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Hey, all! Just been processing my e-mail inbox, and had a bit of a brainstorm. David probably suggested this in his book and I missed it, but... I had an e-mail from my boss, asking me to call a co-worker. I called the co-worker, got no reply, and left a voicemail message. I was left with...
I bought GTD the day before yesterday and am a little discouraged because I failed TWICE at the first exercize on Page 13. My assignment was to write down the project most on my mind at the moment, write a one sentence description of the desired outcome, and identify the first action step I needed...
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Here is a poll question. Do you have a complete Project list, that is current, updated, and that you work off weekly(or so) to generate your Next Actions?
Hi- I am just getting started w/ GTD and hope someone can help with a filing question. I have an enormous amount of work on my plate right now and am drowning in things to do and paperwork. My Mom recently passed and she had a small business that I am now taking care of, along with my full time...
I am needing some help in creating relevant and not too numerous folders in my Outlook mail system. I am interested in how others have determined naming protocols etc in their Outlook mail system and whether there is linkage with My Documents folders. I read 'The Virtual Handshake' and tried Scott...
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I must be missing something. I'm okay with all of the steps but organizing. Leaving aside projects that are so simple that they don't need organizing, at least 30-50% of my projects seem sizable enough that they need organizing. I've got no trouble whacking out the outcome/vision thing, but: ...
Hi all, new GTD'er here, I am a chronic brainstormer and have multiple project going and mutiple someday's going. I have created projects in tasks and then added all of the potential actions associated with that project, in hopes of seeing the bigger picture, which then makes me more "like...
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Hi. My partner and I are trying to implement GTD. He works in IT. He is trying to be proactive rather than reactive with his time at work, task/NA orientated etc. His colleagues and especially his boss expect him to be reactive especially to email and last minute meetings. He has tried to...
I was finding that my @Home, @Work, @Computer etc. lists were growing too large. The lists give me options, and I didn't want to exclude any options e.g. listening to poetry, walking around the lake, playing the guitar ... Well, enough was enough and I decided to drop these non-critical items...
Starfish noted that he wants to check the archives to see how to do a Weekly Review. Seems like a good excuse for me to post my process, so here it is (though this is the idealized version; I'm usually much less formal about it). 1. Skim through all lists looking for items that you've completed...
Hi Folks, I'm leading an (as yet) informal effort to get my organization (a large state university) to adopt GTD, and I'd really like to hear suggestions, stories, etc. from anyone who's tried this in any kind of large organization. I'm interested in pilot programs, training efforts and ideas,...
I'm on the verge of GTD-day and was wondering if anyone can point me to a concise summary of the steps involved in implementing the GTD system. Thanks in advance
I am mostly done with the book, and am wanting to go ahead and start the process of gathering everything into in to start processing it. My biggest problem is I am kinda confused. I am suppose to create lists of projects, someday maybes, incubate and next actions. So does that mean when I...
I had a call with my business partner. I told him I'd call you next week. That's easy :) But where do you think should I put this "week specific call" as David has only day, time and asap specific actions described? :) Please advice. Regards, Eugene.
Today Douglas Johnston (the man behind DIYPlanner.com) published an excellent article how to ease the personal information synchronization pain (http://www.diyplanner.com/node/561). Many of us store contacts, hard landscape, next actions lists and project lists in more than one place (desktop...
This obviously doesn't apply to everybody, but if you're like me and have tried to set up a formal *daily* review checklist (check tickler, check calendar, etc.), and have found it onerous, and loathed to look at the big list, and stopped looking at it, and felt guilty about not doing it . . . ...
GTD will always be the brightest star in my task-management firmament. Pre-GTD I made occasional to-do lists and got frustrated with seeing them carried forward day after day. GTD taught me to get my commitments in their totality out of my head and into a system external to my mind. GTDs...
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