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Member Exclusive: What Kind Of Capture Tool Do You Use?

With GTD we are supposed to keep a tool on hand at all times for capture; What kind of capture tool do you use?

GTD Times: Adapting GTD to managing sales and clients

This is how I have applied GTD to managing sales and client accounts. For the purpose of keeping true to the important  technologically-agnostic principle of GTD, I am going to describe my system as it would work in a paper-based way. You can adapt it to the various tools that you prefer or that are mandated by your employer. This article should be applicable to true salespeople, but equally to anyone who has a client-based career. This is for when you are wearing your salesperson hat.

You have

Member Exclusive: Avoiding Stuff - Aug 13

A Connect member asked:
How can I avoid the phenomenon of avoiding processing (for instance) a large filing cabinet of undifferentiated stuff because it's overwhelming?

Coach Julie replied:
I have encountered this situation numerous times in coaching sessions--the infamous filing cabinet that i...

GTD Times: The GTD Weekly Review event

Thanks to all of you who joined the GTD "Tweekly" Review I did this morning. Hope you found value!  Let me know if you'd like me to do another one. If the pace was a bit too speedy for you, you can always go back and review the Tweets I sent.  Here are all 11 steps to the GTD Weekly Review, for your reference:

GET CLEAR

Collect loose papers and materials
Get "In" to zero
Empty your head

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GET CURRENT

Review Action Lists
Review past calendar data
Review upcoming calendar
Review Wai

Member Exclusive: Mind Control

George Patton Quote "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and... night. But the body is never tired if the mind is n...

Member Exclusive: Project Planning Trigger List For Trips

I love the project planning trigger list. More than once it has led me to completing projects faster and better and sometimes has led to very exciting and creative ideas. Does anyone have any checklists or suggestions of things to check to create a more exciting trip experience for a few days out of...

Member Exclusive: I'm Tired Of Being 'the Effective' Employee

For the first time I had a coworker get upset because I've been too diligent in my follow-ups. This wasn't a case of calling twice a day and asking are you done. It was once a week dropping him an email asking if he had red-lined some as-built equipment specs. I've had other cases where coworkers...

Member Exclusive: Only Work, Errands, And Home Contexts?

I am looking for advice....particularly coaches from the David Allen Co. I have reduced my action contexts down to just three: work, errands and home. At work, I have all of the standard contexts available at all times -- computer, internet, phone, desk, etc. I am not that much of a road warrior ...

Member Exclusive: New Article From Dean Acheson Just Posted

Dean Acheson wrote an article for GTD Connect members on "The Mental Side of GTD." It's now posted in the Media Library for you to download.

FYI: All new articles to the Media Library are given a handy icon of either "New" or "Just Added" and will have that for approximately one month. That is...

GTD Times: Hop into the Twitter river tomorrow

In case you hadn't heard, I will be hosting a free, guided GTD "Tweekly Review" through Twitter tomorrow.

What: It will be a working Twitter session. 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.

When: Thursday, Aug 13, 9am - 10am PDT (Los Angeles time--find your local time)

How: Follow @GTDSpecialEvent or just launch this