The concept of daily or weekly to-do lists is as outdated as rotary phones. We need to have a total, holographic view of everything we want to accomplish, and all the actions required to start any of them. And we need to have access to views of those actions whenever we actually might be able …
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How much time should be spent defining work?
Question: In your book, you talk about the 3 kinds of work: 1/ Pre-determined work 2/ Doing work as it shows up 3/ Defining your work What percentage of a person’s time should be dedicated to defining work? David Allen: No rules here. “Defining work” usually takes about 30 seconds per input (email, notes, paper, …
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Why are your lists repelling you?
How do ever expect to get things done on your lists if you never step away from your Email Inbox? Seriously folks, those lists need care and feeding too. Just like the Inbox doesn’t get to zero on its own, your lists don’t ever get completion unless you: Do what’s on them Decide not to …
Why is David Allen like Einstein?
A GTD Times community contribution by Arif and Ali Vakil What made Einstein an Einstein or Newton a Newton? It was their amazing capability to look at what everybody was looking at, but see something different. The world sees an apple falling from a tree, but Newton notices there’s something greater at work here–it’s gravity. …
