Seeing kids light up as they gain control over their world made me wonder—what if every student had access to these skills? Imagine growing up with GTD as second nature.
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The One List People Trust
The problem with most people’s system is that the calendar is the only list they trust, and more than 95% of what they really need to keep track of is not a set of appointments but all the things to be done in between them.
Have Your Lists Become Listless?
Come back to the purpose of your lists. Are they creating freedom and expansive thinking?
The Way Out is Through
You can only feel good about what you’re not doing when you know what you’re not doing. We have to loosen the grip of unclear agreements with ourselves to be free to follow our intuitive hunches and creative focus.
The Process Pressure Points are Personal
The most successful executives/professionals/people keep their decks clear, make decisions on the front end, dispatch the results to trusted people and systems, track commitments rigorously (their own and others’) and get physically engaged taking actions on the projects they own.
The Case for Current Reality
David Allen’s answer about where to start with GTD? Anywhere.
We’re All Alone in this Together
The best teams and relationships are the ones in which the players all acknowledge they’re each alone in the endeavor together.
Why “List” is a Dirty Word
When I have shared my own personal system in my presentations, someone always says, “You’ve got so many LISTS!’ with a tone of voice that really translates into “How silly and stupid! There’s no way that could work for me.” What’s wrong with lists? I understand their negative reactions. Most people haven’t had a lot …
Go beyond passion to peaceful purposefulness
I have been attempting to understand why it bugs me to hear professional motivators talk about the necessity for “passion” to be successful. Perhaps I’m just getting too old and lazy to be interested in jacking up my emotions about anything. (Getting passionate about something usually seems to me like hard work.) Or perhaps it’s …
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New GTD partners in five countries
We are pleased to announce that we have new GTD distribution partners in five more countries.
Are you overwhelmed by long lists?
Are you overwhelmed by long lists? David Allen’s advice for choosing what to do from your many possibilities.
GTD and Teams
A recurring question from people new to GTD, or interested in its applicability to an organization, is “How does GTD relate to teams?”
The GTD Approach to Linking Next Actions and Projects
One of the most common questions about implementing GTD is how to link projects and next actions. The recommendation in Getting Things Done is that you park your next actions on context-based lists — not as separate lists under each of your projects. Why does David Allen recommend that and what will you gain? Sorting …
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Episode #89: David Allen on How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Taxes…and Everything Else
In this episode we present an excerpt from a talk that David Allen gave in front of a live audience. It covers procrastination, what type of people are the most susceptible to getting stuck, and how to stop procrastinating on your taxes…and everything else.
Episode #78: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Clean Up Your Computer
Clean up your computer, if you haven’t done this already It’s like when you get your car washed, or your motorcycle washed, it drives better. Well very much the same thing with your computer.
Episode #77: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Areas of Focus, Responsibility, and Interests
Revisit or create an overview of your Areas of Focus, Responsibility, and Interests. It’s a different horizon of your commitments. You’ve got actions you need to take, and you’ve got projects you need to finish. But the reason you have actions, and projects is because they respond to or they relate to areas of focus and interests.
Episode #76: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Get Your Cockpit Under Control
Get your cockpit under control. When you sit down, you are ready to fly, you’re ready to go. You don’t have to rearrange anything in order to be able to do your best work.
Episode #75: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Barrel
There are times when one situation, project, or circumstance that’s particularly important to you, you’re not appropriately engaged with yet can color the whole rest of your life, and make it all feel grey, and solemn, and burdensome. Where as it’s really just one situation that you need to get ahold of.
Episode #74: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Renegotiate Your Commitments
Managing commitments is a whole lot of what the GTD is about to keep yourself clear, so that you don’t feel like you’re constantly having to do all of those.
Episode #73: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Catch Up Your Communications with People
Who do you owe a thank you to? Who do you owe a communication with to update them? All the best things in my life have actually come from relationships that I’ve had.
