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I was sitting in my car today between appointments going through my lists when a new action popped up. It was @computer action that had to be done today, but would have to wait until I got home. Should have put this next action on both my calender and @computer list or just calender?

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Hi, I have read David's first book cover to cover four times, set aside time and cleaned out the files, and the mind. I am now the proud owner of a clean desk, nice files, that I can find, and a set of project files, and a list of Next actions. I am on a paper based version of GTD, and follow...

Wondering if anyone has had this issue before... If I delegate to another person, and create a Waiting For task, it gives me the option of creating a task and reminder for my file. What the other person does, and how they set it up is their own business. But, I don't have the option of...

...I printed out my Next Action lists from Outlook (by context) and off I went. The thing is, I noticed a very significant increase in my productivity - somehow it was much quicker crossing off NAs as I achieved them and writing down the next NA in the appropriate context as opposed to wrestling...

Hi group, Not sure it's a right place to ask but your opinion is very competent for me. I'm looking for a course of public speaking. Actually English is not my mother tongue and when I speak, though it's clear what I'm trying to say, it's still heard that it's a foreingner's speach (or now it's...

Just wanting to share something I do: I use a simple Excel spreadsheet for my NA and project lists. One thing that has greatly helped me prioritizing NAs and projects, is marking each one with I for Integrity, N for Needs, W for Wants. As it happens, simply sorting alphabetically by these...

In DA's website he said he uses @agenda for people that he comes in contact with and writes info on what he plans to talk about. My question is does he keep adding names as he deals with people or are these names a particular group that he deals with on a on-going basis. I am a sales manager and...

I was wondering if anyone can recommend ways of prioritizing large lists (200+ items). I find it helpful sometimes to prioritize the items in larger context lists during the weekly review, not necessarily to follow the ranked list to a T, but to get the more important stuff up near the top so if...

I'm having an irritating problem I could use some help with. I've been using GTD in some form for a couple of years now, and I feel good about and trust my system. For a long time after implementation, I felt automatically relaxed after a weekly review, or a periodic mind dump, or even just by...

I'm in my fledgling months of implementing the GTD way of life. My primary tool is Entourage on my Mac, and I'm using the Projects & Tasks. I really enjoy checking the completed button on tasks. (so sad that it's come down to this :? ) anyway...here's my question: When completing a task,...

Hello everyone, This is my first post on this board, even though I've been trying to follow it and read through older posts for the past couple of weeks. I've read DA's book over the last summer, and I've been trying since to implement it so as to handle the workload of my University studies...

Question about how to flag top priority Next Actions. I've been placing all my NAs into context-based lists, such as @Computer @ Calls - Work @ Calls - Personal @ Office etc.

I've been trying to come up with a way to keep my NA list from becoming an old-style, Frankin/Covey prioritized daily task list. Still, the challenge is that I have so many NAs, and so many unrelated categories (different clients, different projects, etc.), that I have to do something in order to...

Hello- Wondering if someone has any idea how to fix what I've just done... My task list is grouped by Action, then by Project. I deleted the whole Action category of @Review from the list instead of removing the one task item that was in that category. I never checked the completed box, just...

I always smile when I see posts from people who have a "!Today" or "!On Deck" or similar context and who go on to say that they don't think it fits in with GTD. I think you are very wrong for the following 2 reasons:- 1.In Getting Things Done David states that you should start each day by...

Just working my way through GTD and find myself nodding in vigorous agreement with David's passion for keyboard shortcuts. As a two-fingered typist, I can't afford to lose half my pecking power grabbing for the mouse. Rarely do I ever reach for the mouse when e-mailing, for example. Here's...