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This may be a very basic question, but I can't seem to figure out how to handle this headache! I'm a REVA (Real Estate Virtual Assistant) working from home (in my PJ's some days!). Some of my work includes contact management for my client. He will forward me an e-mail (which has lots of...

Hey everybody! I just got on here and did not see any forum post from our class yet. Has anyone completed a mindsweep yet? Where are you in implementing a system? Today I only had 45 mins free of meetings but was able to stack all of the papers that were on my desk and go through them. ...

Hello, I am still struggling with my A5 filofax setup and should be most grateful if somebody could advise on the manual process of recording projects, breaking these down to NAs and then placing the NAs under the various @Context sections At present, I appear to be writing out my NAs 3 times...

My question is similar to that of Prouddad's in the previous thread but either I amjust not getting something or my life is more complex. While I can easily work from a context-based next action list when I am "stuck" in a context, for example, I am on an airplane, or waiting at the doctors...

hi Been a lurker for a while, but finally have a problem I'd like to post for some thoughts. I've taken over a new role, and it's necessary for me to keep tracks on aspects of what my direct reports are doing on behalf of other areas of the business. My thought process go something...

I am going to be using David Allen's latest book in my research design course. Any thoughts on how to integrate GTD best practices into material presented to second year Master's students?

Hi there, I have few basic questions that arised when following the GTD methodology. Background I COLLECT mindsweep lists, ideas, etc... to my IN basket / file folder. I PROCESS this IN basket often (about thrice a day) and ORGANIZE them into context based action lists. If I...

When I open a note in Outlook it usually opens as a very small window. I usually increase it's size but when I open it again in the future it is back to its small size. Also when I start a new note it opens as really small. Does anyone know how to make the "default" note size much bigger? ...

Im always intrigued how many different ways there are to apply the GTD system to your personal area of work. One of the key differences seems to be the context actions, which change from job to job. I just wondered if people had any interesting contexts that could be good to share? For me, I...

I was just looking around this site some more and stumbled on the description of telecoaching. This is something I've thought of before and may consider someday. Then it it me - this should be on my someday/maybe list! So now it is. Has anyone here tried telecoaching and did you find it...

Hi Throughout the day, ideas for actions that contribute to specific projects come to mind. I will NOT get to them today, maybe not even this week. They are too specific and too immediate to park in a someday-maybe list, but, if I put them in my next action list, they just clutter it up. I...

The David Allen Company has an immediate opening for a client support specialist/program administrator to support two of our rapidly growing educational products. Ideal candidates should be: 1. Extremely comfortable with web technologies and can look at technical issues as creative problems to...

Hello, I recently learned about GTD, I'm still not 100% clear but I get the idea now. While searching for a Iphone app for task and time management software I became familiar with the term. I use a PC so I need something web based ot a PC app that can sync with my Iphone, like many others I...

I received an email about a software patch. When I looked into it, I discovered that it does not affect anyone in the company NOW, but may need to be applied later whenever we upgrade another software package that I'm not responsible for. I don't have any estimates of when the other software will...

I've been struggling with an implementation question now for a few months and am thinking I just have a mental block or something so I thought I'd ask here. I have multiple clients I meet with weekly and have a project list and agenda for each. We define new projects in each meeting. I also...

I've been piecemealing GTD for the last couple of years (using the recently renamed mGSD), never doing a weekly review. Now I'm trying, but feel really weird about it. It seems too huge to be useful/doable in a reasonable amount of time. And I'm only trying to fully implement this within my work...

I am looking for GTD friendly coach in NYC. I was googling and searching on this forum for this kind of data base, but I didn't find anything so far. Thanks.

Hi, I don't know if I am missing something, but how can I differentiate between actions and next actions according to the Outlook 2003 setup ( I read, apart from the mainbook, the GTD with Outlook 2003 book). There are of course actions on my projects list, and after my weekly review I...