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Good afternoon! First post here! A brief intro before getting to my issue/problem: I'm a twenty-something In-house Art Director for a local health food store. I do just about all of our print advertising and some of our web advertising. I am largely responsible for the entire production...

I run my own small company (30 people). I read GTD book. Spent one day putting everything into the system - OmniFocus. Have 150 active projects with more then 15 next actions in any given context. Delegated and not Delegated, Someday and Personal projects are all mixed together. Some delegated...

Looking for some suggestions on dealing with things that will need to be scheduled at some point, specific date uncertain while under going current planning process. I've toyed with putting items into a gantt chart, I've tride a 12 month excel based calendar and neither work well in my opinion....

Hello good people, How do you go about larger scale projects of the sort "Learn to play the piano". I have come as far as choosing a specific learning program which enabled me to formulate my goal as "Learn to play the Bach Chorales directly from the sheet music, without looking on the...

hey everyone. So I setup my tickler file about 1 year ago. However, I don't use it consistenly at all. i go in spurts, where I will use it for 1 month, then stop for 3, then use it for 2 weeks, then stop, etc. I don't like to put things in there any longer, because I know I will probably...

My day was a success. I analysed the reasons: 1. Limited projects list (20 active projects): that allowed me to go through all the projects and move them further to completion. Or at least a major part of them. That gave me a sense of satisfaction and control. 2. I had time slots for all of...

Just curious if some people share their GTD project list with their boss or client to keep them updated on their activities. I keep my home list and work list separate so that's not a problem, but every once in a while I have 'lagging' projects I'd rather not list until I make more progress on...

Hey all, I just wanted to share my notes on Mind Mapping. Most of it from Tony Buzan's Writing and parts are from David Allen. I hope you pick up some new tips/tricks ! Mind Mapping Notes 1.No judgment, challenge, evaluation, criticism 2.Go for quantity, not quality 3.Put analysis &...

I'm a very busy executive. I scheduled my day so that my early morning starts with any computer work. Then I have meetings with my staff. Very short lunch. After lunch I scheduled time for customer meetings or unexpected staff meetings. I process at the end of the day (1 hour is scheduled though...

I'm currently using Inspiration as my mind mapping tool and I understand that y'all don't think that much of that particular program, much prefering Mind Manager. I'm a bi-platform kinda guy; Macs at home and PCs at the office. I need a program in which I can make a mind map on one platform...

Looking for a coach to aid in setting up & implementing GTD in business/home office. Asside from GTD professional coaching options, are there any individuals/groups that can aid in this process ON SITE (Los Angeles Area)?

Do I need a physical w/f folder? I read that the paper sheet isn´t the reminder, but that I write something concerning the stuff I´m waiting for on my w/f list. So why store the paper sheets in an extra folder (instead of shifting them to reference or project support) ?

I'm back on the GTD bandwagon and running into an issue I've had in the past. I have a couple projects on my list that involve areas of focus I know I want to work on. For example, I used to have a very serious magic hobby, and still occasionally dabble in it. I think I would like to be more...

Don't you ever feel frustrated having to follow so many principles and rules in the art of stress-free productivity? Are there some of you who have been practising for a long time you still don't really get it? I am currently in the progress of finishing a book written in the 40s by Mortimer...

Hi there, If I understand correctly - GTD recommends not assigning "due dates" to actions, unless it is absolutely necessary (such as a customer meeting scheduled for a specific day). I initially had a hard time buying into this, but slowly realizing the benefit of this approach when managing...

David presented "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" for TedX @ Claremont Colleges. Awesome presentation about the essence of GTD. (22 min)

Whether I am brainstorming goals, projects, or tasks, or, for that matter, outlining a potential book or lecture, the traditional process is to use some kind of capture tool (sequential, such as Word, or non-sequential, such as Mind Manager) to capture, organize, and edit my thoughts. Question...

David's latest Productive Living email about "dummy" work compels me to share a neat little tip that my GTD coach Julie Ireland (thanks Julie!!!) shared with me a couple years ago. She encouraged me to identify dummy work with its own unique context: "@BrainDead" -- which I've since abbreviated to...

I am implementing GTD for about 8 month now and it really helps me a lot. One problem I have is when I process my inbox, I will encounter action support material which will trigger an action which will take about 5-10 minutes (more than 2). There is a high probability that I will do this action...

I am currently using a Moleskine as my GTD system. I am confused about the Project section. Should I just have the project title and the outcome or am I supposed to detail all the various steps in each project page? If so, is it normal to have a pages and pages about projects?