The five steps of GTD workflow are Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect, and Engage. When it’s time to Engage, people often ask how to choose from what may be long lists of tasks to do. That’s when it’s helpful to use the criteria for choosing: Context – What place, tool, or person will the action require? … The post Choosing what to do appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

Question: It seems to me that focus and productivity are different concepts that often get conflated. When people think of productivity, they seem to think of doing more, faster. When people think of focus, they seem to think of doing less, more deliberately. Doing more faster, in my view, simply means being more efficiently frenzied, and it appears a lot of people are chasing this ideal. Doing less with focus, however, seems to be truly valuable. It appears GTD as a theory and practice favors increased productivity—efficient frenzy. How do you see it? Where does focus fit in the GTD equation ..read more

William Elliott, GTD® trainer and coach in South Africa, talks about ways to use GTD to deal with anxiety or fear. He starts by offering a definition of courage, and moves to specific questions you can ask yourself that give practical help during times of stress. The post William Elliot on Building Courage appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

Steven Coutinho talks about how the stories we make up can get in the way of productively innovating, and shares his vision of what school could be like. The post Steven Coutinho-Story to Innovation appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

Komal Thakkar takes you for a deeper dive into the Capture step of GTD workflow. She discusses potential areas for improvement, and advises how you can evaluate your capturing to align with the best practices for this step. The post Troubleshooting Your GTD® Capture appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

David Allen shares 5 quick executive tips that will help you right away. The post Quick Executive Tips with David Allen appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

Experience what David Allen calls the "critical success factor" with GTD®, by going through a complete GTD Weekly Review®. You'll get a taste of all 11 steps of the process, with helpful advice along the way. Please note that this recording has not been edited to remove the several minutes of silence for you to do each of the 11 parts of the review. The post Guided GTD Weekly Review® appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

GTD makes the intuitive leaps about what action to take more a matter of trust than hope. The post Your Priorities: Leaping from Hope to Trust appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

David Allen's answer about where to start with GTD? Anywhere. The post The Case for Current Reality appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more

The best teams and relationships are the ones in which the players all acknowledge they’re each alone in the endeavor together. The post We’re All Alone in this Together appeared first on Getting Things Done ..read more