next action Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:33:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 GTD – Changing the World by Bringing Change from Within https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/09/gtd-changing-the-world-by-bringing-change-from-within/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gtd-changing-the-world-by-bringing-change-from-within https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/09/gtd-changing-the-world-by-bringing-change-from-within/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:37:56 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/09/05/gtd-changing-the-world-by-bringing-change-from-within/ A Community Contribution from Arif and Ali Vakil Have you ever found yourself in the situation where you’re completely overwhelmed with all the work that surrounds you? At those times do you then you catch yourself complaining about the outside world “I wish my job wasn’t so demanding”, “I wish there wasn’t so much competition”, …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/09/gtd-changing-the-world-by-bringing-change-from-within/feed/ 1 Sometimes Getting Things Done Means Doing Nothing… https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/07/sometimes-getting-things-done-means-doing-nothing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sometimes-getting-things-done-means-doing-nothing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/07/sometimes-getting-things-done-means-doing-nothing/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/07/05/sometimes-getting-things-done-means-doing-nothing/ Okay, if that headline leaves you scratching your head you are probably not alone.  After all, doing nothing hardly seems like a way to get anything done, however, it is my aim to convince you that at times, doing nothing is the most appropriate next action. As you know if you’ve been reading GTDtimes with …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/07/sometimes-getting-things-done-means-doing-nothing/feed/ 2 Productivity Countdown https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/05/productivity-countdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=productivity-countdown https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/05/productivity-countdown/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:53 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/05/28/productivity-countdown/ I usually do OK tracking individual actions and small and medium sized projects. These are items for which I can easily envision the completed state – I know what “done” will look like and I know I will mark these complete in a few days or weeks. Sometimes, however, I have projects where the completion …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/05/productivity-countdown/feed/ 2 Stop wasting money and paper https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/03/stop-wasting-money-and-paper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stop-wasting-money-and-paper https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/03/stop-wasting-money-and-paper/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:27:29 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/03/14/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 …

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