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Member Exclusive: The Outdoor Mindsweep - Aug 3

Meg Edwards shares how she does an outdoor mindsweep.

Member Exclusive: County Fair Week

This week is the local Delta County Fair. Most years I show chickens and sheep. This year it's only chickens but we are showing 2 different breeds. Chicken training is pretty well done, we've got to give them baths today and trim toenails and I've got to find the baby oil for oiling the combs, feet ...

Member Exclusive: Ok To Have An NA That Isn't Related To A Project?

Is it ok to have an next action in a context that isn't related to a project?

Member Exclusive: What One Feature Do You Find The Most Value On GTD Connect?

What feature on GTD connect rewards you with the most value over and over again?

Member Exclusive: Sometimes The Best NAs Are On No Lists

I was doing some around the house collecting as part of a mind sweep and came across some photo prints I had never done anything with. I added hang photos on wall to my project list but I suddenly was overwhelmed with creative energy, found some mounting paste and arranged the photos on the wall. Th...

Member Exclusive: What Aspect Of GTD Gives You The Biggest Rush?

Where do you get your biggest energy rush from GTD?

Simply GTD with Kelly: Where to catch me...

For the past 4 years, it's been an absolute pleasure for me to write for this blog. It's been a great outlet for me to hone my GTD skills, interact with the community, share my stories, and support my coaching clients and seminar participants. I am still planning on writing about GTD, in fact, I am contributing more than ever these days in the form of articles, podcasts, videos, webinars and online classes. But, I've decided to put my efforts in a few different areas than this blog.

So with tha

Member Exclusive: Know Thyself

One thing about GTD that many people, myself included, like about GTD is that it's a set of principles (beliefs) that allows for freedom about how you practice these principles. This is of value because we are unique individuals. We have different personalities. We have different experiences. We ...

Member Exclusive: Back On Track

haven't really fallen off the wagon, but I've not done a good weekly review in a couple of weeks, my tickler file was a couple of weeks behind and things were a little chaotic. I've gone a good job of getting my physical inbox to empty and keeping my email to empty, but omnifocus was becoming a litt...

GTD Times: Why is it so hard for human beings to get organized?

A GTD'er asked David Allen:

I have read Getting Things Done many times and am attending the Boston seminar.  I have a question:  Why is it so hard for human beings to get organized?  Why do the techniques you recommend require so much effort and encounter such resistance from human nature?  I'm not interested in this academically, but if there is some biological/psychological/historical aspect of human nature that makes it so difficult to organize, it might help us learn how to overcome them an