{"id":4881,"date":"2011-03-21T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T20:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2011\/03\/21\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:39:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:39:01","slug":"gtd-for-sustainable-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/03\/gtd-for-sustainable-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"GTD for sustainable productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GTD\u00a0creates more space\u00a0in our thinking,\u00a0so we can manage the\u00a0surprises of an increasingly complex world.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what Tony Schwartz said in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/schwartz\/2011\/03\/take-back-control-of-your-work.html\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Business Review<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1739807\/take-back-control-of-your-work-and-your-life\" target=\"_blank\">Fast Company<\/a>, following up on his talk at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/panelpicker.sxsw.com\/ideas\/view\/6457\" 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