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Maybe I am not really applying GTD effectively or I would not have this question on my mind. I have my list of Projects in Palm's "To Do", categorized by area of focus or responsibiity and they are all active unless they are SDMB. I have 14 categories and anywhere from 4 to 25 projects in a...

Hello, I've read David's book (once only, admittedly) and made a pretty good stab at implementing GTD (which has, quite honestly, saved my life). I saw that he won't be doing the 2-day seminars much longer and was wondering whether it was really worth attending if I had read the book? I was...

Hi I've been trying to work out what this seminar is all about! I've read the brochure, searched and read all the references on the board and I'm still baffled. Can anybody shed light on what I'd get by attending the event? I'm not looking for content - just the deliverables! The...

Hi, Installed GTD Outlook Add in trial on Home PC, mainly to evaluate for work. Now plan to buy for work PC. But having hell of a problem uninstalling from home PC! Toolbars still appear and after editing registry to get rid, a damn nag screen keeps popping up telling me to register! Help!

I have been using the GtD method for about four months now with great success. I read the James Fallows article in the Atlantic (aside: I know Mr. Fallows reads and posts here, I would like to thank him for introducing me to GtD as well as for the terrific writing he has presented over the years) I...

Hello everyone. My name is Stacy and I have just started using David Allen's ideas to try and reclaim my life. I'm a twenty-six year old sales executive for a software company. I also have a couple of sideline business's which take up a lot of my time in the evening and weekends and I try to...

I was wondering what techniques folks used to digest their read/review pile? Like some, I have a pile next to my chair in the living room that is reserved for read/review. I keep scissors, highlighters and post-it flags there so that when I pick something up, I can mark articles of interest in...

The GTD method has been a boon for my productivity, if for no reason other than the centralization of tasks, files, etc. I've incorporated the Outlook addin, which is nice, and also use MindManager on my TabletPC. All of this is great for the 'productivity' portion of the day, but I had a...

Not sure what to call it, but before adopting GTD one of my main effective strategies was just playing around with different sequences of action across time on the calendar, esp for projects with no required due date. When I mainly used paper, I did a lot of this with a pencil and a month-by-...

I am in middle of reading GTD and the situation is so desperate that I have tried starting to do the collection and analysis and converting my stuff to actionable plans. I am just getting more and more depressed writing down all of these things and it seems that there is just no end. I can't...

Hey all, I currently work at a professional services firm where lines of responsibility keep blurring (but that's another topic entirely). My company does many similar projects for our clients whereby we use a database that has all the steps that need to be completed for the project to be done. ...

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I understand that you use the projects category as an index or stake in the ground in seeing your projects but the actionable items go under your context categories. How can I see all my actionable tasks under a certain project when I uncollapse that category?

I have read most all of the posting this past weekend looking for people that use both paper and PDA. I have been a Franklin Covey user for more than 10 years and knew all along something was missing (GTD method). My problem is I have been using a Palm for the past year with some success but...

Hi all, I've finally got around to reading GTD and have some questions about setting up a "mobile office". I currently move around a lot. I have a "real" office where the work happens, and I have an office where I officially live. But in practise I spend 1/4 of my time at my boyfriend's...

Use the Show Desktop Icon on the Windows taskbar to instantly clear the desktop of all the open programs and reveal that picture of the kids or the Columbia River Rafting trip that you have on the computer desktop. But you have a pile of icons on the desktop? So do this < 2min task and...

Anyone got any thoughts on how to integrate GTD into conventional plans - I need to develop a marketing plan for an entire year. I cant quite see how to fit this into the GTD model...

Not sure what to call it, but before adopting GTD one of my main effective strategies was just playing around with different sequences of action across time on the calendar, esp for projects with no required due date. When I mainly used paper, I did a lot of this with a pencil and a month-by-...