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Member Exclusive: GTD And ActiveWords

One of the tools David Allen uses on his PC is ActiveWords, a tool often described as "solving a problem you didn't know you had." It essentially streamlines the navigation and common tasks we do all day long; send emails, go to web sites, create new tasks, insert text, open files and more.

Podcast: David Allen - GTD and ActiveWords

In this podcast, David Allen interviews the developer of ActiveWords, a popular tool for accelerating common tasks. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 29:40). For access to all previous podcasts, check out our complete podcast feed. <!-- -->




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GTD Times: Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords

One of the tools David Allen uses on his PC is ActiveWords, a tool often described as "solving a problem you didn't know you had."  It essentially streamlines the navigation and common tasks we do all day long; send emails, go to web sites, create new tasks, insert text, open files and more.  Recently, David recorded a podcast with Buzz Bruggeman, the developer of ActiveWords, to explore this tool in more detail for our GTD Toolbox series.

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Member Exclusive: Horizons Of Focus - Areas Of Focus - Part II

In my last article in Coaches Connection, I identified the different Horizons of Focus (Runway up to 50,000 feet) and discussed how the lists play into a Getting Things Done system. In this article I'd like to focus on 20,000 level, or Areas of Responsibility and Focus. First, let's define that te...

Member Exclusive: New Tag Cloud On Connect

I am thrilled to announce a new "tag cloud" feature on the home page of GTD Connect.

Over the years, we have have been diligent in tagging the media on GTD Connect with relevant keywords, such as "Weekly Review", "Process", "Creativity" and more. This new keyword tag cloud should make it super ...

Member Exclusive: Celebrating Achievements And Accomplishments

Hi folks,

One of the things I've noticed over the years is that many achievement oriented people are often not great at celebrating their accomplishments. The tendency seems to be to rush right past an achievement on the way to working toward the next one. Does anyone else find this to be true?
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Member Exclusive: Independence Day Thoughts

As we celebrate our independence day (2 days late from history but this is traditional :-) ) our town is having the annual Cherry Days event. This year there are actually cherries. Some years they have frozen, some they are later and some years like this one they are perfect. Sweet Black Bings (neve...

Member Exclusive: Spreadsheet As List Manager

I use MS Excel as my list manager, carrying my file in a pen drive that I have always with me so that I can use it at home and in the office and sometimes I print parts of lists like @errands or @ calls when I will be out and about.

I wonder if there are any other Excel freaks like myself here t...

Member Exclusive: Looking At Blackberry

I'm looking at a Blackberry, after using Palm OS handhelds since 1997. I was all set to get a Centro from AT&T. That way I would have a new PDA, on the same carrier as Kelly's iPhone. Seemed like an upgrade by downsizing from my bulkier Treo. My needs are simple, and I like the simple Palm OS li...

Member Exclusive: Outlook Webinar

We just posted registration details for a new Connect webinar I'm doing in July on Microsoft Outlook. You can register through the link on the home page of Connect.

Cheers!