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If you have an invoice with a specific due date, do you put it in an untimed calendar entry, or in your tickler file? I have an invoice for 4 workshops that I will be attending in the future -- payment for each invoice is due at on a different day, sequentially. I am tempted to file it in the...
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David talks about the David Allen Company principles called 'we are at our best when' in the seminars. Can you share these principles with the this group? Thanks Tamas
I have been strugling with some issues lately. One of them is that my SomeDay Maybe is getting too long that is even unconfortable to check. Thinking about this I identify many items that are in there because is not time to be active projects yet (for example Taxes) therefore I was thinking...
Hi... I have been thinking about things I've learned with GTD... However it seems that using Outlook, or ACT! or Maximizer is not the solution for my case, since I've tried them all. I contact my customers and they contact me over the phone, mobile, fax and e-mail. In my company, I am...
I'm just starting GTD and am having a hard time figuring out what to work on when I review my NA lists. I'll review the NA lists and come up with several NAs I'd like to do. I might do one, forget the rest and have to review the lists again. One of the goals of GTD is to get these things out...
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Our word for Jan/Feb is Focus. If you have any favorite quotes on this topic, please share them. Here are a few I found: If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy and thought exclusively upon the business in which you are...
I've got everything collected, and am setting up folders. I'm stuck on exactly how to organize this. 1. DA mentions 4 'letter trays' -- I have one each for "IN", "OUT", "READ/REVIEW" -- is there another that I'm missing? 2. I have a Tickler File in a file box on my desk. I also have a...
The GTD add-in creates a task that represents the project entered. When the project is completed (ie. no more next actions...it is truly finished) you are left with that task action. I've been checking the "complete" box to get that project off the list, but then, in the future, something will...
On Monday I am going to investigating having my Palm synch with my work laptop -- and then keep the rest of the stuff in a paper-based system. I don't mind listing tasks or contacts for my home-based business on the work laptop, as long as they don't require additional software to install. Then...
This is a bit of a repeat of my last post (...Calendar). While I wrote it, I could see how much of my stress and calendar problem is due to the "deliver on demand" nature of my environment. I am expected to be prepared and available on certain days for certain events but their exact time is...
What is an effecient method of storing business cards?
I run a small business and one of the things I am responsible for is sending out invoices and collecting the receivables. In terms of keeping an @Waiting for list - is it better practice to put each invoice on an @Waiting list and then strike it off as it comes in, or should I just have a...
I am using RTF and TXT files for GTD lists, projects, and documentation. Will any of the experts share their txt files to see the formatting that they use so others can benefit? I will start: Action Lists: Getting Things Done - Next Actions List for RESEARCH To-Do Develop system to...
The power in a list Had a bit of higher altitude thinking which I’d like to share – hope you find it useful. I have a number of mundane but important household tasks to carry out in the evenings. I used to spread these out either side of the children’s bedtime and experienced significant...
I've been blocking out time during my day to work on completing tasks that are part of a project coming due shortly. I find that I'm getting discouraged as I rarely seem to be able to finish the tasks before the alarm rings to start on the next one. Here are a couple of the problems: I'm...
I'm curious if anyone would care to share, just how many items you 'retrieved' and wrote down during your initial Mind Sweep? How long does one add to this initial "RAM Dump?" I've read Jason Womack's article, THE MIND SWEEP, located at...
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Okay, I am really having a hard time grasping how to make this work with the type of work I do (real estate law). It seems that each thing I am asked to do entails so many different "next actions" that I feel like I could spend my entire day making lists. For example just had an e-mail exchange...
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