Weekly Review Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:34:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 David Drake’s GTD Story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/11/david-drakes-gtd-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-drakes-gtd-story https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/11/david-drakes-gtd-story/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:34:41 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=17195 Tell us a little about yourself: My name is David Drake, MS, PhD. I am a professor of microbiology & infectious diseases. I am in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa. How did you hear about GTD? When I became an Assistant Professor many years ago, I realized that …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/11/david-drakes-gtd-story/feed/ 5 Episode #43: The Power of the GTD Weekly Review® https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/08/episode-43-the-power-of-the-gtd-weekly-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-43-the-power-of-the-gtd-weekly-review https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/08/episode-43-the-power-of-the-gtd-weekly-review/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:46:35 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16983 David Allen shares his thoughts on what a good GTD Weekly Review is and isn’t, as well as some valuable tips and tricks from his years in the trenches. This episode pairs well with Episode #7, the Guided Weekly Review. David has said that the Weekly Review is the “critical success factor” in making your …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/08/episode-43-the-power-of-the-gtd-weekly-review/feed/ 2 Get your life back to widget-cranking! https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/01/get-your-life-back-to-widget-cranking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-your-life-back-to-widget-cranking https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/01/get-your-life-back-to-widget-cranking/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:21:02 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=15636 Oh, for a widget-cranking job again! Ever have gigs like that, where all you did was crank widgets? Like a summer job in college? Remember how bored you were, and how psychologically healthy it was? All you had to do was show up. Every morning there was a big pile of un-cranked widgets, right next …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/01/get-your-life-back-to-widget-cranking/feed/ 7 The best time to do a GTD Weekly Review https://gettingthingsdone.com/2016/12/the-best-time-to-do-a-gtd-weekly-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-time-to-do-a-gtd-weekly-review https://gettingthingsdone.com/2016/12/the-best-time-to-do-a-gtd-weekly-review/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:31:27 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=15595 David AllenThe strength of GTD awareness and ability is knowing that the best time to do a GTD Weekly Review is when you least feel like doing it. The strange force that seems to make these simple but powerful habits so challenging is that we think we need to have the result of the behavior, before …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2016/12/the-best-time-to-do-a-gtd-weekly-review/feed/ 2 David Allen Dealing with surprises elegantly and objectively https://gettingthingsdone.com/2016/12/dealing-with-surprises-elegantly-and-objectively/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealing-with-surprises-elegantly-and-objectively https://gettingthingsdone.com/2016/12/dealing-with-surprises-elegantly-and-objectively/#respond Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:35:19 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=15582 Surprises happen when you least expect them. But it is much easier to deal with them – accept, integrate, and refocus – when your backlog is minimal. The GTD Weekly Review ensures that you never get too far behind. When new opportunities and challenges appear, they can be dealt with more objectively and elegantly, knowing …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2016/12/dealing-with-surprises-elegantly-and-objectively/feed/ 0 Video with David Allen: on becoming an executive with GTD https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/04/video-with-david-allen-on-becoming-an-executive-with-gtd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-with-david-allen-on-becoming-an-executive-with-gtd https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/04/video-with-david-allen-on-becoming-an-executive-with-gtd/#respond Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:53:50 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/04/29/ David Allen talks about how the GTD Weekly Review, and how to do more executive thinking about your life.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/04/video-with-david-allen-on-becoming-an-executive-with-gtd/feed/ 0 Best practices for Getting Things Done https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/02/best-practices-for-getting-things-done/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-practices-for-getting-things-done https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/02/best-practices-for-getting-things-done/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:41:18 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/02/16/ Here are the GTD best practices that we share in our Keys to Getting Things Done webinars.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/02/best-practices-for-getting-things-done/feed/ 6 Webinars on Keys to GTD, and GTD & Outlook https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/02/webinars-on-keys-to-gtd-and-gtd-outlook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webinars-on-keys-to-gtd-and-gtd-outlook https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/02/webinars-on-keys-to-gtd-and-gtd-outlook/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:10:28 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/02/08/ No matter your level of GTD expertise, these interactive and concise 90-minute webinars will deepen your mastery of the GTD best practices.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/02/webinars-on-keys-to-gtd-and-gtd-outlook/feed/ 2 GTD Best Practices: Review (Part 4 of 5) https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/11/gtd-best-practices-review-part-4-of-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gtd-best-practices-review-part-4-of-5 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/11/gtd-best-practices-review-part-4-of-5/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:39:28 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/11/21/ David Allen calls the Weekly Review the “critical success factor” to GTD. Why? It’s the glue that keeps it all together.  It’s also one of the steps people tend to resist the most.  Here are some keys for getting the most out of the Review phase to keep your GTD system humming along. WHAT TO …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/11/gtd-best-practices-review-part-4-of-5/feed/ 4 Looking back over a year of doing GTD https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/08/5174/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5174 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/08/5174/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:00:34 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/08/02/ A Community Contribution from Björn Ljunggren, a GTD Connect member from Sweden. He shared this in our members-only Forums and we thought it was such a great story that he gave us permission to share it with our GTD Times readers. My little GTD baby is celebrating its first birthday and it is time to …

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