David Allen talks with Bloomberg about technology and email protocols, and the frustrations people are dealing with around email and some ways to deal with it.
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Handling daily activities
You only need to pay attention to what has your attention.
Webinars on Keys to GTD, and GTD & Outlook
No matter your level of GTD expertise, these interactive and concise 90-minute webinars will deepen your mastery of the GTD best practices.
How do you get people to do what they said they would do?
The main problem most people have with delegation is the lack of regular review, enough so that you will light a fire or check status early enough to be able to deal with the other person optimally.
GTD and Goal Setting
The reason for long-term goals is the permission they give us to identify with the greatest value we can so it changes our filtered perceptions.
Getting your Startup Under Control
In this interview on The Dorm Room Tycoon, David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, explains how entrepreneurs can be in control, and why planning and having an overall purpose is key.
What makes a good business book?
Why do you think [Getting Things Done] was so successful and resonated with the business world? I think people were hungry for a model that was hip enough and current enough to deal with the kind of world everyone was in.
Get it all out of your head
If you’re still relatively careless about having seamless collection tools because they know they don’t represent discrete, whole systems anyway: there’s an incomplete set of things in their inboxes and an incomplete set in their mind, and they’re not getting any payoff from either one, so the thinking goes. It’s like trying to play pinball …
Questions for completing and beginning the year
What have you actually finished, completed, and accomplished? If you haven’t made a list in the last year, I would highly recommend that you give yourself a treat and review the year that just passed and look forward to the year ahead.
Are you a perfectionist?
Q: Any tips for those of us who get paralyzed by perfection? David Allen: Just focus on doing the next action perfectly, which is a lot easier than trying to be perfect about how you approach something bigger. Be as retentive as you want. The only problem is when it stops action. Be a perfectionist …
The way out is through
Defining what you are not doing is as important as knowing what you are doing for stress-free productivity.
David Allen’s advice on making GTD simpler to adopt
David Allen’s advice on making GTD simpler to adopt
How to Plan Your Best GTD Christmas
David Allen’s Natural Planning Model seriously saves my sanity on everything from birthday party planning to creating new programs for my website, so this year, I decided to use the five steps of the Natural Planning Model to create a Christmas experience that is both magical and meaningful.
What does responsibility mean to you?
David Allen says GTD is about your ability to respond.
Top 50 Motivators on the Web
David Allen has been named one of the top 50 most motivational people on the web. Under30ceo.com has compiled its list of these motivational leaders, and David Allen is near the top.
David Allen: How Bad Plans and "Good Ideas" Ruin Meetings
Before any evaluation of what’s a “good idea” can be trusted, the purpose must be clear, the vision must be well defined, and all the relevant data must have been collected (brainstormed) and analyzed (organized).
Webinar with David Allen: Breaking Through Procrastination
Join David Allen and Senior Coach Kelly Forrister as they discuss keys for breaking through procrastination.
Have your GTD lists become listless?
David explains the three common causes when we find we’re less interested and involved with our lists.
New GTD Setup Guide for Lotus Notes users
David Allen Company has just released a new Setup Guide that includes great coaching advice for structuring a solid GTD system in Lotus Notes.
David Allen featured in Willpower book
David Allen is featured in a new book called Willpower. He talks about how clearing the runway of low level “stuff” in your life paves the way for the clarity and freedom of achieving bigger and better things.
