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Trusting Your System
“If you don’t trust your system, you can’t let go of operational details and you’ll limit your ability to create at a bigger level.” –David Allen
David Allen on Stalking the Wild Projects
Perhaps the most profound result of creating a complete and accurately defined inventory of our projects is how it can propel us to do something positive and concrete about ephemeral and ambiguous situations that have our attention. We are all capable of taking dominion over every problem or challenging situation we encounter. But this doesn’t happen by …
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Keep everything in your head or out of your head
“Keep everything in your head or out of your head. In-between, you won’t trust either one.” –David Allen
Handling the “not so important” things
Ways to use the Two-Minute Rule
So many people tell stories about how the Two-Minute Rule from GTD® has transformed their productivity. Here’s a fun way a music teacher is using it with his students. Read article
Good Riddance!
David’s essay in this month in our Productive Living newsletter is about letting go and creating space. It’s time to purge. The start of a new year is a great metaphorical event to use to enhance a critical aspect of your constructive creativity—get rid of everything that you can! Your psyche has a certain quota …
Email Best Practices for Teams
A client asked me for our best practices around email communications, to share with their globally dispersed teams. They had learned the keys to getting to inbox zero, but their productivity was stymied by the sheer volume of unproductive emails being sent around the company. These tips were born out of the shared practices we use here at …
When you start to make things happen…
When you start to make things happen, you begin to believe that you can make things happen. And that makes things happen. –David Allen
The Power of the Weekly Review
The Weekly Review has meant so much to me. It is the difference between having my life in my own hands or not. I realized that the work I was doing didn’t make me happy. I made a project of it and I made the commitment to myself that I would make one step every week, …
David Allen on the Dr. Oz Show
David was on the Dr. Oz show talking about GTD. Watch this 3 1/2 minute clip to see him answering audience questions about GTD, such as: “At the end of the day, and the things that I wasn’t able to get to, how do I not feel …
Are you appropriately engaged?
Getting coached by David Allen
Here’s a rare glimpse inside David Allen coaching Dutch TV host Linda Geerdink on the Getting Things Done methodology. He addresses some of the common challenges people have with GTD, and shares his wisdom on making it work. 15 minutes. Please accept statistics cookies to watch this video. To learn more about our GTD Coaching Services, …
The essentials of GTD in 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Our friends over at Epipheo made a great video capturing the essentials of GTD. Well worth watching! Please accept statistics cookies to watch this video.
GTD is not an overnight little time-management tip
GTD is not an overnight little time-management tip and trick that’s going to change your life. It really is a whole lifelong, lifestyle, art and craft about how you manage the flow of life’s work. You know, how good can you get at cooking, or parenting, or playing the flute, or karate? There’s no end …
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Moving from tree-hugging to forest management
Thanks to E. Jones for sharing his story below with us about his journey with GTD. David Allen has often said that learning GTD is like peeling an onion–the layers continue to unfold. Here is E.’s story about how his knowledge, tools, and mastery of GTD has evolved: Hey GTD Crew, I’m an aspiring GTD implementer – …
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New GTD public courses just added to our U.S. schedule
Our new Mastering Workflow Series courses are coming to Chicago on August 26 and Atlanta on Sept. 22.
Curious how others are implementing GTD?
Are you curious how others are implementing GTD®? There’s a lively discussion going on in our free forum about how people have adapted the GTD methodology to meet their personal needs.
Appropriate Engagement with GTD
David Allen’s approach to work/life balance isn’t about creating separation between work and the rest of life. It’s about appropriate engagement, giving your full attention to whatever you’re doing—whether it’s working while at home, or enjoying friends and family without having to think about work. For this GTD implementer, appropriate engagement means having a trusted GTD …
Free Your Mind with GTD
As David Allen says, “Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” Here is a testimonial from a fellow GTD fan on the powerful effects of that GTD premise: “My mind is now being freed up to drive larger strategic needs rather than holding all the details. I can now sleep more soundly and …
