Becoming a powerhouse of productivity

Arthur wrote in to David to share how he’s become a “powerhouse of productivity.” We thought others would get value from his letter too:

I have recently taken the terrifying step of transferring all of my CRM tasks, previously handled separately by Salesforce, in to my single GTD system. The results are… amazing! I had not appreciated (and probably still do not fully understand) the full power, scope and flexibility of your marvelous, simple, bottom-up, next action approach. I am now tracking, as of this morning, 105 projects and 595 next actions with an ease that I would once have considered impossible. Nothing slips through the net. I have become a powerhouse of productivity.

Do you have a GTD story to share? If so, we’d love to hear from you at [email protected].

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13 Comments

  1. This is an unfair comparison… GTD is truly fantastic! And Salesforce is truly abysmal… 😛

    At least in the way my company implements it. I also use my GTD system at work whenever possible to cut Salesforce out of the loop. Unfortunately, I can’t root it out completely. But I do espouse the benefits of trying to stick to GTD concepts within the context of the Salesforce functionality.

  2. Would love to hear more details! It’s been a fight to match GTD with sales – I work in a 2 man insurance office and it always seems like leads are slipping through (of course, it’d help too if my office-mate GTD’d too, but that’s another project 😉

  3. Hi Mark, Eugene, and Derek,

    I wish we had more details about the system, but those weren’t included. If this is a topic you’d like to explore more deeply, you’ll find discussion about it on the David Allen Company forum, here:
    http://www.davidco.com/forum/

    — John

  4. I am less interested in the system Arthur switched to (could be paper or Excel for all that matters) than why he or his firm did not consider using SalesForce.com to manage his GTD flow.

    As a CRM consultant, I hear too often this type of GTD-style functionality that is missing from too many system implementations.

    With the right degree of forethought to create project lists and next actions into the force.com workflow, the reverse could be true as well.

  5. Didn’t find any discussion on davidco.com forum about this system setup. It looks like this Arthur was created by davidco marketing staff.

  6. Hi Eugene,

    I should have been clearer in what I wrote. I didn’t mean that the discussion forum has something specifically about Arthur’s system, just that there are threads about the use of GTD in sales, as well as project management. I apologize for the confusion.

    Best,
    John

  7. anyway, I think Arthur is not a real person. There’s no real email and no comments here from him. Doesn’t look like a real GTDer who is keen on reading davidco.com and gtdtimes.com.

  8. My CRM experience was very similar. I found that it was much easier to manange the tasks and projects within my GTD system.

  9. Eugene–I’ve personally seen the email from Arthur to David and posted this because I thought it was useful. Could be he’s just not hooked in to GTD Times.

  10. Kelly, would be great to contact him by email so gives us the details. I’m sure he checks his email daily if he’s successful with GTD. Though each real GTDer checks GTDTimes at least weekly.

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