David Allen's Blog, page 59
May 4, 2015
GTD Saved My Job
We love getting testimonials from fellow GTD Practitioners!
“Yesterday marks my fifth anniversary of the beginning of my GTD journey. Yes, I’ve stuck with the program for five years and I’m still enthusiastically living the GTD lifestyle. It saved my sanity five years ago; this year it played a major role in saving my job and rebuilding a tarnished image. I ended up in a very bad situation because of the way I handled being left without steady project work for a long period of time after several weeks of training. My skills rusted and my attitude and self-confidence deteriorated; I found myself in a state of learned helplessness. Then one day I found myself faced with being fired if I didn’t “shape up”; with that reprimand finally came a long-term assignment that would no doubt be the deciding factor of whether or not I would remain employed. It turned into an opportunity unlike any other I’ve had in my career and GTD played a major role in my making the most of it. In the past year I’ve gone from being marked as an underperforming employee on the verge of losing his job to a high performer with multiple awards for special effort and achievement. GTD provided the framework I needed to exhibit the highly efficient and effective behavior that allowed me to get my skills and my confidence back into gear and perform at my best. I also had the good fortune of being noticed by one of the product owners who through a mentoring relationship helped me to overcome the bad PR and create a new image. It also led to a new job within the company; I’m now closely working with him on his team. To repay what he’s done for me I intend to share GTD with him once he has the bandwidth to learn it. One of the greatest needs a person has is the need to know he/she is making a difference. You’ve made a huge difference in my life more than once and I’m forever grateful.”
-GTD Practitioner
April 28, 2015
David Allen featured in The Entrepreneur’s Library
The Entrepreneur’s Library is a podcast, blog and community devoted to books that entrepreneurs would find useful, so it’s no wonder Getting Things Done is featured there. This blog post features “5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn from David Allen.”
April 27, 2015
Soaring with the GTD Two-Minute Rule
A reminder from a customer that implementing even one piece of the GTD methodology can have major positive effects:
“Just wanted to send my success story describing how ‘Getting Things Done’ has changed who I am! I was a little apprehensive at first wondering if the tips would be geared mainly for the workplace and not enough for the home front, which is where I desperately needed help. The two-minute rule now has my family watching me fly around the house with their mouths hanging open. Always one to absolutely dread housework and needing to get major work done in the summer since I work September-May for a school district, I would procrastinate because I was at a loss to know where to begin, and the dust would continue to sit. I would find excuses and continually hop in the car day after day to avoid bigger cleaning projects. Just from the two-minute rule alone, I even challenge myself to squeeze a three-minute job into two minutes and bounding up and downstairs within my time limit, has now caused me to have a five pound weight loss. I feel happier and more productive than ever. While the rest of the family watches TV in the evening, I continue to graze to see what else I can squeeze into my day! I feel a secret has been revealed to me and I could never go back to my old lifestyle. Such a simple concept but what a monumental change it has made in my life!”
-GTD Practitioner
April 21, 2015
WGNtv Interview with David Allen
David Allen clarifies a few GTD principles via Skype with WGN Chicago.
Click here to watch this candid interview!
April 20, 2015
Taking Off with GTD
Here’s a fun testimonial that we received!
“Since taking David’s class for the first time 3 years ago, my life has really taken off. I’ve gotten 2 promotions and a husband. I won’t give GTD credit for the husband, but it definitely helped with the promotions!”
-GTD Practitioner
April 16, 2015
Forbes and David Allen On GTD for Entrepreneurs
Forbes talks with David Allen to remind us why Getting Things Done is particularly good for entrepreneurs.
March 25, 2011
Member Exclusive: Quick Capture On A Smartphone
When I'm on my iPhone, I have a contact with first and last name of "Q" that points to my work email inbox. I chose that because it's super fast and easy when I am addressing and I don't have any other contacts with Q in the name...
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