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So I'm following GTD, and am excited about moving forward---but what does David, or the readers, recommend for all of my office supplies... The CD's, tape, pens, labeler, stapler, calculator, ruler, rolodex and on and on... I want to clear my desk of the clutter---would you recommend putting...
I gather that the someday/maybe list is a list of projects. What if I have a project that has been moved to the someday/maybe project list, (ie not neccessary to progress this week/month) however there was an action in a context, which can stay on the next action list as one of my options in...
I think someone posted recently that David, at one of the new seminars, mentioned that during the weekly review you'd go through the approrpriate support material for each project. If you were a PM, for example, you might go through the project plan for that project, a teacher, the weekly lesson...
I have talked about this before but I just wanted to throw this out there to the forum to get some comments- mainly because y'all are so resourceful. Currently, I am in limbo. I have been using my PDA intensely for the past 6 months. It has become my trusted system from where I can pick next...
I've read the book (GTD) and I am getting ready to get started, but would like to better understand how to use the @computer, @home, @calls, @errands, etc. lists. First question, are these lists next action lists? Secondly, one forum outlined the following daily process: Scan next action...
The more I've been comparing different information gathering methods, the more I've realized that sometimes you just need to have a "toolbox" of ways to collect information. (This may be obvious to some of you who've been doing this for a while, but maybe it'll help generate some ideas for other...
New to GTD, I have been through the collection part (which I felt has been pretty successful), and struggling through the "processing" part because I am not entirely comfortable with what comes out, when I organize the next actions by GTD (context, time, energy, priority). By way of background,...
Just started setting up and have never before been able to plough through the e mail morass quite so effectively. My initial scepticism has been swept away. I am following the guidance of setting up GTD with Outlook and assigning tasks to the @Waiting For etc etc and am a little confused...
I am in sales for a very large company and it seems the learning requirements are growing exponentially while my capacity seems to be tapering. Whether its old age or left brainless disease, I dont know, but its a problem. I tend to see this learning challenge the same way I do my overwhelming...
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First: I love GTD. It has transformed my approach to work and life, and I believe it has made me much more effective in making things happen. However: I think it is making me become prematurely senile. By writing everything down and keeping thoughts out of my head, I think my brain wiring is...
My team has read the GTD book. We are having a goal-setting meeting soon, and I'd love some ideas for reinforcing the book during that meeting. Maybe an activity we could do to share our thoughts? Any ideas?
Next month I am starting a new career as an assistant professor, and I feel overwhelmed with all the things I need to be working on simultaneously. I think the GTD system would be helpful, but am not sure how to start getting my system set up. I figure the major projects will be Course 1,...
I have an Underactive Thyroid (Hypothyroidism) which means as far as energy goes at the moment I have very little. This causes me concern with regards to GTD, because I have the system in place. Everything is sorted, but lacking energy with regards to GTD almost means I am lacking one of the key...
As a sale I have lots of Projects. Active projects that I move on are in Projects list. Not active but potential are in SM list. Is that correct usage of the mentioned categories and what's your way of dividing active and future sales? Regards, Eugene
Has David (or anyone) created any sort of personal assessment that an individual can use to determine where they are on the "Mind like Water" journey? For example, "If you routinely do this, this, and this.. you are a yellow belt" When you routinely do this, this, and this, you are at a black belt...
Hello, I'm an Italian Manager that discovered GTD a week ago. I need advice about where I have to keep my general archive. The group of vendors who I coordinate, has 4 distant offices from one another approximately 100 kilometers. Maybe the best solution is to keep archive at my home, so when...
I rarely look at my Next Actions. I've been using GTD to various degrees for many months now. I store all my Actions in my Treo 600, which is convenient for me. I use my tickler well enough, as I can remember to check it every day when I get home from work. I do the weekly review about half...
Hi I just started a job a month ago where I am getting overwhelmed with projects such that it dilutes my focus on them. I'm struggling with the best way to store projects such that I can easily review them and determine NA as well as status. What works for those of you on this list who have...
Hi forum, I'm involved in a discussion on how to tame the email beast and how to manage an apparently unmanageable heap of emails. For those who get more than 100 emails a day it's a real question. Some of the extremes offer to check and manage each and every email and others - delete and not to...
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