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Hi there -- I am new to the GTD system but I am so so thrilled about it! My question is -- say you hand off something to your boss, such that you are now waiting to get it back from them. Would you put this on your Waiting For list, or on your agenda list for your boss? How exactly do folks...
Hi Since looking at GTD and beginning to get on top of it, I've done a lot of soul searching and realised that one of the possible reasons that I get 'blocked' so often in creativity/productivity/and in essence GTD, is that I'm not happy with my 'contexts'. What I mean by this is that I'm having...
Does anyone have any experience with introducing GTD to a workgroup. I am thinking of getting my staff to use GTD but I would like some advice before starting on the journey. Thanks
One of the big selling points of the Getting Things Done methodolody is the ability to free your mind so that you can "intuitively decide" what the best choices are for "doing" day to day, minute to minute. Have you picked this methodology up well enough that you are intuitively deciding your...
I have found the book a revelation. The one area that I have not been able to master is my magazine pile. I have a range of Marketing,Golf,current affairs,Food magazines, each containing valuable hints and tips. I inevitably get behind and I dont throw them out in case I miss anything that will...
I've been a GTD follower for the past eighteen months and feel this is the most practical, effective and efficient method of managing a work load. However, over time I've found some heretical ways of tweaking the methodology to overcome some difficulties I experienced practicing GTD in the exact...
this Saturday....I have read the book 3 times and am now listening to the CD's...I have ordered my files, my labler, and my notebook.....and I'm getting excited! I have read many time management, organizing, etc books over the years, and had pretty much given up that anything was going to help me....
I have been using GTD for upwards of six months and have found it to be a godsend for keeping track of what I've committed to. However, I'm still having trouble with email management and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. In short, I'm in high tech and I get a lot of email. I...
Folks, I'm a sole practicioner, with a fairly light email volume, which I can deal with fairly quickly as it comes in. However, my schedule and task list are both very complex. For instance, on my calendar, I like to track: - meetings with clients which result in revenue to me and...
Hey folks. I just attended the GTD Seminar in Chicago. It was outstanding. I am almost all the way to getting In to Out. I am looking for a good system for organizing correspondence. I have an a-z filing system, but put all correspondence into one big file titled, oddly enough,...
I am in sales and I read David Allen's book a year ago. I implemented some of the ideas, but fell way short of putting the system to work for me. For me the downward spiral was due to the amount of calls, emails and paper documents I need to shuffle everyday. I had no way to categorize items...
Sure would be great to add this to me Newzcrawler browser so I could follow daily events.
Did you read the article? http://www.davidco.com/coaches_corner.php?id=4&article=25 I'm just curious what kind of lists you have out there. I have a bunch of them. Trigger lists. Project lists. etc. I'm in sales and one of the more helpful lists is my 5 by 5 list. It includes the 5 top...
Hi, Seems like the clock reset to 4/25 a day or so ago. Real shame if we lost those posts. There were some gems posted in the last week.
In Getting Things Done, one of the suggested tools is a tickler file. For my purposes, it seems too unwielding and more hassle then it is worth. I get very few documents, such as upcoming meeting agendas, that would be needed on a specific future day. But I do need to track those few. Does...
A useful anlogy occured to me this week about the value of the weekly review. Doing a weekly review is similar to my having planned and cooked all my weekly meals in advance and put them in the freezer. That way I can come home in brain-dead mode and pop something into the microwave instead of...
When assigning an email to a task catagory while in the Inbox, the drop down window, Add to Action List, catagories do not sync with the Master Catagory list. Any ideas as to how to sync them? Thanks,
Okay all you road warriors... I recently changed jobs and my (air) travel has increased from once every couple of months to three trips+ a week. I've been feeling swamped lately but last Friday I did a time inventory and realized I'm losing anywhere from 7-14 hours a week to travel. I'm...
Most users ever online was 38 on Mon Nov 18, 2002 12:04 pm Can we ever top this? It has been 5 months and it hasn't happened yet. Maybe I am the only one who is bothered by this. David has provided a great site and I check it daily. I really appreciate the content and feedback on this forum.
I've been using GTD for about six months now and the improvement has been tremendous. Less stress, more organization and the feeling that things are moving along...I think GTD is serving its primary function with me and I am satisfied. So, my question is really about the next step. My status...
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