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Podcast: David Allen & Russell Bishop - Workarounds

David Allen and Russell Bishop were featured guests on a radio podcast discussing Russell's new book, Workarounds That Work. Learn the keys to conquering anything that stands in your way at work. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 1:05:26). For access to all previous podcasts, check out our complete podcast feed.




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Member Exclusive: Workarounds That Work

David Allen and Russell Bishop were featured guests on a radio podcast discussing Russell's new book, Workarounds That Work. They discuss some interesting intersections with GTD and high performing individuals.

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

The trees & their paper would be so thrilled, knowing how much value I'm producing, using them.

Member Exclusive: More Questions To Ask About "done"

There were some things I didn't get to today, but it was because a new printer I ordered last week (after too much postponing) arrived. It is my third Brother MFC. There were several phases to the process of setting it up; it took about three hours. The old and new printer are both heavy and bulk...

GTD Times: Webinar on using Outlook for GTD

For those of you who use Microsoft Outlook® for your GTD system, we hope you'll tune in to our next webinar on GTD Connect.  Senior Coach Kelly Forrister will walk you through the essentials of optimizing your productivity with Outlook.  You'll see examples of how to set up the Task lists for projects and actions, best practices for the calendar, email, and much more.  Outlook 2007 will be shown, but most of what will be demonstrated will be universal to all Outlook versions, and applicable to all Outlook users.

Join us on Thursday, January 27th from 10am-11am Pacific Time.

Free for all GTD Connect guest pass, monthly and annual members. To register for the webinar, log in to GTD Connect and follow the link on the home page.

Member Exclusive: Take The GTD Weekly Review Challenge - February

Hello GTD Connect members!

Back by popular demand--the next GTD Weekly Review Challenge! For the month of February, can you complete at least 3 GTD Weekly Reviews? If so, each time you complete one, please come back to this Forum and report in as a reply to this post. Let us know:


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GTD Times: What to do if you're smart and imaginative

David Allen received this email from a student:
I consider myself to be very smart and imaginative. The people that get to know me always have a very good impression of me and have great expectations from me. More importantly, I have a lot of dreams and ideas. But I'm not very practical and everything ends at a theoretical phase. I never have clear objectives and I'm always confused by dozens of thoughts and can't focus properly on what I do.

Most of the time I feel like I'm wasting my time, and would rather be doing something else. I always feel I ought to organize, so I make a nice, tight schedule. But after a couple of days it's gone, and I'm back at the beginning.

If I had to describe the last 10 years of my life in a sentence I would say: "I woke up every morning to row in yet another direction."

I have read your book and tried to apply roughly your technique. I have to admit that it works to some extent, but it did not bring the radical change in my life that I expected.

David replied:
Thank you for reaching out with your email. I empathize with your situation -- I've been there myself many times in my earlier life.

The best thing to do is to ask yourself, "What do I really want to be experiencing in my life?" And then, when you have that short list in front of you, ask yourself, "What is the most immediate thing I could commit to, that would start to move me in the direction of getting those experiences?"

You may find that the experiences will show up sooner than you think!

I hope that may be of some help to you. And you have my best wishes.

GTD Times: Intro to GTD on MoneyWatch

Robert Pagliarini is a self-proclaimed "productivity/efficiency nut," who became a fan of David Allen's book Getting Things Done .  He's also a regular contributor to CBS MoneyWatch.  We found his useful introduction to GTD from a few months back.  Like his other columns, it's timely at any time.

GTD has transformed my life. I've gone from trying to keep everything in my head or on notepads, to having a systematic way to address any kind of physical, electronic, or mental information. Plus, I always know where I stand with all my personal and professional projects, what next step is needed to move each project forward, and who needs to get back to me.

His brief introduction includes a description of GTD, objectives, and steps.  Enjoy!

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

Nice PCWorld review of my colleague Russ Bishop's new book, Workarounds That Work. http://bit.ly/h7EW7d

GTD Times: Common misconceptions about GTD

What does David Allen say the most common misconceptions are about GTD?  What did David want to be when he was growing up?  Does Getting Things Done really save time versus just doing the work?  Listen to this fun, informative podcast with GTD Times community contributor Mike Vardy and David Allen. (23 minutes)

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