Category Archives: Free Resources

This is an installation and implementation session on the higher Horizons of Focus. We will spend time exploring if anything has your attention at each of the horizons, and will end with integrating the horizons at the project and next action levels.

David explores the psychology of productivity with William Elliott, a counseling psychologist and GTD® master trainer in South Africa. William describes his own journey with attention-deficit disorder, and finding GTD® as a support for becoming more organized. He has wise words about how humility and accepting our limitations can improve our productivity and the overall quality of our lives. You’ll likely resonate with his description of the background stress around “What do I say no to?” and how GTD® helps with decision making and prioritizing. Regarding what’s on our lists, he notes that there is an advance beyond safely ignoring to reach comfortably ignoring. Responding to a question from David, William says that his “brain has accepted that GTD® is the life raft.” (January 2018)

From the archives (July 2013) – Senior Coaches Meg Edwards and Kelly Forrister share the 3 types of ways to review your GTD system. You’ll learn about what’s best to review on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and yearly basis to keep on track and aligned with what’s important to you. Includes helpful tips around reviewing projects, action lists, goals, areas of focus, and more.

David Allen talks about the question, “Is there really too much to do?”

From the archives (May 2010): Audio Only version of the third episode in the Road to Black Belt “boot camp” series, where Coaches Meg Edwards & Kelly Forrister take a deep dive into the Review & Do phases of GTD.

From the archives: Listen in as David chats with best-selling author Dan Pink, getting an inside look into his own path, his research and observations about people and the nature of work, and his own use of GTD for managing himself with all of that. Dan is a journalist and the author of Free Agent Nation, A Whole New Mind, Drive, and To Sell Is Human (April 2012)

David Allen explores how groups that want to foster friendliness can fall into the trap of not making it clear who is accountable for which outcomes. The result is not so nice.

From the archives: David Allen sits down with John Jantsch from Duct Tape Marketing and talk about Getting Things Done®

David Allen offers this reminder that you can be smarter than your mind by capturing, clarifying, and organizing your thoughts.

David Allen talks about capturing into your physical in-tray. 

From the archives: David Allen interviews Garrison, the son of a staff member who was coached in GTD® at the age of 10 years old. What happens when someone grows up on GTD®?

From the archives: A discussion about all of the components that can possibly make up your ideal GTD® system, since there is no one perfect system.

From the archives: David talks with Greg Voisen from Inside Personal Growth as they discuss GTD®. The topics and conversation have as much value today as they did back then.

David Allen talks about the three Cs of effective systems — Consistent, Current, and Context-driven.

From the archives: Different perspectives on what’s good to know and what’s good to use when it comes to the abundance of list managers that are now available as GTD becomes more popular.

David Allen talks about the apparent, and the more subtle, power of naming things.

From the archives: David hops on the Work Awesome podcast to talk about Getting Things Done.

From the archives: David was interviewed by Doug Goldstein about GTD in general but also about how it translates into the financial planning side of life. 

From the archives: Kelly Forrister and David Allen talk about pointers and tips, and where can you start, when it comes to learning GTD.

From the archives: David Allen interviews Evan Taubenfeld, a young up-and-coming rock musician, writer, and producer. David calls him a prime candidate for the poster child of GTD. Listen in as Evan shares how he uses GTD in his creative process.