In my last post, I challenged you to look at how much you’re choosing to sit in your email inbox versus work from your lists. That sure seemed to strike a nerve of truth with some of you. So WHY can lists start to repel us? Here are a few reasons why and some ways …
Tag Archives: Productivity
GTD at work & at home
We love hearing from GTD’ers around the world who are getting value out of David’s work. This one came in from Richard in Japan: Dear David, I read your book and I wanted to share with you the incredible change it has made to my career. Since picking it up at a JFK airport bookstore …
Plugging holes when others aren’t getting things done
Jay, a college student, wrote in to GTD Times to ask about how to be productive in a largely volunteer-based organization. Can you still do GTD if other people around you don’t? Dear GTD Times, First off, let me say thanks for providing such a wonderful free GTD resource. It really means a lot to …
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Reducing Information Overload
A new study conducted jointly by Harris Interactive and Xerox indicate that reducing information overload can yield better use of time – particularly for those working in government positions. This in turn is associated with the possibility that additional cost savings can be realized as a result. David Allen has long been aware of this …
Productivity Has Become Critical Issue for New Financial Managers, Survey Says
According to the results of a recent survey that appeared in USA Today on Dec. 29, 2008, productivity has become one of the top challenges for executives. The survey was conducted by Robert Half Management Resources. If the survey is to be believed — and there’s no reason why it should not — then there’s …
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When Productivity is Low, "GTD" Improves Performance by 20% or More
Personal productivity is low. Room for productivity improvement in the average employee is high; on a scale of 1-10 the average score is 4.8. Use of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology shows a mimimum of 20% improvement in personal productivity and effectiveness. This was shown in a recent Productivity Scan research conducted by Life Architect http://www.life-architect.eu/ and set up in collaboration with the David Allen Company http://www.davidco.com/.
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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David Allen Blogging at Business Week: first post "Mislabeling Time Management"
David Allen, the man who created the GTD paradigm and changed millions of lives as a result is offering up another helping of his incredible insight into personal productivity. This time by way of some articles he’s writing for one of the country’s most popular business publications, Business Week. Definitely worth a read and probably …
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The Long Awaited Follow-Up to "Getting Things Done"
From the author of the bestseller “Getting Things Done”, comes a new book that will change your life. “Getting Things Done” hit a nerve and spawned a movement with businesses, students, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now, David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve …
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Natural Born GTD fans and their habits: are you one of the few?
A Community Contribution by Michael Sliwinski Over the years that I’ve been learning and mastering GTD I’ve stumbled across many great individuals who taught me a lot about how to implement GTD in my personal and business life. Some of them have been exposed to GTD since the day the book was published and have …
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Microsoft Gives the World a Telescope
In all of our efforts to be more productive and accomplish more each day, it is sometimes easy to completely forget about why we want to do more or do the same but more efficiently – sometimes it seems, it is all to easy to walk outside on a beautiful, starlit night, and be so …
Stop wasting money and paper
During my commute to the office this morning I sat next to a very executive lady. She was flipping through at least 200 hundred freshly printed pages of paper. From the looks of it, minutes, memos and other valuable material for an upcoming meeting. From the expression on her face I got the impression that …
