By Michael Gorsline – Community Contributor As a Parent Coach and Family Therapist I spend a lot of time helping people everything from troubleshooting how to get kids to bed, to how to help dinner time go smoothly, to how to give an effective timeout when it is needed. I also help with teaching principles …
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David Allen Live with Robert Scoble on FastCompany.tv
Well, I wanted to embed this file so you could see it from within GTDtimes, but unfortunately our version of Word Press won’t allow me to do that with this particular content. Anyway, go here to check out David’s most recent video-taped interview.
David Allen Speaking on Voice America Leadership Development News
David recently spoke with Dr. Relly Nadler on Voice America Leadership Development News. Here’s a link to the streaming version of this very interesting show that includes a wide ranging discussion on GTD with David answering many questions on how to become more organized and productive. If you’d prefer to download the show so that …
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GTD at 50,000 ft: How to find and fulfill your Life's Purpose
A Community Contribution by Arif and Ali Vakil Have you ever had the feeling of being lost & left wondering “Why am I doing what I’m doing?”, “Why am I in this Job?”, “What does all this mean?”, “Who am I, and what is my purpose?”. In spite of all the achievements there is a …
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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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David Allen Blogging at Business Week: first post "Mislabeling Time Management"
David Allen, the man who created the GTD paradigm and changed millions of lives as a result is offering up another helping of his incredible insight into personal productivity. This time by way of some articles he’s writing for one of the country’s most popular business publications, Business Week. Definitely worth a read and probably …
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The (wash)-IN basket to empty: doing laundry with kids the GTD way
David Allen starts the RoadMap seminar: “GTD is all about the lazy way of getting things done”. That got me thinking. Getting things done – that means everything done. Yes even the wash. Done. Getting the wash-IN basket to empty can be done in 2 minutes. Each stage in the process need not take longer – …
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eProductivity Equation: Technology (for Notes & GTD)
Today, I’ll share the next part of my e-mail that answers the question: “How to ramp up quickly with GTD and Lotus Notes?“ We’ve touched on the productivity equation and we’ve looked at how methodology is the first component of the equation. Now, we’ll look at the technology or tools that you use. Since you’ve …
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New Book from O'Reilly… Your Brain: the Missing Manual
Just came across this announcement from O’Reilly Media for a book I imagine will be of interest to quite a few GTDtimes readers: “Your Brain: the Missing Manual“. From O’Reilly’s dexcription of the book: Description Your Brain: The Missing Manual is a practical look at how to get the most out of your brain — …
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The habits of GTD
The GTD weekly review is a great habit. Almost everywhere I read about the importance and effects of regular reviews. In my everyday activities I notice the effects too – amidst the chaos of everyday life, the payoff of committing myself to conducting regular reviews results in having the appropriate response to whatever comes up. …
Expandable Intelligence: the Effort Effect and Learning How to be Organized
A Community Contribution by Lynn O’Connor, Ph.D. Research on intelligence is also finding psychological components to levels of performance. When children are taught that intelligence is fixed, heritable, and set for life, many of them back off and put little effort into academics. Only those who have already been labeled as “high IQ” are off …
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Is Corporate GTD Training Becoming a Global Best Practice?
Jim Rider, the VP of Brand Communications over at the David Allen Company just forwarded this interesting news to my attention. It seems that Vakil Housing is the first company in India to go through a company wide GTD training program. Not only that but several key individuals went a step further and obtained additional …
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eProductivity Equation: KWP = M x T x K
(This is the first installment in my series talking about how to ramp up quickly with GTD and Lotus Notes. This first post is actually not specific to Lotus Notes at all; it described my reference point for how I approach knowledgework.) I began my recent eProductivity Seminar by introducing my eProductivity equation for knowledge …
Procrastination and Attachment
A Community Contribution by Jennifer George My fellow procrastinators and I are well acquainted with the mental drama that goes on as we torture ourselves about that important task left undone. If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that the thing we’re not doing signifies all sorts of icky emotions and unconscious ideas about ourselves …
David Allen Interview, a Friday Evening Treat
I’ve got a special treat for you this evening. David recently presented GTD to the Hewlett Packard Corporation. Following his presentation he took the time to sit down with Ian Griffin , an executive speech writer for the company. Ian is also the author of the Professionally Speaking blog and that’s where this great podcast …
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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 …
Getting Nothing Done with Fire and Water
Several of us recently got together at David Allen’s house for a casual get-together. For some of us, me at least, it was the first time to see David since he surfaced from writing his soon-to-be-bestseller GTD book #3, Making it All Work David’s been submerged in the details of the book writing for some …
The Long Awaited Follow-Up to "Getting Things Done"
From the author of the bestseller “Getting Things Done”, comes a new book that will change your life. “Getting Things Done” hit a nerve and spawned a movement with businesses, students, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now, David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve …
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A procrastination test
“I love deadlines…especially the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by” -Douglas Adams From time to time virtually all of us put off until tomorrow what we should have done yesterday. Most of the time we do this knowing full well that we ought to get busy getting whatever needs doing, done. What’s …
O'Reilly Launches iPhone Hacks, your iPhone will never be the same!
If you’ve got an iPhone check out O’Reilly’s new publication: iPhone Hacks…
