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I had a recent Aha that I'd like to share, or at least think out loud about, regarding why I've been having trouble actually Doing, after I've Collected, Processed and Organized. The GTD Work-Flow model is very good at forcing two what questions: What's the desired outcome; and What's the next...

Is there anyone who is implementing GTD using a paper-based system? I would be curious on how you are doing it. I am tired of fighting with my Palm and a tool that just does not seem to work for me. Specifically, do you make a list of projects or does each project have a seperate page? When...

Hi all -- I found these two links quite interesting and this seems to be the place to share them. They're both about using paper as a technology for understanding how our minds actually work and think. I believe they're more relevant to ongoing work than reference, however. They're longish...

Been looking for tapes beyond the abridged set of two tapes pf GTD. Are there any? MAPI is mentioned in a post below--never heard of them before.

Hello! Is anyone planning to attend the GTD seminar in Seattle on the 30th/31st of January? If you HAVE attended one of David's seminars, what do you have to say about those two days?

Is anyone aware of what, if any, character will drop a category to the bottom of the category list in either the ToDo or Memo section of the Palm software (i.e. just as @ bumps the item to the top)? Thanks in advance.

What do you think of this month's newsletter? PRODUCTIVITY PRINCIPLE #95 Best is much better than good. Please feel free to share your ideas! (Being best vs. Doing best!)

Well, I hit the 200 mark on todos today and I have to admit I'm getting a little reluctant to look at it sometimes - reminds me of how many things I havent done yet! Any of you out there with a couple hundred todo's that have tricks for keeping the list real? It can tend to get a bit amorphous...

I have been using the Outllook Add-in for about 2 months now and love it. One thing that bugs me, however, is the way in which emails and tasks are handled differently. If I Move and email to Waiting For, it appears in a @Waiting For folder under inbox. Any tasks that I assign the category...

I have decided to pull my active project folders out of the general reference filing and keep them on my desk in a slotted organizer. One of my coworkers, who has also attended the GTD seminar, thought this might be anti-GTD. The logic goes that this is really just a visual "nag" and I should be...

I just downloaded the Outlook Add-in and I'm anxious to get started. I haven't been able to figure out what the folder "GTD Views" is for and the sub-folders underneath, labeled "Calendar" and "Tasks". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, I'm a "project manager," so "project" has a particular meaning for me. I'm trying to clarify the distinctions I need to make at different levels of organization; trying to keep the distinctions meaningful to the "workflow process." A lot of tasks come to me, beyond the "projects"...

Hi everyone-- As a daily fan of this website and posting board, I have to add my .02 cents in concenring David's CD set once again... Sorry to sound "maniacal" on this stuff, but it quite simply is probably the best $89.95 I've ever spent. No doubt about it, David's book is good, and it goes...

Just curious what people are using....paper or electronic... Kent

Although it appears to me that David Allen advocates a system combining the personal and the professional (work, for him, is anything that is not where it should be, or the way it should be), I have decided to attempt to "leave work at work" and manage my professional and personal lives separately....

Help me out with your ideas - often a bunch of new projects will enter my world during the day, and I'll forget to put them on my projects list. I remember to add the new thing as a next action: (i.e., "JONES TRUST AMENDMENT: talk to Sally re xyz"), but I don't remember to also go to my project...

:?: Friends: Our 50-person virtual company uses Upshot for managing sales function. I have a laptop using Windows 2000 but Office 97, so cannot use the Add-in Tool. Have any of you had experience in using GTD with a Palm and Upshot? I want to have minimum level of duplication. Thank you. John...

I'm new to PALM and recently bought the PALM ZIRE .I have set up categories in the To Do list to include projects alongside @Context lists.I like the idea of having a next action view for each project eg PROJECT A --draft summary @.Write. Now,i open up the project Note for planning subsequent...