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Tag Archives: Productivity
Getting started with GTD
On our LinkedIn GTD Group, there’s an interesting discussion going on about how to get started with GTD. Here’s what member Rosemarie had to say: I have found that GTD is one of those things where you just need to jump in and try something. I find that my system is just altering a little …
Saying No – Keys from David Allen
Excerpt from David Allen’s essay in this month’s Productive Living newsletter: Deciding that you’re not going to do something is a subtle and critical component of Getting Things Done and is one of the most challenging aspects of self-management. Most of us hate to say “no”—to ourselves and to others. But there are practical things …
You are in control when you can see it all
No matter what level or field we find ourselves on, whether it is the corporate/professional aspect or our personal/home life, we set priorities and act on what we think is important. We could call that “simplifying” our lives. And by that we do not mean lowering our standards, but rather focusing on the ones that …
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What is Black Belt with GTD?
How would you know if you were Black Belt with GTD? In this 2 minute audio clip, David Allen describes what he would see in someone who is at a level of Black Belt mastery with GTD. Listen Now>>>
Questions entrepreneurs should be asking themselves
Q: What is the most important question that entrepreneurs should be asking themselves/their companies in 2010? David Allen: Are we optimally set up to deal with surprise? Are the sensitivity and appropriateness of our responses to unexpected internal and external events what they need to be? Have we maximized our abilities to capture, clarity, organize, …
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GTD Best Practices of Doing
We just posted the 5th podcast in our best practices series that we are making available to the public (which are normally exclusive to GTD Connect.) Listen or download now. You’ll hear insights, tips and tricks from David Allen and two of the senior coaches on this key phase of GTD. It’s about 30 minutes …
Why do people let themselves get overwhelmed?
Q: What are the main reasons why people let themselves get overwhelmed at work? David Allen: People tend to both over-commit and to be inefficient. Few people know exactly how much work they actually have, and therefore must take everything on that they think about and that others ask them to do. Their integrity forces …
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Inbox Creep
A community contribution by Meghan Wilker. Join Meghan and Coach Kelly Forrister on the upcoming Webinar for GTD Connect Members–“Productive Use of Social Media.” When Google unveiled Buzz a few weeks ago (and Wave a couple of months before that), it got me to thinking about how the emergence of each new technology often means …
Creating a network of GTD’ers in your organization
People ask us all the time how to get GTD to stick in their organization. Here’s a great testimonial for how to build a network of GTD’ers: David, Just a quick note to let you know my company is still employing GTD and getting better at it! We conversed a few years ago about a …
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The GTD Best Practices Series
Do YOU know the best practices of GTD? Although they’ve been recorded for our GTD Connect online learning center, we have been posting the GTD Best Practices series to our free public podcast as well, for all to benefit from. These informal podcasts are a great way to learn the essentials of GTD. Here is …
The Problem is not Information Overload
The problem is not information overload, by David Allen E-mail overload has gotten a lot of press lately – the quantity, the distraction it creates, and our inability to do much about it. There was even a recent debate in a global newspaper between readers voting for keeping e-mail at zero vs. those who use …
Walk While You Work
For those of you who get itchy sitting all day, have you considered walking while you work? One of our clients shared how they stay on the move at their desk. David posted a picture of it on Twitter yesterday. Since then, some of you have been writing asking, “How can I get that??” It’s …
Using a Virtual Assistant
Jeff Widman, a man of many talents (including helping us create our GTD Facebook Fan page) has a fantastic article about using a virtual assistant. It’s a great read, with many useful tips & templates for a building and maintaining a successful virtual team. Here’s an excerpt: What I’ve learned from having a virtual assistant: …
GTD isn't just the "flavor of the month"
Dear David Allen, Today marks the four-year anniversary of the day that I watched a taping of your Mastering Workflow seminar. It’s the day that I started a journey from chaos and overwhelm to order and sanity. Some thought that my GTD journey was just a phase, that it would be my “flavor of the …
A GTD Year in Review
A Community Contribution from Sarah From My Year in Review, by Sarah From This time last December, I was working in an office crammed with stuff. Conference programs, old speeches, copies of travel receipts, notebooks brimming with ideas from half a decade ago, and drafts of reports long-ago published were filed and piled around me. …
Put your office on the same path with GTD
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your co-workers? Out of ideas on what to get the boss who has everything? Still hoping your co-workers would just “get” GTD and make your life easier? Buy them the new GTD Workflow Map! We have a new “office bundle” that includes one large Workflow poster, one small …
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A vast majority of professionals are in “emergency scanning” mode
David Allen has a regular column on Wired UK these days. One of his recent articles, Focus on the Unimportant, is a great read for those of you who are still looking for more guidance on the priorities piece of GTD. “A vast majority of professionals are in “emergency scanning” mode. Their self-management consists of …
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Facing the (Sometimes) Ugly Truth
We GTD enthusiasts sure do like showing off our workspaces. And, naturally, we show them off when they are looking their best: inboxes in a near-pristine state and folders lined up tidily with their labels gleaming in the sunlight. Honestly, I love it. Like many other GTD geeks, I get a perverse pleasure from looking …
David's coaching on dealing with change
A GTD’er wrote to David Allen asking: I am part of the senior management in a company and am responsible for a particular department. With many changes happening in the company such as growth and expansion, in a very short span of time, things happen ad hoc and lot of time gets spent in miscellaneous …
