Today's Two Posts Both Take The Remembering Off You, And PT Manager's What Needs Doing List Holds The Jobs You Keep Meaning To Get To

The short version

Today's first post is about a motor unit idea that replaces a page of anatomy to memorise. The second is about a research habit that saves you from remembering every paper you read. PT Manager does the same for the jobs in your day. Its What needs doing page is a plain list in your own words, so the things you keep meaning to do stop living in your head.

Key Takeaways

• The add box is at the top of the page, and the date is optional.
• A job can be linked to a client, and late jobs get a red edge.
• Ticked-off jobs stay on record, so there is always an answer to "did I ring them back?"

What the page looks like

You open What needs doing and the first thing under the heading is a box. Type the job, for example "ring Sam to rearrange Thursday", and press Add. A date is there if you want it. You can leave it empty, because a required date is how a list stops getting used.

Under the box sits your list in work order. If any job is late, the page shows how many are open and how many are late, and the late ones carry a red edge on the left. That is the only red on the page.

Link a job to a client

A job can carry a client's name. The name is a link, so one tap takes you to that client. The job and the person stay together, which helps when you are standing in a gym with a minute to spare.

Only you write to it

Nothing fills this list by itself. It holds what you decided, in your words. A list that fills itself becomes an inbox you stop reading.

Ticking off and looking back

Tick a job and it leaves the list. A link at the bottom, "What I have ticked off", shows everything you finished. So when you wonder whether you ever followed something up, the answer is on the page.

How today's posts fit together

The motor unit post gives you one idea in place of a list. The research post gives you a library in place of a memory. This page gives you a list in place of a worry. All three move the job of remembering from your head to somewhere reliable, which leaves your attention for the person in front of you.

How to get PT Manager

PT Manager opens the moment you sign up with FASTER, so you can explore and set it up in your name straight away. Adding real clients unlocks the day you pass a course. There are two routes in. New to the industry, the Level 2 and Level 3 course gives you PT Manager from the start of a career. Already qualified, the Movement Coach course or anything above brings you in without repeating Level 2/3.

Take a look at PT Manager, and read about finding research without memorising it in the Injury Recovery to Performance specialist course.

Frequently asked questions

What is What needs doing in PT Manager?

A list of jobs in your own words, with an optional date and an optional client.

Does it fill itself with tasks?

No. Only you write to it.

What happens when I tick a job off?

It moves to a ticked-off view that stays on record.

How do I see what is late?

Late jobs get a red left edge, and the page shows how many are open and how many are late.

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