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I think the criticisms made by you and others of Dennett on all 3 points are fair. Let me start over.

The idea is that with a relatively simple set of instructions (forget the word "algorithm")...

What drew me, in part, to GTD, was the algorithmic nature of the flow chart. As many before me have pointed out, the flow chart is effective for processing and organizing, but not for doing.

What...

Joe,

I am going to be pedantic here, but it's for a good reason.

There is an important difference between an action and a next action.

For the sake of argument, let's assume that you cannot...

Achieve Planner has dependencies: many to one, one to many, etc. It's very powerful, takes some time to learn, has a free trial.

Wendy,

I didn't recognize this thread when I saw it at the top of the list. I was shocked when I opened it and discovered that I had initiated it.

About 6 months after I made the first post in...

ratz,

Five posts in six years. I like people who, if they don't have anything important to say, don't say anything at all.

What I "take home" from your post this year is that GTD can be...

Big breakthroughs:

1. Buying an inbox. Before GTD, I didn't have one. It then took me a couple of years to develop the habit of getting my inbox to empty daily. I had some heavy resistance, but...

I have taken the position, for a number of months, that a modus vivendi between GTD and AF is possible and desirable. One can do both.

There is one significant change. My NA list is replaced by my...

In his "GTD Fast" audio program DA would say that he only thinks once a week (when he's doing his Weekly Review). He would colorfully describe his work as "cranking widgets" or working off his "punch...

DanGTD,

I love it. I installed it at home and work. It's great. Thanks.

moises

TesTeq,

Vive la difference!

If GTD is working well for you or for anyone else, why tinker with it?

There have been some common themes, however, among many on this forum. Some people like to...

Is this an a priori judgment or is it the product of your experience?

A priori, Covey's top-down Seven Habits is superior to David Allen's bottoms-up GTD. Once I tried them both, I found out that...

To jsreed:

I agree. If a NA is in my trusted system, I should want to get it done as soon as possible. Yet I wouldn't do it. This is called "weakness of will." It shouldn't happen. Yet it did...

Hi gator,

Like you, I am a long-time user of GTD. I first heard about Mark Forster on this forum. I have been using Autofocus since the first week of January. My experience thus far is that...

Nice article. Thanks.

I have Outlook 2003. I have been using the free add-in Xobni. It threads conversations and has the best search I've seen for Outlook e-mail.

I couldn't find it in Labs. Is it called Task Management?

Don't fret. You could put it both on your goal list and your project list. The most important thing is that it be on your project list. You seem to have a lot of specific outcomes already defined. It...

Totally unrelated to this discussion, I was reviewing the GTD literature this morning. Chapter 48 of Ready For Anything shocked me, though I've read it twice before and had no untoward reaction.
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If you look at Franklin-Covey's "Compass" planning system, they have a nice bound notebook that requires no binder or holder and is Classic-sized. Each page is lined with a tinted margin on the left...