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Member Exclusive: Minding The Gap

When I was first learning GTD, I remember it took me a while to grok the gap between project outcomes (the finish line) and next actions (what's next). Where do those go? How do I not lose them? What gets me back to them? I recall asking David one day, "What reminds you to buy that plane ticket for...

GTD Times: The Evolution of a GTD Workspace

GTD Times recently had a post requesting that people share pics of their workspaces that had been inspired by Getting Things Done.  I contacted the Editor and she graciously suggested that I write up a little post about the evolution of my workspace and my GTD practice.

When I set up my very first home office I was so excited about Getting Things Done. I had just read the book and was looking forward to using the techniques to start moving forward on my goals and dreams, things that I had in a

Member Exclusive: Blackberry Hotkeys

In the options on the call screen turn off Dial from home screen and you can then use these hot keys from the home screen:
M Messages (Inbox)
C Compose
L Calendar
A Address Book
T Tasks
B BlackBerry Web Browser
D MemoPad
F Profiles
H Help
K Keyboard Lock
O Options screen
R Alarm
I...

Member Exclusive: Idea: Energy Lines For Teams

I was reading an article at Behance about energy lines and thought this visual was an interesting idea that might apply to my own world.

Anyone working with something like this?

Member Exclusive: Pls Advise On Seminars

Hi all,

I'm new to GTD, and would like to attend a couple of public seminars to reinforce my learnings.

I noticed there are 2 seminars that might work for me from a timing perspective: GTD Mastering Workflow in L.A. next week and GTD Making It All Work in N.Y./D.C. in September.

Has anyon...

Member Exclusive: Introducing GTD Principles To A Team

More and more people have been asking me how to get their team excited about Getting Things Done (GTD) without making it seem like they're pushing the latest organizational "thing." It's not uncommon for someone who has experienced a seminar, coaching, or just stumbled across one of David's books, ...

Member Exclusive: Procrastination - July 2009

Coaches Kelly Forrister and Meg Edwards share a wealth of tips & tricks for tackling procrastination.

Member Exclusive: NAs From The GTDconnect Forums

Does anyone have any quick ways of adding an NA to your system from the forums? I was just reading http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?p=68786#post68786 and realized I didn't have a method in place to do this.

[*:]Printing the forum page and dropping it in your inbox
[*:]Copying and pasti...

Member Exclusive: The Freedom To Make A Big, Fat Mess

I thought Connect members would enjoy this article over on GTDTimes from a mom in Minnesota, Meghan Wilker. She is also going to be featured in an upcoming In Conversation with David Allen soon. She is fun, smart and creative and I hope you find her tips about bringing GTD home and sharing it with ...

GTD Times: The Freedom to Make a Big, Fat Mess

A couple of weeks ago (during an In Conversation that will be posted later this summer on GTDConnect), David  Allen asked me if I practice GTD with my kids. In response, I laughed and said, "No." After all, my daughter is three years old and my son is just nine months. They can hardly do GTD, can they?!

But, in the weeks since we talked, I paid more attention to how GTD factors into our family life and realized that -- though they are quite young -- there are elements of GTD that I am already te