Getting things done

Here are some of my recent finds on online tools ( that cost you nothing! ) that helps you keep your to do lists and planning in check! #1 I like this application. The concept is fun and quirky and very much useful. I am a big user of Gmail to manage all my other email [...]

Na verdade, isso serve para qualquer pessoa que tem muitas tarefas a fazer e deseja uma metodologia fácil, prática e realmente útil! Na semana passada eu mencionei que uso a metodologia GTD e hoje vou mostrar como eu me organizo utilizando essa técnica nas minhas demandas. Como mencionei no artigo anterior, a metodologia GTD baseia-se nas [...]

Yes, I know, I’ve been quiet of late.  Some of it is due to being caught up in the throes of depression and anxiety again.  Some of it is due to all of my emotional energy being used up by my job and leaving me with nothing left in the evening.  Most of it though [...]

BusinessWeek profiles Getting Things Done author David Allen and offers a crash course in the GTD personal productivity system. Has GTD changed your life or jumped the shark? Let us know what you think in the comments. [via] Full Article

Amazon.com Disciplines like strategy, leadership development, and innovation are the sexier aspects of being at the helm of a successful business; actually getting things done never seems quite as glamorous. But as Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan demonstrate in Execution, the ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is, in fact, the ability to execute. Execution is "the missing

SEO is an extensive daily activity that needs a good organization system. Different SEO professionals use different systems, programs, or other methods to make their SEO work more effectively and produce better results for themselves and their clients. However, there is no need to invent the wheel again when a guy named David Allen has [...]

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity # Author:David Allen# Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 288 pages# Publisher: Viking Adult; 1 edition (January 4, 2001)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0670899240# ISBN-13: 978-0670899241In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. Veteran coach and management consultant David Allen recognizes that time management is useless the minute yo

Remember the Milk’s in-house blog has a meaty post up from guest Doug Ireton, explaining how reader favorite to-do manager Remember the Milk can be fully integrated into any Getting Things Done system. We’ve previously posted a simple guide to RTM/GTD integration, but Ireton covers a lot more ground, from list organization to context tagging [...]

Feel like your Getting-Things-Done-style next-action list is slipping away from you? Having a hard time getting through the list because it’s feeling overwhelming? The Tools for Thought blog suggests taking a hard-eyed look at what tasks or projects might be irrelevant without your noticing the change:Maybe an increase in gas prices has made that road [...]

Getting Things Done: How to Conquer Procrastination We all do it; we push the things we enjoy least to the bottom of our to-do list. Day after day that list builds and builds. No matter how much... Brilliant Ideas to get Started in Business. I am wary of Internet Scams so I review online opportunities with a cautious eye ...

How to Ditch Dedicated GTD Apps [Getting Things Done] Mac user Dennis Best says that using David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity system on your Mac doesn't mean you need to find the ultimate GTD application—that the tools you already have in Mail.app, iCal and Finder get the job done fine. After trying out shiny GTD-specific applications (like Things, which dazzled us too), he's settled on using those built-in tools instead. I'm with Dennis on this—instead of using a special GTD app, I stick to a calendar, email inbox, and a few text files to stay organized. Not to be all finger-waggy, but ultimately it's up to you, not your software, to work the system. Getting things done (simply) in Leopard [Dennis Best via MicroPersuasion] Link - Gina Tr

Taxes are finally complete, sent off through cyberspace and satisfyingly checked off my Getting Things Done (GTD) list**. Getting tax stuff done with a lot less stress is one of many examples of how tedious chore type stuff has gone more smoothly for me since I've been using the system...and I have to say, I don't tend to be much of a personal organization "system" type of guy. If I'm able to use

David Orstein hat sich mit dem Thema GTD mit Outlook 2007 beschäftigt und eine ausführliche und nützliche Anleitung verfasst: Part 1 - BASICS: Navigation, Key New Outlook Capabilities Part 2 - WORKFLOW: The GTD basic workflow, my adaptation in Outlook Part 3 - IMPLEMENTATION: How to configure all of this in Outlook 2007

Book Description  ISBN-0743520343 Productivity trainer and consultant David Allen offers a crash course in basic time management and personal organization. While Allen’s reading is a little stiff, his enthusiasm for the topic and his passion for systems comes across loud and clear. Allen’s message is concise: Organize yourself to free your mind for greater pursuits. And this simple [...]

If you’re like me and most other modern day office works, you’ll find yourself checking your e-mail many times a day. Personally, I am rarely away from a computer so in fact, I have my Gmail window open at all times. Because of this fact, I have been using Gmail to keep track of my tasks and to help me in getting things done. This system of Gmail task management takes advantage of two major features of Gmail. Archiving - never having to delete anything. Keyboard shortcuts - maximizing efficiency and saving time. The Goal In using this system, the goal is to keep the Inbox and Drafts folder empty. That’s it! The Rules There are just 4 simple rules to follow: Write down everything! When you have a task to do, compose a draft with a description of the task as the subject title and save the draft (do not send it)! You can jot down ideas in the bodies of these drafts or group similar tasks into a single draft. If an e-mail does not need to be replied to or you have

