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Most of my GTD lists hum right along, but one area where I could use the most improvement is @work. I'm trying to come up with a good solution for subdividing this list. It gets a little longer than I would like, which makes me reluctant to add items to it. I am a web developer. I work in a cube...
Howdy peeps: I thought I would go ahead and do a post about how I integrated Things into our workflow in order to optimize our day to day creation process@work. Here's how it currently flows: Process: . At the beginning of each week I review my InBox and begin the delegation process ...
Please correct me. If I get a new task and put it directly into my action lists without processing (What's the outcome?) then I would end up having lots of to-dos that could be useless or time wasters? Is that right?
Hi, I've done the collection stage and I've started to process. I've got a TON of things in my next action list, and I can safely say that the bulk of them aren't Someday/Maybes. They have to be done. The thing is, there are a LOT of them. A lot more than I had in my conscience mind. Even when...
Serious question... does anyone here know how to make a lot of money? I have been a student of the self-help genre for many years. Robert Kiyosaki, Anthony Robbins, David Allen (heard of him?), Robert Allen, Ken Roberts, etc. I've bought into different money making systems. Nothing has...
I have recently started a read/review folder and an action support folder. Everything in my action support folder has an associated task. Should the read/review folder be the same? What do you do with magazines? Should I have a task called read Fortune magazine?
There're a few threads where people say that inspite of priorities issues or longiness of the lists their @Work lists at least beeing done. But their @Home lists are usually stuck. I think I know why it happens. We usually put different projects on our lists. These projects are assosiated with...
I 've been offered the opportunity to watch David Allen make the above presentation. Is this a general productivity presentation or is there a lot of GTD technique discussed in David's appearance?
So I stumbled on to GTD a few months ago and have listened to the book multiple times, read different blog posts about the system and decided to dive in with 100 percent commitment. The collection period was a bit daunting...it took me a little more than 2 days, partly out of fear...yes it...
I run my business from my home office. I understand that Errands and Agendas are separate Context-Sorted Lists, but need clarification on other action reminder lists. If I organize my other action reminders by David Allen’s recommended contexts “Calls”, “At Home”, “At Work”, and “At Computer”,...
Has anyone tried it? How good is it?
How often are you looking at your next actions lists. Mine is 30 items long and it takes time to read through all of them. Or one should do a focus list in the beginj g of the day and work off that list?
I want to remember to look for a restaurant for Valentine's day a month in advance. I currently create a recurring task due in January each year. I am trying to follow "best practices" and remove unnecessary due dates, would it be better to drop a note in my January tickler folder instead? ...
1. I have materials and notes from numerous authors that relate to marketing. I want to keep them all together under the topic "Marketing," separate from my client and prospect files. Each author, company or marketing strategy (ie. telemarketing, direct response ads) their own manila file....
When I am sitting at my desk at work, I have multiple contexts available to me @work, @computer, and @phone. Should I just be scanning multiple (appropriate) contexts to look for my next action when "doing"? Thanks.
Hi GTD Forum, I've been practicing GTD for over two years. My system is based on my reading GTD and MIAW and listening to some podcasts. I still get hung up on some things, and I have improved my weekly review over this time frame. I would like your opinion on how to handle tasks beween Next...
A little off-topic. I need to sructure my sales team. I want to make job descriptions for every member of the team. The whole structure is like that: Sales Director - 1 Director of a department - 4 Sales Managers and Assistants - 80 (spread across departments) Could you please help find...
I live in a world filled with meetings and phone calls. I can have up to 10 meetings a day. That means i need to have effective weekends to restore the energy. Are you among people who are able to restore their energy level during weekend (or maybe even weekday)? Please share your secrets what kind...
Hello all, I have started to pursue GTD as a means of organizing my life at home, given my tendency to procrastinate/forget just about any chore there is. While reading, the author mentions "If your head is empty of everything, personally and professionally, then your in-basket is probably...
Hello, I just installed trial version of the add-in and was watching the webinar narrated by David Allen and one of his colleagues when I accidentally closed the tab it was running in. The link to this particular video was in the welcome box that appeared the first time I opened Outlook after...
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