David Allen covers some of the GTD fundamentals on “Getting Control and Creating Space” in this new TEDx talk. This is a great, simple overview to remind current GTD enthusiasts of some basics, and help newcomers to GTD understand how powerful it can be.
David Allen’s Food For Thought – November 2014
To-Do lists: usually “amorphous blobs of un-do-ability” Most people’s written or mental to-do lists, though created and maintained as a worthy exercise, are merely descriptions of unfinished details and projects in their lives, and are not a really an effective kick-start in getting them done. It’s because another level of decision-making and tracking is still …
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GTD on BuzzFeed
Check out this humorous yet helpful list from BuzzFeed with tips to improve your productivity, complete with some Buzzfeed-list-worthy gifs that will either make you smile or cringe. Either way, note that GTD makes the list at #20, and that makes us smile.
David Allen featured in The Atlantic
A View From the Top interview in The Atlantic with David Allen explains how laziness inspired Getting Things Done. Read the full interview here! David Allen is still on tour in the U.S. delivering our Brand New Mastering Workflow Series Level 1: Fundamentals Course. Don’t miss your chance to see him live and start your …
David Allen Interview with Success Harbor
Success Harbor is a site “for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs” which is devoted to helping entrepreneurs succeed through a platform of advice and storytelling. This is another great interview with David Allen! Click to listen to “How to Bring Order to Chaos in Life and in Business”. If you want to discover greater levels of personal productivity with …
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GTD and Chopping Wood
Our GTD Partners in the UK and Ireland, Next Action Associates, have analyzed the question of Why Former Lumberjacks Always Look Wistful, in this blog article with a simple and fun take on the Clarify step of the Five Steps. If you’re new to GTD and looking to reinforce these fundamentals or you’re a veteran …
Geek Out with David Allen and Mac Power Users
The Mac Power Users at 5by5, Katie Floyd and David Sparks are both GTD fans. Although of course it is catered toward mac users, this is a great listen for anyone — much of the discussion applies to GTD philosophy and practice in-general, and many of the apps and programs discussed will interface with PC as …
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David Allen’s Food For Thought – October 2014
Climb the Fire Tower—Weekly Several times recently I have had the opportunity to spend time with some real “veterans” of my seminars and methods, and the one lament that almost all of them have is their lack of habit with the Weekly Review. “You know, David, it all works really well, except that I …
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Task Management Tech and Methods
The Mac Power Users run down a very thorough list of task management systems in this podcast, and mention some of their tips and tricks for checking off those tasks. This is lengthy, an hour and forty minutes, but if you’re looking for a system that will work for you and support your GTD practice, …
New OmniFocus 2 Setup Guide
We have just released a new best-practices guide for implementing GTD with OmniFocus 2. Updated for the version 2 release of OmniFocus, this guide will show you how to: • Understand the fundamental GTD best practices • Optimally configure OmniFocus in the way we have found works best for GTD • Configure and populate your …
Why Relying On Digital Reminders Doesn’t Work
The All Tech Considered blog from NPR covers the use of digital alarms and reminders in this article, quoting our own David Allen, who said, “I think those only work if there’s a dire consequence of not doing what the behavior is. If it’s yoga at 4 a.m. – good luck.” At GTD, we love …
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The Entrepreneurs Library Podcast Interviews David Allen
For their podcast, The Entrepreneurs Library interviewed David Allen to provide “A Look Inside Getting Things Done.” Whether you’re new to GTD or a long-time enthusiast, this podcast offers some great insights! Click here to listen to the interview!
How to Start Your Day with Mise-en-Place
The Harvard Business Review explains the chef’s ritual of mise-en-place and how to apply this to starting your workday. Most of us have it wrong starting with email or voicemail. Read the full article for this great and easy productivity guideline – and David Allen gets a shout out as well!
Don’t Plan Your Life – Live It!
Brainpickings.org posted this wonderful video, below, of Daniel Pink’s Commencement Address, which he gave to the Northwestern University Weinberg College graduating class of 2014. As a GTD Influencer, Daniel’s message in this speech, to do less planning and more living, goes hand-in-hand with what we’re all about at GTD. We practice GTD so that we can …
Productivity Article: “The Cost of Continuously Checking Email”
Sure, getting our email inbox to zero is a great feeling, but this article, “The Cost of Continuously Checking Email” by the Harvard Business Review reminds us that trying to constantly do this is detrimental (in more ways than you might imagine!) Meanwhile, if you have yet to experience that feeling of getting your email …
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David Allen and GTD in the Book “Reinventing Organizations”
The new book by Frederic Laloux, Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness gives David Allen and GTD credit for inspiring, and pioneering, new approaches to managing organizations. We highly recommend the book, and below are the snippets we’re talking about as a teaser for a terrific read! We’re …
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The Legacy Project Talks with David Allen
The Legacy Project expresses their purpose as “an initiative that hopes to inspire you through providing you with unlimited access to extraordinary individuals, each of whom have achieved Greatness in their own, unique and varying form.” David Allen is one such extraordinary individual. They ask a very unique series of questions — Click here to …
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David Allen’s Food For Thought – July 2014
How much planning and organizing do you really need to do? How much is enough? How much is too much? Well, is your head empty? Then you’ve done enough. If something is still on your mind, you’ve got more to do. Most organizing and planning that people do is still lacking in the two critical …
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GTD Influencer Daniel Pink Named Pioneer of the New Economy
Earlier this year, Imperative and CSRwire unveiled The Purpose Economy 100 (PE100), a list of the top 100 pioneers shifting the economy to better serve people and the planet. Selected based on their innovative models, philosophies and inventions, these 100 catalysts span a wide array of industries and geographies, all united by a common purpose. …
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Tonight! David Allen on Sirius XM “Work and Life”
At 7 PM Eastern tonight, Tuesday July 8, David Allen will be the featured guest on Work and Life, Stew Friedman’s radio show on SiriusXM channel 111, Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School. If you’re not a current SiriusXM subscriber you can download a free 30-day trial! Broadcasting live from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Work and Life provides information …
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