The concept of daily or weekly to-do lists is as outdated as rotary phones. We need to have a total, holographic view of everything we want to accomplish, and all the actions required to start any of them. And we need to have access to views of those actions whenever we actually might be able …
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GTD is more than time management
Your GTD system, with a current and complete inventory or your commitments, helps you manage yourself effectively regardless of time’s alterations.
WSJ takes a look at GTD – the "reigning gorilla"
The Wall Street Journal took a closer look at the phenomenon of Getting Things Done. They also reviewed some time management approaches like Covey and The Pomodoro Technique. While there are quite a few differences in each of the 3 (GTD is actually not time management and much different than what the other 2 approaches …
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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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Randy Pausch on Time Management
Randy Pausch has a unique perspective on managing his time, you see, he’s got pancreatic cancer and is aware that only a vanishingly small percentage of people survive this disease. This lecture is over one hour in length including a long introduction but given the speaker and the message I would say it is well …
Natural Born GTD fans and their habits: are you one of the few?
A Community Contribution by Michael Sliwinski Over the years that I’ve been learning and mastering GTD I’ve stumbled across many great individuals who taught me a lot about how to implement GTD in my personal and business life. Some of them have been exposed to GTD since the day the book was published and have …
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No system is still work
One of the perplexing things I run across in presenting GTD classes is people who want to defend their lack of system as taking less time and effort than the “work” it would take to maintain a system (GTD or otherwise). There are books out now about how organizing is a waste of time because …
