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Member Exclusive: David Allen And Lisa Mullins

Lisa Mullins is the producer and anchor of The World. In this interview, Lisa shares about her work, world news and her experience with GTD.

Member Exclusive: Stanford Study On Multitasking

A woman in a seminar once told me that multitasking was "my opportunity to screw up two things at the same time." Laughing out loud I recall saying, "I resemble that comment."

I recall pre-GTD living the daily struggle of a mutlitasker - and to make matters worse I was attempting to do this from...

Member Exclusive: Creating Checklists

Coach James Stevenson shares the value of checklists in a GTD system for recurring tasks.

Member Exclusive: How To Prepare Timelines Of Projects?

Hi Folks,

I know this has been discussed before, but as I am a new Connect member, I thought I would ask this here.

When one has several projects ongoing, many of which are complex, how does one within GTD prepare timelines for getting things done? So one completes their weekly review and has...

GTD Times: When to block your calendar

Is it OK to block your calendar to work on something, even if it doesn't have a concrete deadline?  GTD'er Michael asked about the best ways to find time for the time-demanding projects that are important, but don't have a deadline.  One of our executive coaches replied with some helpful tips.<!--more-->

I have been using the Getting Things Done system for about two years now and with terrific success. The ability to free my mind of all the commitments I've made and things I need to do has not only helped

Member Exclusive: OneNote In GTD

I just started playing with Microsoft One Note to organize notes on my Novel and it made me wonder of ways I can integrate it into my GTD System. Is there anyone who uses OneNote in there system? How do you use it?

Member Exclusive: Other Books For Perspective And Balance?

The following books have caught my attention when they have been mentioned in the forums:

War of Art
First Things First
The Power of Full Engagement

I´m getting better on control, but I notice that I need to gain perspective to shorten my lists and get the important stuff done. I also need a...

Member Exclusive: A Project In My Calendar

Hi everyone,

I sometimes have a project that suddenly came at me and has to be started and finished today, so I enter it into my calendar. But the point here is like this:

If I put the project description in my calendar, it is 'stuff' - every time I look at it I have to rethink- what is the ne...

Member Exclusive: Doing Vs. Processing Email

Connect member Andrés asked:
It took me about 2 hours to empty my e-mail inbox after a weekend. When I finished, I found around 30 e-mail from today. Should I start over again? This happens to me a lot, and I find it difficult to spend time in the DOING part of the process because of this.

Coach...

Podcast: Kelly Forrister - GTD Outlook Add-In

Kelly Forrister chats with Dean Hering, chief innovator for Netcentrics--developers of the popular Getting Things Done Outlook Add-In. They discuss what's new in the latest release and why it's such a useful tool for GTD'ers on Outlook. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 32:53). For access to all previous podcasts, check out our complete podcast feed. <!-- -->

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