getting organized Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Mon, 07 May 2018 18:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Why Getting Organized Usually Hasn’t Worked https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/05/why-getting-organized-usually-hasnt-worked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-getting-organized-usually-hasnt-worked https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/05/why-getting-organized-usually-hasnt-worked/#comments Mon, 07 May 2018 18:11:57 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16780 David AllenI had another BFO the other day (that’s a Blinding Flash of the Obvious): one of the reasons most people are to some degree allergic to “getting organized” is the consistent lack of success they have experienced over the years with how they’ve approached the whole process of to-do lists. The reason those lists have …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/05/why-getting-organized-usually-hasnt-worked/feed/ 1 David Allen What does it mean to be organized? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/02/what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/02/what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:02:57 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=15741 What does it mean to be organized? It used to be the definition was clean and neat. You know the offices–you walk in the door and it looks likes no one works there. The desk has nothing on it, except for a cool object and a photo. Is this what being organized really means? My …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/02/what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized/feed/ 2 Why is it so hard for human beings to get organized? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/why-is-it-so-hard-for-human-beings-to-get-organized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-is-it-so-hard-for-human-beings-to-get-organized https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/why-is-it-so-hard-for-human-beings-to-get-organized/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:56:56 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1902 A GTD’er asked David Allen: I have read Getting Things Done many times and am attending the Boston seminar.  I have a question:  Why is it so hard for human beings to get organized?  Why do the techniques you recommend require so much effort and encounter such resistance from human nature?  I’m not interested in …

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