Mike Vardy, the character behind the satirical productivity website Effing the Dog, recently interviewed David Allen. We think you might find the humor in it, as we did. Interview – Part One Interview – Part Two Enjoy!
Better workflow with better deskflow
GTD’er Grant recently wrote to David Allen to share his “Drag Reduction Project” for improving his GTD workflow. I realized my physical work area did not support my GTD systematic approach. I cleared my desk and used my label maker to visually make areas of the desk to support how I work. So far this …
Spring cleaning: GTD @home
Time for clearing the cobwebs and a spring clean In a household with kids our house is lived in. Sand and dirt collect in the hallway and stairs, then gets its way around the house. Everything settles and collects in corners or piles. “Papa where are my shoes?” “I need my Russian books, I had …
How I Got a Grip on My Workweek
One of the David Allen Company senior coaches recently worked with Business Week Executive Editor Ellen Joan Pollock. Read Ellen’s entertaining account of how she got a grip on her workweek. The goal: 10 extra hours in my week. The plan of attack: none. That’s pretty much where I was when Marian Bateman, a productivity …
Truly Ready for Anything: an image from a Summit Attendee
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one basically says it all. What could better illustrate the value of GTD than someone like Steve Pugh, pictured below, on duty in Iraq with a copy of “Getting Things Done” at his fingertips. Steve was just at the recent GTD Global Summit and took the …
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GTD Global Summit Day Two: Session One – Making it All Work with David Allen
For many people this is the session they came to see. After years of reading, re-reading, listening to, watching and discussing “Getting Things Done: the art of stress-free productivity” people, especially the majority of the people at the Summit who are serious about practicing GTD – are ready for something new from David. “Making it …
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GTD Global Summit: Entrepreneurship – Make it Up and Make it Happen
This post rambles a bit as it’s a live blogging effort to cover the real key questions and associated answers that this group of accomplished entrepreneurs provided during an hour plus panel discussion about the trials and tribulations of starting your own company. Topics included what personality characteristics should you have to thrive as an …
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A Twitter's-Eye View of the GTD Global Summit – 1st 1/3 Day 1
For those of you that would like a voyeuristic view into the GTD Global Summit, I present for your lengthy reading pleasure all of the tweets from the legions of twitterers that are attending the summit. (And there are many, at least half the audience is on twitter). These are in reverse chronological order so …
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We're Live! The GTD Global Summit T-0
After more than a year of planning thousands of hours of meetings and more emails, phone calls, and late night conversations than anyone cares to think about let alone remember, the GTD Global Summit has come to life in a huge way. I’m wearing several hats here so my coverage will be as real time …
GTD and the 4 Hour Work Week by Erik Hanberg
A Community Contribution by Erik Hanberg January’s Wired magazine carried an article by freelancer Chris Hardwick testing out different systems for helping him structure his work and life better. He sums up: Now, I know that David Allen is the head vampire of productivity, but if you only have the fortitude to read a single …
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An example of GTD on the Web
Editor’s Note: This is a piece by a new GTD Times Contributor, David Pierce. David is a unique contributor to GTDtimes due to the fact that he’s about half of the age of the typical reader of this site. We love his fresh perspective and the fact that he represents the first generation to have …
Meaning, Neatness and Organization
I had one of those “why didn’t I make the connection before? It’s so obvious!” moments recently, while thinking through a chapter of my book-in-progress. The three things I connected were David Allen’s subtle definition of organization: “where things are suits what they mean to you,” James C. Scott’s masterpiece on how governments develop an …
Confused by Conflicting Priorities? Here's a Five-Point Checklist that Can Help
A Community Contribution by Arif & Ali Vakil Practicing GTD makes choosing what to do at any given moment in time considerably easier. The three models that David Allen has framed for identifying priorities (ie Horizons of Focus, Limiting Criteria and Three-Fold Nature of Work) are brilliant. However, even after you’ve earned your GTD Blackbelt, …
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Want eProductivity? Want to Go to the GTD Summit Free? Now's Your Chance.
Eric Mack, the individual behind David Allen’s new favorite tool, eProductivity, has got a pretty amazing promotion going over at his site right now. The first ten people to take advantage of his special offer will get a free pass to the GTD Global Summit. If you want to get eProductivity at the best price …
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Great News, GTD Global Summit Now Offering Single Day Passes!
If you were one of the folks we heard from who wished to attend the GTD Global Summit but simply couldn’t get away for both days this should be some welcome news. In response to a surprising number of requests that we make passes available for each of the two days of the Summit, the …
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A Meeting With Summit Speaker Major General Randall Fullhart
Editor’s Note: Over the next two weeks we’ll be providing some advanced coverage of the GTD Global Summit so that you can get some idea of what to expect (and what those of you foolish enough to miss this event will be missing) as well as whom to expect it from. Following a brief bio …
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Productivity 101 Blogs David's "Making it All Work" Seminar in Amsterdam
Fokke Kooistra, author of the popular “Productivity 101” blog as well as a former contributor to GTDtimes recently attended one of David’s new “Making it All Work” seminars recently. Below is an excerpt of his thoughts on this experience. To read his full review, please visit Fokke’s site directly at right here. was visiting the …
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Crank up Your GTD Process by Using a My World Mindmap.
A Community Contribution by Arif & Ali Vakil I love GTD Connect. And within Connect, my favorite bit is the David Allen Teleseminars. In my early GTD days I would gets heaps of coaching and guidance from every single minute of the teleseminar. However recently it’s more of the stray comment that David mentions which …
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Reducing Information Overload
A new study conducted jointly by Harris Interactive and Xerox indicate that reducing information overload can yield better use of time – particularly for those working in government positions. This in turn is associated with the possibility that additional cost savings can be realized as a result. David Allen has long been aware of this …
Scobleizer Gets Schooled! (how Robert Scoble relearns GTD)
Robert Scoble, the well known blogger and ultra popular twitterer (Is that a word? This new lexicon is getting weirderer all the time 😉 just had a full day of Workflow Coaching from David Allen Company. Robert was very impressed and had nothing but good things to say about the experience and the fact that …
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