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I have been working through some higher altitude goals and have my goals pretty much laid out now. I just need to know how to fit them into my GTD system. DA calls a project 'any outcome that will take less than 12 months and that has more than one next action'. I get that, I think that my problem...
Hello - This is not a cheery posting...so be warned. We had a terrible tragedy happen in our neighborhood this past week and I'm wondering if some of you who think a lot about the importance of focus have some insight that might help me understand it better. A mother with a 4 month old baby...
I find David Allen's metaphors to be powerful and humorous. The analogy of a solitaire game occurred to me yesterday, after I posted a few remarks about the interplay of different lists and indices. You know what you're holding in your hand -- 52 cards -- but you don't know in what order. You...
Hi all, I'd like your advice. My company's decided to stop supporting or allowing Palm synchronization and I'm not sure how to adapt. :? Alternatives I'm considering: 1. Analog: Pull the Time/Design system off the shelf and use it as a single unified system for my lists. 2....
Hoping to "hit the ground running" at the Leveraging Focus & Vision seminar in Burlington, VT on August 5th. Can anyone suggest some worthwhile things to read in advance? So far, I've started Part II of David's Ready for Anything book, since focus is the topic for that section. Any more...
Does anybody else struggle with 'leftovers' in the inbox at day's end? I've got my tickler set up and have entered a reminder in Outlook to check it every day and that part of GTD is working for me. After I implemented my system and got my Outlook GTD friendly, I was really pumped! But after...
Hi there, I set aside two days a couple weeks ago and did my initial collecting, and started my processing and organizing (which I'm doing at the same time). It is a lot of piles, of course, and now here I am two weeks later, still processing and organizing that original implementation. I...
I know I am needing more lists in my life. Checklists can be the linkpin of GTD. But where do these lists go? I am going to use paper. My computer is a desk top and I don't really need the expense of a PDA nor the learning curve experience at this time. So lets assume I have a list...
Has anyone found a way to incorporate GTD for keeping track of client hours and billing. I am an accountant and, just like lawyers, need to send out invoices to my clients where I bill them at an hourly rate and the invoice details all the work that we are billing for. I would like to be able to...
I downloaded the trial version for DA's Outlook Add-In a few weeks ago. I'm under the impression it's for 30 days but unlike other trial versions, it doesn't alert me when I open it on how many days I have remaining. I don't remember the specific date in which I downloaded it. I don't recall...
When people ask me whether to buy a Palm or a PocketPC PDA, I always send them to http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/tips/palm_vs_pocketpc.htm. I am a happy Palm Zire 31 user myself. Jeroen Sangers Brain Tags
The 9/8/04 WSJ has an interesting article on page B1, "To-Do Lists Can Take More time Than doing, But That Isn't the Point." It doesn't mention "Getting Things Done," but does include that exact phrase when making a distinction between list-making and action-taking.
Just curious about the various ways that folks identify their projects. I have my projects categorized on Palm's To Do but sometimes after I complete an action I can't remember what project it went with and I have to run through the whole category or even several. It would help me if I could...
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the nonessentials." --Lin Yutang
I've recently gotten a big promotion and have become a father. While fantastic (! :D !), these massive life changes have me in a situation where I can't seem to get the least bit of traction on any of my commitments. Complete 1 item, and in the meantime, 8 more have accumulated (4 of which I'm...
Does anyone know if David plans a follow-on book after "Ready for Anything"? Where do you go with the concept from there? The first two books were so good, I'm wondering if a third might ever be in the works. Kevin
You did such a great job on Flexibility quotes, I thought I would ask for help with this month's word: Pride. This is pride as in: a)Feeling of self-respect and personal worth b)Satisfaction taken in an achievement c)The trait of being spurred on by a desire to meet high standards Not...
I am about 2 weeks into implementing GTD, and hit an unexpected snag. I am a programmer analyst, with a lot of projects and next actions. Before I started using GTD, I would wasted a lot of time either trying to figure out what I needed to do, or bogged down in the tyranny of the urgent. I did the...
Many of us will not be able to attend the classic seminar and if the seminar is not done again, none of us will get a chance to witness it. (even though DA is planning different format seminars). Obviously we would not want such a wonderful seminar be lost to posterity. I therefore propose that we...
Letting Go Another one of the psychological spin offs of GTD occurred to me to day. It has been noted from time to time on this board that GTD does not incorporate motivation, (that’s left to Tracy, Robbins, Ziglar et al.) With all of you projects and NAs laid out in from of you, you have to...
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