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David knocked it out of the park with this one! This talk in particular had a uniqueness for me that I didnt pick up with his other talks. The great powerpoint and storytelling about his boating...

Tom, I also use a WF folder like S-Tolland: A desktop holding bin that I will look at during the weekly review (at a minimum). For example, If I capture a voicemail off my phone, return the phone...

Will, the mind-mapping set up I use could be helpful to you. I use a mac at home and a PC at work. I use the program XMIND which is free and very useful (available for mac and PC). I keep my mind map...

@Clara, thanks for your response.

@Andy, 5-year GTDer. As my circumstances have changed I have moved from paper to Palm to Outlook. I am currently working out of a letter-size, tabbed, 3-ring...

I had a couple questions about the GTD Coordinator for those that have them:

1) I noticed that the calendar has weekly pages, but are there monthly overview pages as well for longer range...

Your understanding of my problem is correct John. The gist is that when I get home, I often have diapers to change and dishes to wash, etc. The result being that by the time I go to sleep, I have...

I just wanted to post a question to the forum about working off my lists from home.
While at work I am generally in control of my workday: I am able to check my calendar and work off incoming work...

I have been recently thinking about my paper ased GTD system and would like to run the ideas by the group and get some opinions and best practices that have given success stories. I currently use a...

In light of the recent DAC podcast on processing... I was hoping to hear more mentioned about the 2-min rule. I was interested in hearing about how folks on the forum use it in their processing.
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Dan, How did Kelly recommend setting it up?

For a while I was actually using a version of Mark Forsters DIT, by using 2 in-trays. The process basically has a person batch a day's worth of work in inbox A and then once a day transfer the...

After listening to the recent DA Podcast on Collecting, I had some thoughts on how to improve my system and how to clean up some bad habits... I usually work from a desk. Next to me is a stack of...

Mih,
Yes, sometimes those small things are best handled on the front end.

Mih, etc.

It seems you are trying to shortcut the five stages of workflow. My first question would be to ask if you see value in separating these DISTINCT activities. I do, thats why I am asking....

I have a subfolder out of my inbox called ARCHIVE. I drag over EVERYTHING that doesnt need to go in @Waiting. Periodically, the ARCHIVE folder backs itself up on my C:/ drive. Since everything is so...

I think that sometimes we drink a little too much of the KOOL AID. Xmind is a fantastic mind mapping tool. And its FREE! I have had much better results than when I used FREEMIND.
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I like this idea too. Maybe just create a "Projects-Potential Clients" List in outlook for these to keep an eye on.

Chad, I am pretty quick on using Outlook, but for sales inquiries, for my job, I use a paper based approach to phone calls/inquiries. For each, I take notes on a legal pad, take any action that might...

Do you have agenda items to go over with your kids? Maybe put the lists away and play with your kids? That could be the Most Important Thing. I still need to remember this myself.

I dig the...

Katherine, do you keep your SDMB lists on Paper or Electronic? I thought I remembered you moving over to paper...

Erik