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 …
Continue reading “Turning personal problems into resolvable projects”
“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 …
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.
Think GTD only works if you sit in a cubicle? Think again… [HTML1]
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Can you tell me why I was going to call you?”
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]
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Plugging holes when others aren’t getting things done”
Jesse, a GTD’er in Pittsburgh, sent David a write up about how he’s managing his GTD lists in a Google spreadsheet. The useful thing about spreadsheets for GTD is that they are very customizable and sortable. Google Spreadsheet also has a handy “Form” feature for quick capture into the form. Here’s what Jesse does:
This week, in our ongoing series giving you a look inside other people’s GTD setups, Andy Reed sent along some photos for our GTD Times readers. On his desk, Andy uses Inbox, Pending and Read/Review trays.
Avid GTD’er Barb wanted to share her experience and review of the CDs that come with the new GTD System. She wrote: If you’re fairly new or brand new to GTD: This product is definitely for you. It is much easier to understand than reading the book might be because there are stories to explain …
Thanks to all of you who joined the GTD “Tweekly” Review I did this morning. Hope you found value! Let me know if you’d like me to do another one. If the pace was a bit too speedy for you, you can always go back and review the Tweets I sent. Here are all 11 …
In case you hadn’t heard, I will be hosting a free, guided GTD “Tweekly Review” through Twitter tomorrow. What: It will be a working Twitter session. I’ll guide people through the 11-steps of the GTD Weekly Review through a series of Tweets. You’ll want to be in front of your system (at least calendar, lists, …
I recently interviewed Ken Case, CEO for OmniGroup, about the ever popular OmniFocus for Mac. You’ll hear about the history of OmniGroup, what their company culture is like today, what OmniFocus does for a GTD’er, and more. Here’s an excerpt: Ken Case: The big thing that we tried to do as we were designing the …
