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GTD Times: GTD Times rank well in management & leadership blogs

We were thrilled to see that GTD Times ranked #7 among quite a prestigious list of the top management and leadership blogs.  We just passed our 2-year anniversary with GTD Times.  Thanks to all who have contributed over the years.  If you'd like to contribute a personal story about your journey with GTD, we'd love to hear from you!

GTD Times: How I break out of a rut

Community Contribution from Mike Vardy

I'm about to state the obvious.

We're all human.

Ergo, we make mistakes. Like creating words like "ergo."

Beyond "The Royal We," we're individuals. I'm sure you didn't create the word "ergo" but I am pretty certain you've made other mistakes. I know I've made my share. For example, starting off this article as I have. That'd be one.

Another I make is getting off track rather than Getting Things Done. Hey, it happens to the best of us, right?

A prolonged ...

Member Exclusive: IPhone Documents To Go

I just want to share my enthusiasm for this program. I use to use it on my Palm Treo and have found the iPhone version to be more reliable in sync and only one third of the price.

As the name implies it allows you to read, edit and create MS Office documents. I have the Premium version; there is ...

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

Great news about lots of email is how consistently it forces you to get clear what's really meaningful to your work/life.

Podcast: David Allen - Describing GTD to Teens

David Allen describes how he explained the value of GTD to teens. This is a great clip for those of you who would love to share this with your kids. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 5:08). For access to all previous podcasts, check out our complete podcast feed.

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GTD Times: Controlling your work instead of being controlled by it

Dear David and Co.,

About three years ago, on a long plane ride, I was able to fully deploy GTD into a paper-based system.  I had read the book. And the book suggested writing down all active Projects, Tasks, and Waiting Fors.

After writing down all my projects, I looked at the list. It was easy to see I had too many irons in the fire.  Looking at the Projects list, I knew what I had to to next.  More importantly, I knew what I had NOT to do.

Within several hours of getting off the plane I...

Member Exclusive: GTD In Gmail?

Hi,

I know there's a description for how to set up Gmail as a list manager, probably by Kelly Forrester and Wayne Pepper, but I'm not finding it. I get too many hits. I'm not even sure if it's a document or audio. Pointers, please?

Thanks!
Christina

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

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GTD Times: Take a Guided GTD Weekly Review Class on Twitter

I'll be doing another free guided GTD Weekly Review on Twitter this coming Friday, March 26th at 10am California time.  These events are fun, easy to follow and a great way to get a taste of a GTD best practice.

What: It will be a working Twitter class.  Over an hour, I'll guide people through the 11-steps of the GTD Weekly Review through a series of Tweets. You'll want to be in front of your system (at least calendar, lists, email, inboxes etc.) to take action based on the Tweets.  While...

Member Exclusive: A Question On Project (outcome) Wording...

Hey everybody,

I captured a thought that popped into my head on a recent GTD seminar, where one of the coaches talked about the wording of project and how that should serve as a source of inspiration to you.

My thought is - if the ideal project outcome depends on someone else being inspired to...