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Hello everyone! I'm a relative newbie, having only adopted GTD in the last two weeks. It's been quite an exciting and hectic journey. I have a question about everyone's "favorite" topic (projects). It was only after much googling elsewhere and searching through this site that I finally realized...
So, I've bitten the bullet and I've given up software do-dads, secret prefixes, PigPog, etc. and am not doing anything special to tie next actions to projects - other than try to make the next action explicit enough. Supposedly, I'll do this during the weekly review. Supposedly, David Allen does...
Hello all, I'm in dire need of some assistance. I love the IDEA of having a stress-free life by implementing GTD, either using a PDA or paper-based, but when it comes to actually doing something, I procrastinate or get bored very easily. I am a freelance writer, and have suffered recently...
I'm setting up my "mobile" office and I remember Dave had suggested a core set of "traveling folders." I think one was "Inbox" and one he added later in a newsletter was "Trash", but can't remember the other ones. Any help is appreciated. Am interested in Dave's list as well as any others you might...
I'm wondering if those of you with meeting intensive jobs like mine have this same experience. I find that my ability to understand my meeting notes begins to seriously disenegrate within about half a day...if I wait a day or two later, then I'm really sitting there scratching my head. Of...
I just got done reading the book and grabbing the Outlook Add-in. I've run through Chapter's 4 - 7 -- dumped my brain, physical stuff, and 300 unread inbox messages, and processed them. What I'm left with is: 43 Projects 173 Actions 67 of these Actions are "@Computer" Do these numbers...
Just getting started with GTD. I'm thinking about handwriting folder labels, filing the folder, and then having an assistant type labels into Excel for all handwritten files and label the files using a regular printer and sheet feed labels. This way I can file quickly and have a complete file...
Interesting soundbite: "There are plenty of hard-working, responsible men and women in our society who do know how to get things done but have never felt free to explore themselves and find out what they want to do." (p. xv) I'm just getting started with this book, and I'm looking forward to...
I know this topic has come up a few times, but I have been unable to find a specific answer. I'd like to convert a new hanging file cabinet to the traditional kind with a follower block to hold up manilla folders. Unfortunately, I can't find a follower block that will work with a plain cabinet or...
I posted this question in another post but figured it needed some attention on it's own. Another question: I'm revisiting the Microsoft Live Meeting Demo for the Add-In. As I'm watching it I'm wondering how they configure it so that the folders and the group headings (Categories, Actions,...
Is the labeler really necessary? DA basically makes it a "no option" issue, but I just wondered if you really think it helps that much?
Have found a couple of these on the web - http://www.bellc.com/productivity_management.html - bit clunky - and http://www.xasa.co.za/Resources/Tools/getting_things_done.htm - which I like but can't get macros to work. Does anyone have other recommendations or examples?
What do you when you suddenly think of an action that you should do, but it's not the next action. Perhaps it's the action about 2 or 3 actions down the line and it doesn't make sense to do it as a next action (eg. it depends on the completion of an actual NA). For example, you're concentrating on...
Hello everyone, I've been reading the GTD book for about a week now and hope some folks can help me see the proverbial forest from the trees. My question is simple: how do I move forward with organizing things into buckets? Like most people, I have two basic office setups: home and at...
Hiya folks! I have a question I was hoping to get some feedback on from everyone here re: mailing lists. How do people deal with them in a GTD framework? Here's the situation: I get a few mailing lists in my inbox. For the most part, I've unsubscribed from those that I don't get any value, so...
Are any of you going to the Boston seminar this month?
David -- Now that you've written Getting Things Done (GTD) which dealt with actions, I was wishing you had also written a book called Putting Things Away (PTA) dealing with objects. In other words, GTD helped me to clean up my inbox; now I needed a book to help me clean up my room! Not willing to...
Hi guys, I'm just getting started with GTD, and although I've been using my Next Actions list quite a lot (which has increased my productivity greatly), I'm still finding myself quite stressed and overwhelmed. I realised that I've really been neglecting my project list, and thus my projects are...
Being in sales (I am a real estate agent) one of my most import tools is making and keeping track of my individual performance measures towards my goals. For example, my weekly target is to add at least one listing each week. There are a number of preliminary steps that I have to go through, such...
Can anyone help me streamline my Weekly Review to below 4 hours? 1. Collect Everything to "IN" Empty Head on Paper 2. Update Bank Accounts *should my receipts & slips be gathered, and filed to later process? I have never had time yet to update my bank accounts during WR...
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