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November 11, 2005

GTD for your birthday?

Just finished the Seattle RoadMap seminar today (with unfortunately only about 50% of my vocal chords firing, given a bad case of laryngitis I got in New York earlier this week!) Worked out OK - I even learned to use fewer words to make my points (always a good thing).

A fun thing that Kathryn reminded me a few minutes ago, decompressing here in the hotel with her tonight, about a father and daughter in the seminar together - he giving her the seminar as her requested birthday present.

Something similar seems to have happened at least once in every seminar I've given lately - people giving and being given the GTD seminar experience as their desired celebratory event. Flattering to us, of course, but the more significant thing to me is that the methodology is, in at least a few quarters, seen as one of the best things you could do for someone else.

I'm not voting for proselytizing to the world about GTD, or anything else - I'm somewhat allergic to that often insecurity-based behavior anyway. But it is inspiring to have others participate that way in truly a gift that keeps on giving...

"Generosity gives assistance rather than advice." - Vauvenargues

Posted by David at November 11, 2005 09:36 PM

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Mr. Allen, if this is something you see as good and is something that you beleive in, consider a gift certificate system, at a reduced rate, wherein the purchaser cannot be the user of the certificate. It probably needn't be much, but it would certainly get a few people to consider it.

Posted by: Art at November 12, 2005 02:18 AM

I got "Getting Things Done" and "Ready for Anything" for my birthday two days ago. (But they were on my Amazon wishlist, it wasn't a hint or anything.) But in any case, with a job that is increasingly demanding and a wedding to plan, it's a good time for me to finally implement a system that works. So, yay. My 27th birthday marks the beginning of the end of work-related stress. :)

Posted by: Tiffany Baxendell at November 12, 2005 02:24 PM

David and Kathryn,

While you are in Seattle, hit Espresso Vivace. I am sure it will be the second best espresso you've ever had.

http://www.espressovivace.com/retail.html

As for the thread, I am a bonafide on-fire GTD evangelist and think that spreading the GTD gospel is the only way to go. It is, in fact, "good news."

"He who has been given much loves much."

Andrew

Posted by: coffeeboy at November 12, 2005 11:19 PM

I just wanted to say I was in the audience in the Seattle GTD roadmap and the voice issues you were having did not impact the day at all. You were clear the entire time.

Thanks for what I believe to be a life changing day. The roadmap was just what I needed.

Posted by: J.R. at November 15, 2005 02:36 PM