A GTD’er wrote to David Allen asking: I am part of the senior management in a company and am responsible for a particular department. With many changes happening in the company such as growth and expansion, in a very short span of time, things happen ad hoc and lot of time gets spent in miscellaneous …
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Join the GTD LinkedIn Group
For those of you on LinkedIn who want to connect with other GTD’ers, we now have an official GTD LinkedIn Network.
Getting the most out of Gmail
The better you are at using a tool, and the more you love the tools you use, the more effective they will be for your GTD system. David Allen has said time and time again, learn at least the basic speed keys for the tools you use the most, so the tool is not slowing …
The gift of MacBooks + OmniFocus + GTD for an entire school system
GTD enthusiast Kerry Gallivan has been working with a wonderful project in Maine that is bringing MacBooks, OmniFocus & GTD to nearly 60,000 students and educators. It’s an amazing story and congratulations to all involved in making this happen. Truly a remarkable achievement which will greatly benefit the students, teachers, their families and communities. As …
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Looking at those monsters in the closet
In my last post, I challenged you to look at how much you’re choosing to sit in your email inbox versus work from your lists. That sure seemed to strike a nerve of truth with some of you. So WHY can lists start to repel us? Here are a few reasons why and some ways …
Why are your lists repelling you?
How do ever expect to get things done on your lists if you never step away from your Email Inbox? Seriously folks, those lists need care and feeding too. Just like the Inbox doesn’t get to zero on its own, your lists don’t ever get completion unless you: Do what’s on them Decide not to …
Turning personal problems into resolvable projects
If you received David’s latest Productive Living newsletter, you know the theme for this month is about mind like water and paying attention to what has your attention. We received this heartfelt letter from Jay, who asked that we share his journey and experience with GTD. GTD is more than a task management system, it’s …
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I'm sure I'll remember…
“The short-term memory part of your mind–the part that tends to hold all of the incomplete, undecided, and unorganized “stuff”–functions much like RAM on a personal computer. Your conscious mind, like the computer screen, is a focusing tool, not a storage place. You can only think about 2 or 3 things at once.” – David …
A GTD Tweetup in Oslo
GTD enthusiast Frode Odegard is hosting a free GTD ‘Tweetup’ in Oslo, Norway next week. You can also follow the event through live video stream. Check it out. Frode said he also plans to host a San Diego one as well this fall.
GTD for the adventurous
Think GTD only works if you sit in a cubicle? Think again… [HTML1]
GTD and the sales pipeline
Getting Things Done is often applied to our task list and our email inbox, but rarely to more complex processes like our sales pipeline. However, the principles are the same and the effects could be staggering. Sales is an Art, Not Really Sales as an art form is the lead myth and barrier to consistent …
Motorcycle maintenance and the art of the Weekly Review
If you’d like to hear a sample track from the new GTD System CDs, we just posted a great one with David and two of the coaches on the Weekly Review. Listen Now
GTD at work & at home
We love hearing from GTD’ers around the world who are getting value out of David’s work. This one came in from Richard in Japan: Dear David, I read your book and I wanted to share with you the incredible change it has made to my career. Since picking it up at a JFK airport bookstore …
David's Autobiographical Brain
There are lots of creative mapping tools out there, and PersonalBrain is one that David Allen uses to capture an autobiographical brain of his life. Shelley, an evangelist for TheBrain put together a cool demo of how to look at the corners of your mind… [HTML1] TheBrain also just launched a new hosting service for …
Can you tell me why I was going to call you?
We thought you would enjoy this story, passed along by Joseph McEntire. I had a funny and rewarding GTD experience that I thought was worth sharing. Today I found a piece of paper crumpled up inside of my vest pocket. A pocket I use only for my voice-recorder and not for hand written notes. The …
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A takeaway from a GTD class
Carley, a life coach and mom, recently attended a public GTD class and was so inspired about a tip she learned, that she created a little video to share with other GTD’ers. Enjoy! [HTML1]
When to block your calendar
Is it OK to block your calendar to work on something, even if it doesn’t have a concrete deadline? GTD’er Michael asked about the best ways to find time for the time-demanding projects that are important, but don’t have a deadline. One of our executive coaches replied with some helpful tips.
Regret: A Powerful Motivator
I recently discovered that the musical I’d been working on for the past several years was no longer going to be viable. Not because it wasn’t a good story, or even a good idea. It’s because someone beat me to it. I was surfing the web and discovered that not only had someone written a …
Toning up your thinking muscles
In our recent Productive Living newsletter, David Allen talks about “Toning up your thinking muscles.” Here’s a letter from Frederick Ross, a graduate fellow at The Rockefeller University who shared his perspective on the brain as a muscle. I’m something between a theoretical physicist, mathematician, and theoretical biologist by profession, so I’ve had to be …
Plugging holes when others aren’t getting things done
Jay, a college student, wrote in to GTD Times to ask about how to be productive in a largely volunteer-based organization. Can you still do GTD if other people around you don’t? Dear GTD Times, First off, let me say thanks for providing such a wonderful free GTD resource. It really means a lot to …
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