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I have recently taken on GTD and so far so good. However, I am still working out the kinks and have a few questions. When I am processing my inbox and I come across a project - Buy New House - which I am currently doing, I put it on my Personal Projects List as Buy New House. Then I create...
I would like to keep a list in my email, but I can't seem to get this to work.
I just discovered an important distinction from reading through many posts here on the forum and wanted to ask a few questions. Many helpful posters on this forum have suggested that your PROJECTS list should only contain the PROJECTS you're planning on moving forward this week, and your NEXT...
I just upgraded my laptop and got Outlook 2007 in the bargain. Is there a paper on how to set it up or should I use the Outlook 2003 setup instructions?
This might seem to be just a difference in terminology but it impacts what I do in terms of planning and next actions. I want to be positive and collaborative when my partner identifies certain problems to be solved or suggest things that should or could improve our business and our work...
dear all, I'm new, and haven't started full implementation yet, I set the time aside for next week. However, I'm using some of the tips&tricks. One of them is collecting - I write everytihng on my palm's to do list, and since I do long car journeys I started taping myself with my cell while I...
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And optional questions, what do you use for your other lists? Here's the background: I do lots of stuff on a computer, I find command-line solutions like todotxt.com very seducing, but I know I get sidetracked when I'm in front of the screen and would like to keep my lists as lo-fi as possible....
I keep my next actions in a Word file. I sort them by context (work, home, etc) then by project. As they are accomplished, I put an X in front of them. At the end of the day, I sort the day's list, the Xs fall to the bottom, and I cut and paste the remaining next actions to the next day, which...
Howdy, I am just starting out, and decided to use Outlook to magage my lists. I (purchased) downloaded the whitepaper from davidco and followed the directions. So I am using my "Tasks" in outlook to manage my NA lists and my projects. Then I decided to check out the GTD plugin, and am...
I have just spent half of Sunday pruning out my action lists and projects. Those items that I haven't Somedayed I have deleted. Amongst them have been quite a number of actions and plans that never got done and that were important a little while ago. Now, I admit that I have not been reviewing as...
I like to plan two or three meetings for the second part of the day (from 12 to 17) in the morning leaving morning hours free for my @Calls, @Computer and @Office tasks. Actually the planning itself goes down to making simple calls. I keep "meeting" calls along with other calls at the @Calls...
hallo everybody, I'm a newbie trying to setup seriously a GTD. The problem I'm fighting with, is that I can't approach the system in a single setup session. Seems to me that I need a little time to bring slowly the projects one-by-one inside the system. I've tried the classic system: a two...
I'm just trying to get clear. I put items in the calendar that have a specific date. I put items in the Tickler file that have a specific date. So when do I use each?
I just implemented a tickler file after reading about how people use it in here and I realized it would solve one of my problems. I cannot, however like some, put the paperwork in my inbox since I process the paperwork throughout the day and I'm not the best inbox processor. These may seem...
I get the 31 days 12 months = 43 folders. If I can't get everything done in the folder that day, does the stuff get moved to the next day? and what goes into the folders? action lists and projects? I guess my concern is over planning, too much to do in one day/week/month. That's what...
Projects have end results. Action items are doable visualizable simple tasks. Often, an action item is just a 'placeholder' or 'bookmark' -- the initial action that will kickoff a series of actions that will get you a few steps closer towards completing a 2-month project. That initial...
A couple of questions I am sure many others have asked. I am just starting, and have created my list of projects. (The first thing is that it strikes me is that I have a shockingly large number of projects!) This might sound a little dense, but is the idea of GTD that you don't do anything...
this is more a release of frustration than a question I am a recearcher working in a scientific research institution doing applied research and consultancy for a number of private and governmental clients, my department have a staff of 25 and I am not the boss. I am fairly experienced gtd user...
I have been helped so much by GTD that I have been spreading the word. I recently started a book club for local business people and we have been reading GTD together. We actually got a nice write up in our local paper (which reminds me of another funny story: the story headline read: Business by...
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