{"id":16877,"date":"2018-06-26T13:02:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=16877"},"modified":"2018-06-26T13:02:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:02:59","slug":"the-principles-of-gtd-apply-to-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2018\/06\/the-principles-of-gtd-apply-to-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"The principles of GTD apply to everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12750\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Getting-Started_2015-GTD-Book-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Getting-Started_2015-GTD-Book-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Getting-Started_2015-GTD-Book.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Question:<\/strong> Dear David Allen, Is there an adaptation of your method for writing a PhD? I find GTD helpful in life and at the job, but I have trouble adapting it to a research project. Do you have any tips?<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Allen:<\/strong> The principles of GTD apply to everything, but they don&#8217;t engage with the content of what you&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your desired outcome?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your next action to move toward that?<br \/>\nAre the reminders of those in a trusted system?<\/p>\n<p>That will apply to anything you&#8217;re doing in your life. No different from your research project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Dear David Allen, Is there an adaptation of your method for writing a PhD? I find GTD helpful in life and at the job, but I have trouble adapting it to a research project. Do you have any tips? 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