Attention Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:19:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Turning Inside Out https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/01/turning-inside-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-inside-out https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/01/turning-inside-out/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:18:20 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16414 I am beginning to get it. The ultimate ingredient for really getting things off my mind is to nurture the part of me that lives from the inside out. Now, when I say, “I’m beginning to get it,” please keep in mind that I’ve been “beginning to get it” for at least 50 years, consciously, …

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Turning personal problems into resolvable projects https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/09/turning-personal-problems-into-resolvable-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-personal-problems-into-resolvable-projects https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/09/turning-personal-problems-into-resolvable-projects/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:34:33 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=2143 If you received David’s latest Productive Living newsletter, you know the theme for this month is about mind like water and paying attention to what has your attention.  We received this heartfelt letter from Jay, who asked that we share his journey and experience with GTD. GTD is more than a task management system, it’s …

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Beating Continuous Partial Attention https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/04/beating-continuous-partial-attention/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beating-continuous-partial-attention https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/04/beating-continuous-partial-attention/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:43:23 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1375 Eric Hanberg is a regular community contributor to GTD Times.  You can also follow his personal blog, with musings on the arts, technology and politics. So I’ve done pretty well in the last 9 months adopting GTD into my daily life. I’m more productive, I’m happier, and I don’t feel like I’m ducking when I …

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