A Community Contribution by Venkatesh Rao If you are into GTD, your desk/main workspace is probably a constant source of intellectual stimulation for you. Do you think your workspace manifests and models the future of work? If so, take a quick picture and tweet it to @cloudworker on twitter (run by the folks at cloudworker.org). …
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A True Life Saga of GTD in Action Meets a Review of MIAW
Venkatesh Rao is a quintessential GTD’er. Seven years in the trenches and he’s probably forgotten more about GTD than most people every learn. He’s also one of those individuals gifted with the intellect and the energy to manage a level of productivity that few people even aspire to, let alone achieve. In a mammoth post …
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Want to Meet David Allen? Here's His Press Tour and Book Signing Schedule
If reading his book is not enough and you’d like to meet David in person and even get your copy of one of his books personally autographed, your opportunity is at hand. David’s press tour for his new book starts tomorrow, January 6th in Pasadena, California. Here’s the current schedule of dates, times and locations …
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Another Great Review for David's New Book, "Making it All Work"
TheSimpleDollar is a website devoted to straightforward talk about personal finance. The author, Trent Hamm, is clearly a David Allen fan (he considers David’s first book, “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” to be one of the ten books that changed his life) and he states up front that he is very excited …
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They Love GTD in the UK, Too. Mark Walsh Explains.
Mark Walsh writes the Integration Journal, and authored a great post on GTD last week. This post might be especially interesting for you if you know that you need to change something to get a handle on your commitments, but aren’t certain if GTD is the solution for you. To learn more about GTD services and offerings in …
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GTD @ 40,000 Feet: How to Craft Your Life Vision, that Gives You Inspiration Every Morning
A Community Contribution by Arif and Ali Vakil Photo: I recently heard Steve Pavlina’s podcast “What is your Purpose”, in which he presented an excellent framework for arriving at your specific purpose. This ties in very well with GTD’s 40,000 ft horizon of focus and also a continuation of my previous post “GTD @ 50,000: …
6 Months Later: Am I really still doing GTD?
Community Contribution by Erik Hanberg I lurched into a Getting Things Done system over a couple fits and starts. First it started with two friends who had read the book and were talking it up. I was uninterested in what I thought was a “self-help” book. But that soon changed when I discovered an Atlantic …
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Recalibrating Your GTD Systems
Editor’s Note: It is my pleasure to introduce a new GTDtimes Contributor, Venkatesh Rao. Venkat works at the Xerox Innovation Group, where he leads technology projects that aim to invent the future of documents and information work. Prior to Xerox, he spent 2.5 years as a postdoc at Cornell, in Raff D’Andrea’s robotics research group. …
Being Neighborly, Thanks to The Two Minute Rule
A Community Contribution by Eric Hanberg When I started implementing GTD this summer, I thought the main benefit was going to be felt in my work life first and foremost, as GTD would help me juggle my pieced-together living as a freelance writer and web developer. GTD has certainly helped me professionally, but it has …
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David Allen and Eric Mack to Appear at Lotusphere
Both David and longtime friend to the David Allen Company and developer of eProductivity for Lotus Notes, Eric Mack will be presenting at Lotusphere. Their session, called IBM Lotus Notes and Me: Maximizing Personal Productivity with Lotus Notes is on Monday, January 9th at 5PM with a booksigning at 6:30PM. If you’re attending Lotusphere you …
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Want to See David Allen Live for Free? Here's Your Chance!
On December 13th the David Allen Company is presenting a special FREE event, Q&A, and book signing with David Allen at UCLA. You’re invited! Registration begins at 9AM and the event runs from 9:30 to 12:30. Here is your chance to get a preview of David’s new “Making It All Work” seminar, the next generation …
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A way to manage project steps
Community Contribution from Yolanda Otero, an HR Compliance Coordinator from AmerisourceBergen in Orlando Florida I been doing the GTD for the last 6 months and this has changed my day completely in a way that I’m more proactive, organized, and I have full control of work time due to the way that I manage my …
GTD paper systems
For those of you that love the tried and true tools of pen and paper, the David Allen Company has just launched a couple of new products that you’re sure to love. Two sizes of personal coordinators; jr. size and letter size as well as a letter size calendar. Made by Mead, the same folks …
A Great Chance to Try Out GTD Connect for Free!
GTD Connect is David Allen’s subscription product for people that are serious about GTD. Not only are there original articles from David and other David Allen Company GTD Trainers that you can’t find anywhere else, there are also videos, audios and even forum discussions. An annual subscription to this amazing service runs $40 per month …
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Part II: Action Support Folders and Tickler Lists
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two part series on Action Support Folders and Tickler Lists. The first part can be found here. In the prior post I wrote a little about a recent coaching call I had with DAC Certified Coach, Julie Ireland and shared how she recommended that I set …
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Action Support Folders and Tickler Lists: 2 GTD Tools We Hardly Ever Discuss
I had a coaching session today with Julie Ireland, a DavidCo Certified Coach and felt like what she said made so much sense that it merited sharing with the community. Since I’ve hardly ever seen discussion about Action Support Folders or Tickler Lists and since I felt like my approach towards both needed some tweaking …
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GTD with Outlook and OneNote
Looking for support implementing GTD with Outlook? Check out our GTD and OneNote for Windows Setup Guide from the David Allen Company coaches.
GTD balancing act in three steps: The weekly review with kids
“Work and play are words used for the same thing under differing conditions” —Mark Twain All good things come in three’s—just like the steps of the weekly review: Get Clear Get Current Get Creative Getting work done First get clear. Collect everything in one place—the loose bits of paper, assignments, toys, (school) books and randomly …
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Make it Up and Make it Happen; an article excerpt by David Allen
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of an article by David Allen. The rest of the article can be found in GTD Connect which is a product that requires a subscription. However as part of our efforts to expose people to this great GTD resource we are offering a free 14-day trial of GTD …
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Is There a GTD Meetup Near You?
Greg Stevenson, an avid GTD’er recently wrote DavidCo to let them know about a new Meetup Group he’s started in Orange County, CA. In the process of getting the word out about his meetup, Greg discovered Meetup.com and found out that there were actually 25 different GTD meetups taking place all over the country. I …
