A Community Contribution from Jan Cherlet Hi fellow GTD enthusiasts, April 9, 2009 was the morning that changed my life. For the 4th time that week, I woke up at 4 am and couldn’t close another eye because of all the things I had to do (recognise this?). But this time I got up and …
Monthly Archives: June 2010
David Allen listed in top 140 Tweeters
We know many of you follow David Allen on Twitter (if not and you want to, he’s @GTDGuy). He was named in the top 140 most popular Tweeters by Huffington Post. Some of you have asked if DA does his own Tweets. Absolutely! Every one of them. You’re getting the man himself. If you’re not …
A GTD implementation story
Nate Burgos passed along a great interview he did with Digital Media Project Manager Steve Dale about GTD. It’s always interesting to hear how others have implemented GTD and what their journey has been. Here’s an excerpt: What’s your advice to people who aspire to get organized and stick to it? If you’ve ever wanted …
The commitments you make – tips from David Allen
Question: Projects are my stumbling block. In fact, what do you do when everything you pick up seems to be yet another project (a multi-step thing to do)? The other options are easy to me compared to managing the multi-step things to be done. David Allen: Big key is simply to keep track of them …
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Using GTD for a job search
Michael, a GTD fan in the community, shared about using GTD for a job search. “It really amazed me how well, with a few modifications, the GTD system could handle the job search.” We’ve also heard from people using GTD on their resumes. Have you? What would you say about your GTD skills that would …
Getting started with GTD
On our LinkedIn GTD Group, there’s an interesting discussion going on about how to get started with GTD. Here’s what member Rosemarie had to say: I have found that GTD is one of those things where you just need to jump in and try something. I find that my system is just altering a little …
Saying No – Keys from David Allen
Excerpt from David Allen’s essay in this month’s Productive Living newsletter: Deciding that you’re not going to do something is a subtle and critical component of Getting Things Done and is one of the most challenging aspects of self-management. Most of us hate to say “no”—to ourselves and to others. But there are practical things …
GTD & Email
Dear David Allen: I am looking for a guide/product about using email so that one’s worklife does not become overwhelmed with email. We are an office of 30 people, and we have gotten in the habit of emailing each other rather than walking down the hall to talk. We don’t have time to talk since …
Things and OmniFocus for GTD
A Community Contribution from Jason Verly For anyone who uses a Mac and utilizes the GTD method, you may eventually look into what software you can use to help manage your project and next action lists. Currently you.
You are in control when you can see it all
No matter what level or field we find ourselves on, whether it is the corporate/professional aspect or our personal/home life, we set priorities and act on what we think is important. We could call that “simplifying” our lives. And by that we do not mean lowering our standards, but rather focusing on the ones that …
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A successful executive
A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates. -David Allen
David Allen speaking at Los Angeles area event
For those of you in the Los Angeles area, David Allen will be the featured speaker at an event in Thousand Oaks, CA. When: Tuesday, June 15th Times: 7:30am – 9am Topic: Creating Order Out of Chaos – Staying Afloat in a World of Too Much To Do Learn more This is a paid, in-person …
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Procrastination at its finest
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Weekly Review Encouragement
Longtime GTD implementer Jacki shared this on our GTD Facebook Fan Page about her experience with the GTD Weekly Review: For the longest time I avoided the Weekly Review and just moved from day to day reacting to what came up – in other words, I had not implemented the most effective part of GTD. …
Paper vs. Digital Filing
Question: I have been trying to become “less papered” in business and home and have not found any references in your material that covers this aspect of organization. David Allen: What to store simply as paper and what to bother putting into digital form is purely a matter of how you want your library structured. …
A recent grad discovers GTD
A Community Contribution from Pam, who wrote to David with her story Since the moment that I graduated from college about a year ago, I have been dealing with a copious amount of change, some good, some bad but mostly I was dealing with a deep lack of direction. I finally determined that a lot …