Book excerpt: Todoist is a popular app for managing tasks, with a huge set of features. This Experts’ guide shows how proficient users employ Todoist to get work done smoothly, in several different yet effective ways. In this book, you’ll learn how to: * apply the GTD (Getting Things Done) approach to get your work done using projects, labels, and filters in Todoist. * use a kanban board view to manage tasks visually in a large shared project. * use project templates for consistency and completeness. * leverage comments on tasks for a shared space to engage collaboratively and push a task through to completion. * use sub-tasks to manage complicated tasks. * discover an innovative task management system developed by Carl Pullein to help you focus on tasks that align with your larger goals in life. * use Evernote for project management in combination with Todoist for upcoming tasks in projects. * avoid task overload and reduce fatigue with the “theme slots” approach built on time blocking in Google Calendar. * stay motivated with Karma points, and daily and weekly streaks.