We’ve added more cities and dates to our schedule of one-day GTD® Mastering Workflow seminars. You can click on the city and date that interest you to get details and register.

Newport Beach, CA — June 27
Austin, TX — June 27
Portland, OR — July 16
Tampa, FL — July 18
Columbus, OH — July 25
Richmond, VA — August 8
Vancouver, BC — August 15
Indianapolis, IN — August 22

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This Q&A about a GTD map happened on our GTD forums. It generated some good discussion, so we wanted to pass it along.

Question: I often hear David refer to having the right map in order to be properly engaged with the present. At first, I thought he was talking about mind maps but now it seems to represents a tool, a system, a checklist. I guess I am really not sure. Can someone explain to me what David is referring to by indicating that you need the right map?

David Allens’s answer: Any tool used to orient yourself. Where am I relative to today’s commitments? (Map = calendar.) What do I need to be aware of, as I meet with my boss? (Map = agenda list.) What should I know or be reminded of about the family vacation? (Maps = travel checklist, calendar of travel events, any plans or details about the content to review.) Where am I about my lifestyle and career right now? (Map = Vision Horizons of Focus.) What do I need from the farmer’s market? (Map = physical walkways of the market.)

Read the full thread here.

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When was the last time you had what David Allen calls “mind like water?” If not lately, or not as often as you’d like, take the Guided GTD Mind Sweep webinar this Thursday, June 13 from 10am-11am Pacific time. This working webinar will give you a supportive and fun opportunity to capture what’s really grabbing your attention. It will also give you a refresher on the fundamental questions to ask to keep things off your mind and get them into your trusted GTD system.

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If you are finding that long next actions often go stale, break them into even smaller chunks—even if the smaller ones seem microscopic at times.  For example, instead of “Read Chapter 5,” try “Read pages 10-20 of Chapter 5,” or something like that. Smaller actions can also give you a sense of completion with what you are getting done, when you mark them complete. Then go ahead and add the next action after that to your list—perhaps with slightly different language to keep it visually fresh and appealing.
—Kelly

Kelly Forrister is a Senior Coach & Presenter with the David Allen Company.

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Here’s a quick challenge: go through all your emails still in “IN” and handle all the less-than-two-minute ones. Same for your to-read stack. For those kind of things it’s time to be made of Teflon.—David Allen

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Question: How should I choose which system to use (digital vs. paper)?

David Allen’s answer: Pay attention to your intuition, or just simply ask yourself, “What do I feel like using as a system?” We’ve discovered people tend to resist the GTD® implementation process enough as it is, so you need all the help you can get to be motivated to work the system. If you know you’d like to be digital, don’t waste time on a paper system. But if you like the look and touch and feel of a cool notebook, go for it. No system works unless you work it.

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We’ve just added some new GTD webinars to our June/July schedule. These 60–75 minute presentations are an ideal way to learn GTD skills, in an engaging and interactive virtual format.

GTD & OmniFocus® — June 5
Keys to Getting Things Done — June 6
Guided GTD Mind Sweep — June 13
Guided GTD Weekly Review — June 27
GTD & iPhone® — July 11
Keys to Getting Things Done — July 18
GTD & Outlook® — July 25

We invite you to join us online for the next step in your GTD journey.  Learn more or register now.

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Question: How can we apply the GTD principles in our lives, where we are often burdened by stress and other pressures of a hyper-competitive world?

David Allen’s answer: The opportunities to apply the key principles of GTD are both immediate and infinite. We live in a continual flow of making and renegotiating our agreements with ourselves and others — whatever it is that we think we might want to do or experience that we haven’t yet. This can range from a poem we feel like writing, to a company we want to start, to a walk we want to take, to the feeling we should clean up our old emails. The point is not to finish everything, but to be constructively engaged with our process of creating and completing.

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Our one-day GTD® Mastering Workflow seminar is packed with practical recommendations and examples about how to put GTD to work for you—at work, at home, and in everything you do. Here is our latest summer schedule:

• Washington, DC — June 5
• Newport Beach, CA — June 27
• Austin, TX — June 27
• Portland, OR — July 16
• Tampa, FL — July 18
• Columbus, OH — July 25

Learn more or register now.

Where else would you like to see a GTD public seminar? Please let us know in the comments.

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