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Member Exclusive: Guided Weekly Review - June 2009

June 2009 - Walk through the essentials of the GTD Weekly Review with Coach Kelly Forrister. A great refresher for those of you familiar with the process or helpful support if you're still getting this habit down.

Member Exclusive: Is There Such A Thing As "ideal Processing Time"?

Our well know GTD Coach Kelly posted yesterday this very interesting tweet in which she came up with the statement that tehre is such a thing called "processing too fast".

This lead to a very interesting conversation between her and me about the fact if there is such a thing called "ideal proces...

GTD Times: A GTD Tweetup in Oslo

GTD enthusiast Frode Odegard is hosting a free GTD 'Tweetup' in Oslo, Norway next week.  You can also follow the event through live video stream.  Check it out.  Frode said he also plans to host a San Diego one as well this fall.

Member Exclusive: How Did You Learn To Mind Map Ideas?

Mind mapping seems to be one of those techniques, that when done right, can reap tremendous information or insight to a project. But as an engineer, I have not been exposed to a lot of instances where the technique of mind mapping was employed or what I thought was used correctly.

I've sat dow...

Member Exclusive: Telecoaching Costs?

I was looking on the site for any info on the rough order of magnitude costs for telecoaching. Can't find anything. Telecoaching has been suggested to me several times but I've resisted because of the perceived cost involved. So some idea of the actual costs per day or per hour or per session or how...

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

Fascinated by posts re: non GTD or anti GTD. Who's interested in getting things done w/more effort , not less? What else is GTD?

Member Exclusive: Newbie Question About Collecting/paper

Member Exclusive: Managing Dual Systems

A GTD'er asked:
GTD suggests having a single place to collect all of one's lists, thoughts, projects, goals, etc. Ditto for a calendar. But what do you do when necessity dictates that you operate with two systems?

In many companies, all "company" resources - calendars, Outlook, lists, etc. - a...

Member Exclusive: David Allen On Twitter

Just saw that there's 7 sq ft of self-storage space for every U.S. citizen. You don't need it, folks!!!

Member Exclusive: Reviewing, Learning Styles, History Of Connect - Sept 14

September 14 - In this episode of Up Close, David Allen shares about a few things that have come up in the Connect Forums recently, including:
- Reviewing and working with Areas of Focus
- Tips for the Weekly Review
- Learning Styles (with DA giving some background on Connect)
- David's upcoming...