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GTD Times: A vast majority of professionals are in "emergency scanning" mode

David Allen has a regular column on Wired UK these days.  One of his recent articles, Focus on the Unimportant, is a great read for those of you who are still looking for more guidance on the priorities piece of GTD.

"A vast majority of professionals are in "emergency scanning" mode. Their self-management consists of checking for and acting on the loudest immediacies — in email, in the hallways and on the phone. Everything else is shoved to the side of the desk, and to the back of their...

GTD Times: How David Allen uses mindmaps

Dean, an architect, wrote to David to ask for detail on using mindmaps in his GTD system.  Here's the whole thread:

Hi David,

I have enjoyed reading Getting Things Done and Making It All Work.  I own an architecture firm in Michigan, and have been implementing your GTD system into my work and life plan.  I am very close to a smooth-flowing GTD process; However, I have one obstacle to overcome, and I would greatly appreciate your recommendation...

I use MindManager 8 as an outstanding tool f...

Member Exclusive: Reminder Overkill

My dentist has a system where he sends a reminder card via snail mail about a month before the appointment. The patient is supposed to call and confirm their appointment. This has always bugged me, because they call you the day before and remind you anyway.

I was thrilled on my last visit when ...

GTD Times: Podcast on the GTD best practices of organizing

Having a total and seamless system of organization gives you tremendous power because it allows your mind to let go of the lower-level thinking and graduate to intuitive focusing, undistracted by matters that haven't been dealt with appropriately. - David Allen

In other words...get a seamless, leakproof system for tracking everything you can't do in the moment--personally and professionally.  And make sure you trust it more than holding stuff in your brain.

In our podcast series on the best ...

Member Exclusive: I Collected, I Processed, I Stumbled...

I'm doing a little better, but the Organize step seems to be my biggest weakspot. I finally just pushed through with something resembling Organization of my Next Actions and Project Lists, and did my Weekly Review, rather than giving up as I have before. Wow, that really helped!

So here's what I ...

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

Kelly's leading a Twitter-guided "mind sweep" Thursday. #GTD -ers, take advantage! http://bit.ly/1fInNH

GTD Times: Next GTD Twitter Class - Clearing your mind

I will be hosting another free GTD Twitter class this Thursday, October 15th at 9am Pacific Time.  Just 30 minutes of clearing your mind. Here's the scoop:

What: It will be a working Twitter session. I'll guide people through the GTD Mindsweep process through a series of Tweets.  Mindsweep is part of the Collect phase of GTD (read chapter 5 of the Getting Things Done book to get a quick overview of this process.)  It will be up to you to then process & organize it (chapters 6 & 7 of the book...

GTD Times: Coaching videos for GTD Outlook Add-In users

Meg Edwards, one of our senior coaches, created some fantastic coaching videos with the team at Netcentrics--makers of the Getting Things Done Outlook Add-In.  If you use this tool, you'll find these to be a great series for learning to get the most out of this tool for your GTD system.  Even if you don't use this tool, there is gold to be mined in Meg talking about the best practices of using Outlook.

Watch now

(GTD Connect members can watch these inside the Connect Media Library)

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Podcast: David Allen - Best Practices of Organize

In this episode, the 3rd in this GTD best practices series by David Allen and his tech team, they take a look at the best practices of organize. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 29:07). For access to all previous podcasts, check out our complete podcast feed.

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