Community Stories Archives - Getting Things Done® https://gettingthingsdone.com/category/community-stories/ David Allen's GTD® Methodology Wed, 21 Feb 2024 05:13:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Roy’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/02/roys-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roys-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/02/roys-gtd-story/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:25:07 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=19728 Roy FurrOne takeaway from GTD for Teens that I haven't gotten from any other GTD source: As you're clarifying your projects, ask yourself "What's Next?"

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/02/roys-gtd-story/feed/ 3 Roy Furr F.D.’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/01/fd-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fd-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/01/fd-gtd-story/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:29:28 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=19519 Note: F.D.’s GTD story is in the form of an email he sent to David Allen. In it, he describes how he came across GTD, the positive impact it has had on his life, and the tools he uses. Hello David! I’d like to wish you, your family, and your team a Happy New Year. …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/01/fd-gtd-story/feed/ 3 Bob’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/11/bob-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bob-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/11/bob-gtd-story/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:15:00 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=19310 Note: Bob’s GTD story is in the form of an email he sent to the team at David Allen Company. In it, he describes how he came across GTD, what tools he has used, and the positive impact it has had on his life. Greetings! My name is Bob Mecozzi, and I have been the …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/11/bob-gtd-story/feed/ 5 Peter’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/08/peter-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/08/peter-gtd-story/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:07:17 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=18725 Note: Peter’s GTD story is in a different format. Rather than the Q&A of recent installments, Peter’s story is an email he sent to David Allen. In it, he describes how he came across GTD, what tools he has used, and the positive impact it has had on his life. Dear David, I have had …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/08/peter-gtd-story/feed/ 8 Komal Thakkar’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/06/komal-thakkar-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=komal-thakkar-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/06/komal-thakkar-gtd-story/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:42:50 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=18466 Komal ThakkarTell us a little about yourself:Komal Thakkar from Australia. What do you do for work?am the Founder, Managing Director for Productivity First and a Certified GTD Coach. My company, Productivity First, is a certified partner of David Allen Company in Australia. How long have you been practicing GTD, how did you hear about it, which …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/06/komal-thakkar-gtd-story/feed/ 0 Komal Thakkar Episode #50: David Allen Talks with Brian Robertson https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/episode-50-david-allen-talks-with-brian-robertson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-50-david-allen-talks-with-brian-robertson https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/episode-50-david-allen-talks-with-brian-robertson/#respond Wed, 15 May 2019 07:00:00 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/episode-49-david-allen-talks-with-nancy-duarte-and-patti-sanchez-2/ David Allen and Brian Robertson discuss how we as humans relate to our own attention, and how the increasing complexity of our work environment has necessitated that we get stuff off our minds. They point out multiple common threads between Getting Things Done for individuals and Holacracy® for organizations. They also consider what happens after …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/episode-50-david-allen-talks-with-brian-robertson/feed/ 0 Steve Holden’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/steve-holdens-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steve-holdens-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/steve-holdens-gtd-story/#respond Mon, 06 May 2019 07:00:00 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/steve-holdens-gtd-story/ Tell us a little about yourself: My name is Steve Holden, and I currently live in Southern California near San Diego. I originally grew up in Northern California near Sacramento. I came down to San Diego to go to San Diego State University (SDSU) to study computer science, and fell in love with San Diego. …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/05/steve-holdens-gtd-story/feed/ 0 Episode #49: David Allen Talks with Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/04/episode-49-david-allen-talks-with-nancy-duarte-and-patti-sanchez/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-49-david-allen-talks-with-nancy-duarte-and-patti-sanchez https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/04/episode-49-david-allen-talks-with-nancy-duarte-and-patti-sanchez/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2019 07:00:00 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/04/episode-49-david-allen-talks-with-nancy-duarte-and-patti-sanchez/ Join David Allen for an intriguing discussion about leadership and the architecture of story, with Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez. They came to fame when they created the presentations that Al Gore used in speeches for several years before An Inconvenient Truth won the Academy Award for best documentary. Their book is Illuminate, “a road-map …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/04/episode-49-david-allen-talks-with-nancy-duarte-and-patti-sanchez/feed/ 0 Episode #48: Installing GTD in an Organization https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/03/episode-48-installing-gtd-in-an-organization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-48-installing-gtd-in-an-organization https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/03/episode-48-installing-gtd-in-an-organization/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:00:00 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/03/episode-48-installing-gtd-in-an-organization/ Jason Atwood has built Getting Things Done into his company from the start. Listen as he shares with David Allen about starting Arkus, a Salesforce consulting firm, well after his own GTD practice was on a solid foundation. Beyond encouraging his employees to adopt GTD, he provides them with ongoing tools and support. During the …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2019/03/episode-48-installing-gtd-in-an-organization/feed/ 0 David Drake’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/11/david-drakes-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-drakes-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/11/david-drakes-gtd-story/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:34:41 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=17195 Tell us a little about yourself: My name is David Drake, MS, PhD. I am a professor of microbiology & infectious diseases. I am in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa. How did you hear about GTD? When I became an Assistant Professor many years ago, I realized that …

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