Taking charge of your life in today’s digital world

 

Recording of an Art of Copyediting webinar series on self-development

Here are the replays of The Art of Copyediting webinar series on Taking Charge of Your Life in Today's Digital World. These were a series of webinars held on 9, 16, and 23 February 2025. The entire series has been broken into 41 small videos and categorized into convenient sections just to make it easy for any person to listen to them at their own convenience.

These would also be the first set of videos you'd have to look into if you want to join The Art of Copyediting's FREE program on Self-development. For more details on the self-development program, please see https://www.theartofcopyediting.com/ri-lp-self-development-implementing-stephen-covey-weekly-planning-in-capacities

Hope you enjoy them! 

OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE 3-PART WEBINAR SERIES

Overview of the entire series
 

SESSION 1

Overview of Session 1
 

Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits and his original prescription for living a balanced life

Stephen Covey's 7 Habits
FranklinCovey planning system
 
 
FranklinCovey weekly review
Summary of FC planning system
 
 

“Evolution” of software and a consequent “disappearance” of Covey’s methods

Software boom
What the world lost
 
 
General discussion
 

SESSION 2

Overview of Session 2
 

Tiago Forte’s PARA method to retain sanity and solve the problem of digital organization

Digital organization problems in the modern world
The PARA method in brief
 
 
Basic concepts of the PARA method
Advantages of the PARA method
 
 

Notion’s approach to having everything in one place

Notion as an innovative software program
Basic concepts in Notion
 
 
Sample Notion pages
Notion as an information management tool in the digital age
 
 

My own attempts to retain my sanity all these years

My experimentation with various task management programs
Understanding my notetaking and planning needs
 
 
Clarity—Knowing what I wanted
Q&A and general discussion
 
 

SESSION 3

Initial chat with Santosh
Overview of Session 3
 
 

Notetaking in the digital age

Observing and analyzing how we work
Evolution of notetaking apps
 
 

Capacities app’s new approach to notetaking and retrieving information

Logic behind the Capacities app
 

Basic features in the Capacities app

General layout
Daily Notes
 
 
Grouping of Objects
Views of Objects
 
 
Linking of Objects
KB shortcuts, custom Objects, templates, search
 
 
Other features
Devices, storage limits
 
 

Rebuilding Stephen Covey’s approach to live life in a balanced way

Implementing FranklinCovey basics in Capacities
Notes in Capacities
 
 
FC weekly planning in Capacities
Summarizing progress
 
 

What can you achieve by implementing FranklinCovey planning in your life?

How FC planning can help in your life
Q&As and general discussion