David Allen's Blog, page 94

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

Member Exclusive: IThoughts

Ithoughts I would ask (OK, bad play on words)...have any of you tried this mindmapping tool on the iPhone?

http://www.ithoughts.co.uk/iThoughts/Welcome.html

Kelly

Member Exclusive: Making Sense Of Money

If you've got financial goals, or areas of responsibility that include finances, here are some current resources you may find valuable.

For a humorous, personal, and instructive look at investing, I recommend Jeffrey Goldberg's article in The Atlantic, called "Why I Fired My Broker." His exposur...

Member Exclusive: Managing The Project List On A BlackBerry

Connect member Stephanie emailed me to ask:
[QUOTE:]I am a blackberry user and so I am finding creating tasks and managing email using the GTD system / Outlook / Blackberry is working wonderfully. However, I am stuck on how to manage my project list outside of my tasks lists. I like the idea of ke...

Member Exclusive: Tasks With Due Dates - List Or Calendar?

Connect member Dave asked:
Should a task to be done on a certain date be indicated on my calendar or my task list or both?

Coach Wayne weighed in:
If the task has to be done ON the day, my recommendation is that you put it on that day in the calendar. If it has to be done BY that day, then I'...