David Allen Archives - Getting Things Done® https://gettingthingsdone.com/category/david-allen/ David Allen's GTD® Methodology Sun, 18 May 2025 15:51:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 The Curse of the Eternally Urgent https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-curse-of-the-eternally-urgent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-curse-of-the-eternally-urgent https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-curse-of-the-eternally-urgent/#respond Sun, 18 May 2025 15:48:30 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22869 Ignoring next actions on secondarily important actions and projects because you are too busy and concerned with urgent things fosters continual crisis management.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-curse-of-the-eternally-urgent/feed/ 0 Turns Out, GTD Is Child’s Play https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/turns-out-gtd-is-childs-play/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turns-out-gtd-is-childs-play https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/turns-out-gtd-is-childs-play/#comments Sun, 11 May 2025 23:52:04 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22841 Seeing kids light up as they gain control over their world made me wonder—what if every student had access to these skills? Imagine growing up with GTD as second nature.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/turns-out-gtd-is-childs-play/feed/ 2 The One List People Trust https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-one-list-people-trust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-one-list-people-trust https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-one-list-people-trust/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 23:18:25 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22839 The problem with most people's system is that the calendar is the only list they trust, and more than 95% of what they really need to keep track of is not a set of appointments but all the things to be done in between them.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-one-list-people-trust/feed/ 0 Have Your Lists Become Listless? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/have-your-lists-become-listless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-your-lists-become-listless https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/have-your-lists-become-listless/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 23:12:55 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22837 Come back to the purpose of your lists. Are they creating freedom and expansive thinking?

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/have-your-lists-become-listless/feed/ 0 The Way Out is Through https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-way-out-is-through-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-way-out-is-through-2 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-way-out-is-through-2/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 23:08:31 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22835 You can only feel good about what you’re not doing when you know what you’re not doing. We have to loosen the grip of unclear agreements with ourselves to be free to follow our intuitive hunches and creative focus.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2025/05/the-way-out-is-through-2/feed/ 0 The Numbness of Blended Stacks https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/11/the-numbness-of-blended-stacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-numbness-of-blended-stacks https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/11/the-numbness-of-blended-stacks/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:44:02 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22591 David Allen on GTD and TeamsWith a little effective categorizing, you can stop having to keep thinking about having to be doing so much work!

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/11/the-numbness-of-blended-stacks/feed/ 0 David Allen on GTD and Teams The Doing Dance https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/08/the-doing-dance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-doing-dance https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/08/the-doing-dance/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2024 04:04:13 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22527 David AllenHow much, of which kind of work to do when, is the eternal dance of the workday. It’s an eternal challenge, not an inherent problem.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/08/the-doing-dance/feed/ 2 David Allen What does “organized” mean? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/07/what-does-organized-mean/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-organized-mean https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/07/what-does-organized-mean/#comments Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:00:52 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22483 You are disorganized if you need something somewhere that you don’t have or have something somewhere that you don’t need.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/07/what-does-organized-mean/feed/ 3 The Due Diligence of Decision-making https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/06/due-diligence-of-decision-making/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=due-diligence-of-decision-making https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/06/due-diligence-of-decision-making/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:48:49 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22464 David AllenIf thorough front-end decision-making is a key success behavior, and you can easily get sidetracked, can you train yourself to make them quicker, better, and more thoroughly across your life and work? Sure.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/06/due-diligence-of-decision-making/feed/ 2 David Allen Getting Others to Change https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/04/getting-others-to-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-others-to-change https://gettingthingsdone.com/2024/04/getting-others-to-change/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 05:26:08 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=22335 How do you motivate people to change their behavior? This is a common question for managers, executives, coaches, teachers, parents, and anyone else who ever wants other people around them to act differently in a consistent way.

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