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Is it just the natural planning model that has the most similarities ?

Hello fellow GTD enthusiasts! I thought you might appreciate something I found funny when I went to the movies recently. One of the 'heroic' character traits that they gave "Jack Reacher" (Tom Cruise) was that he never writes anything down, with the idea that he'll simply remember everything that...

Aside from the David Allen suite, I've been reading The Checklist Manifesto and its changing the way I look at my to do and context lists. I also read about Steven Covey's 4 quadrants (importance and urgency grid) and looking how I can apply it to GTD. Have you read any books / heard of any...

Seth Godin asks today: Are you hooked on hacking life? That is a powerful insight that I totally agree with. So... What have you shipped?

I see a lot of books which seem to be interesting, i.e. they seem to be future reads or at least reference material for projects. For now, I put the titles under "someday maybe / check this" in my outlook list. So my s/m list is growing... Another possibility would be to store that books...

I have project support folders and an actions support folder, but what do people do with stuff that's not active, but may be needed for a project that has an unspecified future date. This is often the case for a project that was active, but has to be shelved because of something more pressing. ...

I've been chosen to speak at my companies national convention on the topic Getting organized for increased productivity" I've been practicing GTD for several years, but I'm not the greatest at public speaking, especially in front of my peers. We are in a sales organization, and GTD has helped me...

Back in December a friend of mine suggested I look into GTD in response to a question I had about his immense productivity. So I ended up picking up the book and giving it a read. It really clicked with me and many of the concepts that Mr. Allen poses made lots of sense. I was excited to sit down...

I've been doing GTD for the past year, first few months were really good but also constantly tweaking my system (I use Outlook and OneNote together). It went on like that for a while and it improved my productivity 10 fold, but there seemed to be still something missing. Finally I began to realize...

Ok, I've listened to the book on CD over and over again. I needs some tips for getting started in the process of GTD. Can I get some tips on what to do next? I think I have a good idea of what to do just having a hard time getting started.

Hi folks, I've been doing GTD for about 3-4 years now, read the book several times and did my best to implement the system. I consider myself a successful person relative to my peers, thanks, in a large part, to GTD. It is wonderful to be able to set high-level, year-long goals and then actually...

Hello I have @Agenda as a context in my Next Actions. I have a meeting every monday morning. Until recently I would make a list of everything to bring up at the meeting and have it in a tickler for that day. I'm starting to wonder now whether other people would use the @Agendas list, or possibly...

I am new to the forum but I was searching around for this topic and didn't find anything specific on it. My current GTD setup is a series of lists in Evernote, each in their own note. So Next Actions is a notebook, then @Home or @Office context is a note within, each with separate bullet points....

Are there any GTD aficionadoes with YouTube channels? To me, a channel is like a blog, in that it gets constantly updated, whether daily, weekly, monthly, whatever. It would be neat to watch a GTDer progress in his GTD via YouTube, as opposed to a textual blogger. Chas29

Hey guys, thanks for reading and thanks in advanced for any help. Let's say I want to remind myself to try a dish at a restaurant in a city I'm rarely in. Let's also assume I won't remember I set myself up a reminder when that time comes. Any ideas guys? Other example: A funny birthday party...

Hi, Question about next actions vs calendar - hope you can help. The biggest revelation with GTD for me has been using my calendar for all time commitments, which gives me confidence that my next actions list has nothing on it that has to happen at a specific time. But there a few...

David says that he creates task lists that are so detailed that they can be executed even by somebody oxygen-deprived and sleep-deprived. And of course, when we execute our task lists, we are generally in a better state than that. So, can I conclude that executing a task requires a fraction...

Hi, I'm a newbie on this forum. Let's hit the ground running with a question I have. Some year ago I read 'Getting Things Done' and it rocked my way of going about my various responsibilities. Mindblowing! However, there is one 'thing' I can't quite get hold of. It's about putting actions on my...

My day is quite full of actions :) I own a business but go to my office daily as I'm an executive director. In the office I have meetings, as well as "work as it shows up" meetings :) I try to work off my action lists as well in this environment of constant interruptions. At home I have children so...

Hello all, I really enjoy the premise of the program and have been trying to master what the best system for me is for the last few months. I run into a mental block when trying to figure out what to put on my next actions list. Should I have multiple lists? One mega list or hat? Here is...