Help!! Again!

[gator]

Hello
I have written before about my procrastinating ways. Which system to use, what size Ciirca notebook letter or jr., which app etc.etc.etc. my company just gave me an iPad so of course I'm looking at what apps to use, wasting more and more time. I'm a sales professional, and I'm hurting myself with this crazy roller coaster of what tools to use and I'm not getting Anything done.my iPad is great, but mainly for presentations. I have a laptop and I MUST use the CRM which makes sense. So why will an app like toodledo, to do, Evernote etc. etc. be beneficial? I met with a client recently who had a spiral notebook and an iPad. He has his stuff together, why not me? This obsession is hurting me. The Circa notebooks drive me nuts with paper coming out all the time, these apps take more time to use and there's always something new. I'm thinking of going with a basic nice spiral notebook, iPad for my presentations and the crm for my notes, follow ups etc. somebody hit me over the head and wake me up please.......

[TesTeq]

I'm a sales professional

Do you really like your job? Are you passionate about selling? About persuading people to buy stuff or services?

[Popeye]

Do you really like your job? Are you passionate about selling? About persuading people to buy stuff or services?

I don´t see the connection here... Do you mean that if I love my job, I don´t procastenate... in other words.. If all of us loved our jobs, non of us needed to hang around at the Connect forums?? and David Allen and his team would work with some other stuff.

With a job that I like, yes things go easier to do there...

@Gator...

I can only say to you.. scale it down to the simplest system you can have at all horizons..

Read the book, Getting things done (again)

what tools do you need? https://secure.davidco.com/connect/w...load.php?id=70


I´m using a Filofax, I also used this setupguide: https://secure.davidco.com/connect/w...load.php?id=70



Try not to compare you self with others power-users here at the forums, ´cause you could feel low... "They are getting this, I don´t... what´s wrong with me....."

Good luck

[Suelin23]

I've been doing GTD for about 1 year and 4 months, and spent the first year chopping and changing systems! I've finally settled down on the perfect system, but honestly you have to try a system before you know if it suits you. Pick a system, any system, use it for a month and then decide whether to keep going or try something else.

[TesTeq]

I don´t see the connection here... Do you mean that if I love my job, I don´t procastenate... in other words.. If all of us loved our jobs, non of us needed to hang around at the Connect forums?? and David Allen and his team would work with some other stuff.

Yes, I believe that if you love your job you do not procrastinate. It is even worse - you procrastinate by doing your job. You forget to take a shower, to tidy up your flat and sometimes even to eat!

David Allen would not work with some other stuff because he loves GTD and procrastinates by spreading the word!

[Oogiem]

This obsession is hurting me. The Circa notebooks drive me nuts with paper coming out all the time, these apps take more time to use and there's always something new. I'm thinking of going with a basic nice spiral notebook, iPad for my presentations and the crm for my notes, follow ups etc.

Pick a system, any system and use it for a while, a month is ideal if you can manage it or even a bit longer. One of your projects should be "Determine what form my successful GTD system will take." Or something like that and make a project of deciding what is important to you, how you work, what appeals to you etc and then go from there.

GTD is not about the mechanics of whether you use circa or moleskin or omnifocus or outlook or whatever, GTD is about the method and the process. You need to learn that then decide on the tools that help you best implement the process.

[mcogilvie]

I think gtd works best when you know yourself as fully as possible. To paraphrase an old saying: "An honest man doesn't lie to others. A really honest man doesn't lie to himself." When things aren't working, you have to ask 'why?' repeatedly until you get to the bottom of things. Sometimes you find the answer in shallow water, and sometimes you have to go deep.

[kelstarrising]

If you love your job you do not procrastinate.

Wow, that's a pretty strong statement. I love my job and I procrastinate all the time!

[Popeye]

Wow, that's a pretty strong statement. I love my job and I procrastinate all the time!

I second that

[TesTeq]

I love my job and I procrastinate all the time!

OMG! I hope the new David Allen Company CEO will not read this!