Getting Things Done- Why women should be more Gutsy:A recent research has shown that men are more likely to negotiate and have confidence in theur assessments. The research implies that there is some component of Getting Things Done that supports and teachesbehavious that, in the past, men have excelled at: clarifying what you want, asking for it, and constantly negotiating with oneself and with others to achieve the desired outcome. I find that a bit weord, since several of these components support more of our society's feminine ideal of creating a healthy work/life balance.Encouraging both men and women to practice such powerful behaviours helps them overcome the "assertment handicap" and evolve into better negotiatoers, and help workers communicate better.How do we limit ourselves based on gender, and end up with a self-fulfilling prophecy?The notion of the self-fulfilling prophecy was conceptualized by Robert Merton a professor of sociology at Columbia University. In a 195

I recently re-read and listened to the audio book by David Allen Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.  The difference this time - I was ready to put the techniques to use and have discovered a system that works for me.   The major aha for me was realizing my "to do" list is not enough.  The key step I was missing was taking the time to think about and record the "next action" to take in order to move a project forward to my desired outcome. The basic premise of the book is to get everything out of your head, off your mind and into a trusted system you know you will use.  Older time/resource management systems are inefficient in today's fast-paced, multi-tasking world.  Our minds are powerful instruments - constantly reminding us of things to do, unfinished projects, seemingly endless "open loops" of information.   Our stress levels are increased when we don't have a method of emptying thes

I'm having a hard time keeping on task today. It's like pulling teeth to get me to get things done sometimes. At other times, I'm very productive and can do an amazing amount of work. Then there are times like these where it's next to impossible to accomplish what I need to. It's frustrating.Right now I'm working on a freelance project where I'm writing up fifteen online Japanese lessons. I don't know how much anyone would learn from my lessons, but I'm getting paid well so it's okay. I've also got a delicious paycheck coming this Wednesday. It's over $500! For some reason, I got paid for three hours of overtime at $11 an hour. I don't know how I managed it, but hey, I'll take it!This is one of those days where DBT's opposite to emotion action skill comes in handy. The gist of it is, even though you don't feel like doing something because you're anxious or afraid, you should try to do it anyway (unless it's something actually harmful, of course). That way you'll end

I struggle with getting things done, and I struggle with to do lists - I find them overwhelming and not integrated with my life. I can’t carry around small bits of paper, or notepads… so I end up forgetting everything, including the milk. Some days I am lucky I remember my name, and today I found out that a friend of mine is having his second child and he told me months ago - the baby is due in 3 weeks. I need to find something that is going to help me get on top of this mess and bird brain that I seem to have developed! Now I’m trying ‘Remember the Milk’ - an online to do list manager… with a big difference for me! One of the really cool things that like is that it emails me daily about what is due today, and it will also message me via Skype or MSN. I like that it understands that if I say something is due in ‘3 days’, and will calculate that date automatically for me. Very cool. I can also: access it on my mobile phone feed it in

This collection of Five articles from harvard highlights the importance and process of negotiations. There are certain traps to avaoid during negotiating. The brief of the articles are given below. 1.Negotiating in Three Dimensions Tactics, deal design, and set-up are three crucial components of the most effective negotiations. Yet many negotiators focus only on the tactical part, running the

케퍽의 Calm님이 작성하신 GTD 강좌입니다. 내용이 알차고 도움이 될 것 같아 제 블로그에 가지고 왔습니다. 원글을 보실려면 아래를 클릭하세요: 1부 GTD의 이해 #1 - 철학, 용어정의, 대략적 흐름1부 GTD의 이해 #2 - 세부 과정, 필요한 체크 리스트들1부 GTD의 이해 #3 - 프로젝트 계획1부 GTD의 이해 #4 - GTD시작을 위한 요령, 기타 일 처리 요령아래 글은 케퍽의 Calm님의 글을 옮겨왔음을 밝힙니다. GTD란 이론을 접한지도 벌써(?) 1년이 흘렀습니다. 그 동안 나름대로 적용을 한다고 하다가, 제대로 적용을 하지 못하고 있다는 생각이 들어서 다시 한 번 책을 읽고 정리해보았습니다. 이어지는 내용들 중에는 책에 나와 있는 내용을 제가 개인적으로 해석하거나 편집한 부분들이 꽤 있으니, 그 점에 참고해 주시고 제가 잘못 해석하고 있는 부분이 있으면 지적 부탁드

In a recent post over at the Web Workers Daily, Anne Zelenka asked the question: How do you decide what to do from your to do list? The focus was on a couple hosted software apps that help people follow the Getting Things Done process laid out by David Allen. I haven't really evaluated either Vitalist or Nozbe, though Vitalist appeals more to my design sensibilities. There are several others that look to be worth trying out, too. What I have been doing for some months now is using a Firefox extension to Gmail called GTDGmail. I hadn't really heard of the GTD process before stumbling upon this extension and deciding to try it out. Basically GTD is based on the idea that you have to free your mind from keeping track of tasks by getting those tasks out and into something else, often times paper lists. It goes further into saying that you really should only decide that you are going to work and then let your pre-coded tasks determine what you work on. There is more info to be found on

This is groundbreaking book. In The Leader's Handbook Scholtes shows how bad systems, not bad workers, cause the vast majority of management problems. He takes controversial stands against performance appraisals and incentive compensation. And he takes you from theory to practice with a wide variety of state-of-the-art activities and exercises to help you immediately begin implementing