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I'm sorry if this has been answered before, I tried searching but didn't find what I was after. I use the outlook add-in as my primary organizational system. I am now in the process of getting all of my staff on board with it as well. Each time my company sells something there are a series...

Hi everybody! I'm a longtime GTD adherent (since 2005). I love it. My piece of advice is that GTD is like any relationship. There are highs and lows - times when you need it most, times when you start to distance from it a bit, and times when you refresh your commitment to it. No system is...

As a newbie to GTD, I am still finding my way, and am in need of some advice on reviews. My setup involves Nirvana, Evernote and paper. (Nearly) every morning, I follow a checklist that gets my inbox to zero, with all actions organised and all lists current, and then I 'star' actions to work on...

I've been incrementally implementing more GTD bits into my workflow at work. Some of these bits are the "Waiting for" list and the Tickler system. For one example, with the e-mails I send, if I will need to "keep an eye" on them for later follow-up (if I don't hear back) I will BCC myself on...

Hello forum! I am new to GTD, and have only been using it for a couple of months. I have a couple of question about processing the inbox: 1. During the processing phase, I know you are meant to take each item out, and not put it back, but I find myself resisting this sometimes. For example,...

He's done a good job with "capture," but clearly, this guy needs to work on his GTD system :) See cartoon here: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/home_organization.png

I heard this quote from David Allen and it inspired me. "You can work virtually everywhere if you have a clean compact system and know how to process your stuff rapidly and portably" I am going to be travelling lots this year and I'm wondering what your experience of this is. Thanks!

What's most important to me is: preventing nuclear war and establishing an international convention against nuclear weapons; preventing global warming; maintaining ecological habitat and biodiversity; the health and wellbeing of all human beings; reducing the gap between the rich and the poor;...

I am a pastor of a church and I am trying to implement GTD. I have way more next actions than I do appointments. I usually have 1 or 2 appointments a day. Next actions dominate my life. I frequently have several "projects" going at once. My struggle is most calendars are dominated by printed hourly...

I am working to reorganize my 1200+ contacts into more logical groups. Friends and family are pretty easy, but I am struggling a bit with the strategy for business-related types. Lumping everyone into business doesn't make a lot of sense, but there are folks that move from being current clients...

We have an immediate opening for a highly experienced Account Executive in the Washington D.C. market. Candidates must have a minimum of 5 - 10 years of successful professional services sales experience in the training and HR/OD arenas. Major job responsibilities include managing existing accounts...

I have a lot of stuff, both work and home, all digital. I can't store it online (so services like Evernote are out of scope). I understand the GTD concepts of using a reference cabinet (akin to file folders on a PC), but I feel like I'm missing some of the benefits of a PC. I can search, although...

Hi there, I'm new to GTD and these forums and was hoping to get some clarification regarding knowledge work. D.A. describes the profound operational principle of knowledge work as: You have to think about your stuff more than you realize but not as much as you're afraid you might. ...

My project is to reduce my belly. The next action is to eat less :) That's obvious. Where should I put that next action in my system?

One of my subordinates gave an idea of opening a new division - tech support division. I created a project to 'Evaluate necessity of tech support division setup'. My next action is to 'Think whom to delegate the project'. Did I put it right in terms of GTD?

So in my NA list (Focused on single project view) should I be placing reference/project support material in this list ? I use OmniFocus and have a context called "Reference". So when i view my list i can see a greyed out area, letting me know its a reference item. But should i have another project...

There're two ways to treat someday-maybe projects in OmniFocus: (a) Keep the project in line with active projects but with OnHold status and (b) Use Someday-Maybe folder. What is the right way to keep them?

I mentioned that I'm waiting for the weekend during the work week. Then I analysed what was there I'm waiting for. And found nothing special that I can't do during the work week. Probably I should add some fun after work and vu a la - your work day is fantastic as your weekend.

I often come across times when it would be good to be able to know when something happened in the past such as when did I last change the AC filter in the house, or when did I last rotate my tires or what date did some other event happen How does everyone keep track of these things ? Tickler...

Are the 5 steps of natural planning, that David writes about in chapter 3 of Getting things Done (getting projects creatively underway) to be implemented or worked through each time I have a commitment to accomplish that is 2 or more actions to complete? While I haven't understood the natural...