Managing commitments is a whole lot of what the GTD is about to keep yourself clear, so that you don’t feel like you’re constantly having to do all of those.
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Episode #73: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Catch Up Your Communications with People
Who do you owe a thank you to? Who do you owe a communication with to update them? All the best things in my life have actually come from relationships that I’ve had.
Episode #72: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—What’s Really Got Your Attention?
What circumstance, situation that you’re in right now, if that were put onto cruise control, or if you were appropriately engaged with that would make the biggest difference?
Episode #71: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Worst Case Scenario Building
Do the worst case scenario, get through it, relax, and focus on the best.
Episode #70: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Labelers
If you’re not doing anything else, order yourself a labeler, if you don’t have one already. You’d be amazed at how much of a difference it makes.
Episode #69: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Catch Up on Legal Stuff
This is a tip, that would be nice to have implemented before turbulent times. Catch up on your legal documentations, and life insurance, and wills, and all that other stuff.
Episode #68: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Crusty Projects
It’d be a good idea to do an inventory of any old crusty projects that have been sort of hanging around in your life and work.
Episode #67: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Get Your Paper Based Filing System in Order
If you don’t have a really good, quick filing system that you can put stuff into and access easily, then the stuff tends to mount up and then constipate your system.
Episode #66: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—The Capture Step of GTD
The Capture Step of the GTD methodology is the primary step to start with, that is, to get your head empty of anything that has your attention.
Episode #65: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Rearrange Space
Sometimes space makes a huge difference, and there are times when it’s time to then re-think.
Episode #64: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—The Night Before
People have often interviewed or asked me, How do I spend my day?
Episode #63: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Current Reality: How Do You Feel?
We need to make sure that we’re really clear about what’s true in space and time right now.
Episode #62: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Still Small Voice
Trying to make a priority decision, what does the still small voice tell you to do?
Episode #61: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Capture Tools Everywhere
When things pop into your head that you’re going to need to think about, deal with, do something about then you need to make sure you get those out of your head.
Episode #60: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Catch Up
Two-minute tip for turbulent times. This one’s called, catch up.
Episode #59: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Fix or Finish Something Simple
It’s easy to be procrastinating, confused about your priorities. Sometimes the best thing to do is to aim low and close and get a cheap win real quick.
Episode #58: David Allen talks with Bruce Fetzer
David Allen talks with Bruce Fetzer about the role of business in doing good work through meta-science. They also explore how to integrate inner life with outer action.
Episode #57: David Allen on the Natural Planning Model®
In this episode, David shares some useful insights regarding how we already plan projects when we’re at our best: The Natural Planning Model. He contrasts this behavior with the much more common unnatural or reactive planning models. You’ll also learn about the importance of vision and principles when planning, and a practical way to get …
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Is Your World Outrunning You?
There is nothing new in the world, except how frequently things are new, and the number of people having to accept and adapt consistently to that reality. The difference between your world and that of your parents is in how much less you can count on anything providing stability in your life and work, for …
Episode #56: David Allen on Mental RAM, Rapid Refocusing, and Checklists
Today we have three separate, rare segments pulled from the archives on different concepts that are all related to memory and performance improvement. First, you’ll hear a segment regarding the idea of mental RAM, and what happens when we leave unclosed loops open in our lives. Next, you’ll learn about multitasking vs. rapid refocusing and …
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