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After doing GTD for a while, I fell off the wagon. In the process of getting back on, I started to seriously question how effective GTD really is. My biggest concern is that the most important projects may not get the most attention in GTD. A second concern is that GTD takes a lot of...
Hi. How would you guys suggest getting the following outline into my system? I.Improve business ..A.Improve product line ...1.Create new products ......a.New product 1 ...........i. Action 1 ..........ii. Action 2
From my experience the total productivity does not depend so much on doing the maximum of tasks in a given time. Sometimes things go wrong, you may have a car accident, forget to pay some money, whatever. The consequences of things going wrong usually eat up all the time you saved being productive...
It seems to me that this holiday season is exposing quite efficiently my strengths and weaknesses with respect to GTD. We had a series of events last weekend that went fairly well. My wife is only saying "we're never doing that again" about one of them, so that's pretty good.:) On the other hand,...
Here's the beginning of chapter 16 of "The Essential Drucker." Struck me as applicable to GTD principles.
To replace my coffee-drinking with water-drinking I have created a new project: drink more water. The outcome should be that I drink water throughout the day and no more coffee (green tea in the morning is allowed too) until this is a habit. Now I'm having trouble getting this into the system. ...
Like many other fellows whose work is in the matrix I am searching for a good way to divide my huge @computer list into more manageable chunks. The last weeks I tried out to divide by "energy". It went so-so. Has anyone founf out a good model that works for him/her well? Also, what about...
Hi all. I have recently started to get into GTD and I am just starting to apply this system, because I believe it will be most rewarding. Unfortunately I am a heavy procrastinator. I am also into psychology, so I have read a lot literature about self-concept, self-esteem, productivity,...
I realised just now that in GTD, David distinguishes general reference filing from discrete filing: I haven't been able to figure out from the book if David discusses these discrete filing systems elsewhere. Apparently not. Therefore, I am a bit confused if I can put client projects related...
Back at the beginning of September, I wrote about my transition from an electronic to a paper system: http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5803 Like everyone else's, my system evolves, and a few people have asked for updates on the transition. Since I just finished my monthly (and...
I have been putting the GTD into practice for over a year now. I work for an IT consulting company. I have 6 direct reports. My team's role is to provide customer service and quality assurance for our clients and consultants. What this means is that we visit our consultants who are engaged at...
I am a committed Outlook user and am just adopting GTD. I need to use Outlook because my business vitually lives in it but I am only too aware of Outlook's limitations in dealing with projects. It has no facility for nesting (indenting) sub-tasks and this is, in my opinion, the only sensible...
I've been a GTD fan for a few years now. Between that and speed reading, I've had good luck staying organized and avoid being overwhelmed most of the time. Well, for the last several months I've worked at a consulting company where most people, esp. the managers, are running around like chickens...
I don't want to go overboard and sing the praises of GTD like a cult follower or anything, but after one week of using the GTD system, I feel like I am finally in control! I don't have the system totally figured out yet, I still haven't taken 2 days off and piled all my stuff in the middle of...
Does anyone have any thoughts on time logging - tracking your time as a means of increasing where it goes and indirectly personal productivity?
I've been using GTD at work now for about a month, and it's no overstatement to say that it may have saved my career. More than just eliminate the crushing stress I was under, it has cleared away the haze, allowing me to see new and better ways forward for my team. In fact, people on my team have...
Hi, I am almost done reading GTD, so I'm really sorry if this is covered in the book. I am not an executive, I am a student. I can see clearly how GTD works well within the framework of a job, but when you add school to the mix I have a hard time wrapping my mind how I will work GTD into how I...
I saw this suggested on another thread, but there is no magnified view to get a closer look. I am just starting out on GTD and my work habits tell me the 43 folders concept may be most useful. If I can't find a readymade product, what is the best way to make my own from stationery supplies? ...
Care to share a story of how GTD has specifically improved your life? A little something to inspire others to use GTD? Off the top of my head: Before GTD, I frequently impressed my friends with the number of projects I had going at any given time, but I gradually realized that none of those...
Although this isn't a GTD problem, I know that many of you, like me, hang out at www.diyplanner.com and can possibly help me. I have been trying to register at that site in order to post comments. When I attempt to register, my application is rejected and the registration does not go through,...
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