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The GTD Times Team is the gang from the David Allen Company who oversee, manage and contribute to GTD Times.
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Google announced Priority Inbox today and the emails started flooding in asking, “Isn’t this anti-GTD?”
Google says that Priority Inbox “automatically identifies your important email and separates it out from everything else, so you can focus on what really matters.”
So, what does David Allen say about this kind of tool and the questions about something that sorts your inbox being “anti-GTD?”
Having email sorting/filtering would be anti-GTD if you use it to avoid decision-making, but not if it’s just for evaluating what kind of attention to put on something. Using colors for certain people’s emails in Lotus Notes (as I do) would also be “anti-GTD” if you never dealt with the non-colored ones. We’re not officially endorsing or recommending this. Just saying it’s something that you can make work. – David Allen
Q: How did you get involved in GTD and workflow coaching, and what motivates you to continue?
David Allen: When I started out doing management consulting, I was interested in thinking/processing models that worked universally to provide value and improve conditions for people and organizations. That, combined with my own awareness of the strategic and psychological value of clear space had me quickly develop a way to research and apply a set of best practices that invariably worked for the executives and entrepreneurs I worked with. I’m continually motivated to keep doing this work, because it never stops being quite transformational for anyone who applies the principles, and there are few things I’ve ever come across that provide as much reward for so little risk.
A participant from a recent GTD public seminar shared what’s different in their life now.
I was the guy on the back row when you asked ‘How do these unfinished things make you feel?’ replied with ‘a failure’.
I’ve been using the concepts learned in class to process my work and personal email. (I use Exchange for work – GMail for personal.) I have a shared Google calendar my wife and personal friends can see. This lets them know when I am available and when I am taking personal time.
All I can say is wow. [Read more →]
Do you use an iPad for anything GTD-related?
You can hear how David uses his new iPad on the latest Up Close with David podcast series on GTD Connect.
We often get asked, “What software should I use to view my GTD task lists on the iPhone?
For those of you on Mac, our recommendation is OmniFocus. For those of you on PC or using Web-based apps, we have not vetted an iPhone application yet. Rest assured, we’re working hard on this and will be sure to make an announcement when we find something that passes our rigorous vetting process. Here are the only software applications that have earned David Allen’s recommendation. And of those, just the Netcentrics GTD® Outlook® Add-In and eProductivity™ for Lotus Notes® have earned the coveted “GTD-Enabled” distinction.
In the meantime, tap into the wisdom and personal experience of your fellow GTDers by reading the many discussions about this :
Cindy recently participated in a GTD class at her company. She sent along an email to her facilitator, Danny Bader, about her experience. With her permission, we’re sharing her letter with our GTD Times readers.
Dear Danny,
First of all, thanks for a great class! I really enjoyed it. You are an awesome instructor – very engaging and really good at demonstrating practical applications of the GTD concept.
I will admit that I was a bit skeptical about the GTD concept as I have taken time management courses before and was never able to make the concepts work in the fast paced/put out 100 fires every day work of IT training development/delivery and IT technical support. I wondered how constructed the responses from people having implemented GTD saying “GTD changed my life!” were. [Read more →]
David Allen will be leading a “GTD Success Strategies” Webinar for our GTD Connect members next Friday, August 27th @ 10am PDT. He’ll share the keys for what makes GTD stick, including:
We’re giving away 5 seats to attend this Webinar to the first 5 people who reply with a comment (directly on GTD Times–not other feed sites) letting us know one thing you’ve implemented with GTD that has worked well for you.
