?

I will answer that in the second part of this article.