GTD Times » Perspective The Hub for All Things GTD Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:43:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Have you taken the GTD-Q Assessment? http://www.gtdtimes.com/2010/12/30/have-you-taken-the-gtd-q-assessment/ http://www.gtdtimes.com/2010/12/30/have-you-taken-the-gtd-q-assessment/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:55:35 +0000 GTD Times Team http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4600 With the start of the New Year, this would be a great time to take the GTD-Q assessment. This free online assessment measures what Getting Things Done gives you: better control and greater perspective.  It’s not one of those one-time tests that will never change (which will be good news for those of you who land as a Crazy Maker!). You are encouraged to take it often to see how it changes for you as you work with your strengths and challenges.  If you want your results tracked over time, there is another version on GTD Connect.

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Read the article: Which quadrant should you be in?

Take the assessment now (takes about 5 minutes)

]]> http://www.gtdtimes.com/2010/12/30/have-you-taken-the-gtd-q-assessment/feed/ 3 GTD in problem solving http://www.gtdtimes.com/2010/08/16/gtd-in-problem-solving/ http://www.gtdtimes.com/2010/08/16/gtd-in-problem-solving/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:00:03 +0000 GTD Times Team http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4008 A Community Contribution from Nuno Donato on how he used the GTD Horizons of Focus model to gain clarity about a life change

About one and a half year ago I moved from a busy big city “A”: to a smaller one in the country side “B” to develop a project with an organization I volunteer with. My life changed in many ways due to this, and I enjoyed it a lot. Recently, lots of things on the personal and professional level changed and I felt that it might be good to go back to A.  Lots of things were involved in this, as some people and projects depend on where I am. I spent the last 3 months with the question of where should I be, on my mind. I tried getting all possible arguments, opinions, made a list of pros and cons, but nothing could really assure me that I was making a good decision. It was like my gut feeling was telling me not to trust anything. Sometimes my mind would give me some arguments in favor of A, my heart would ask me to stay in B…. and after a week they would switch places .  So it was getting very confusing and difficult to me.

Finally I thought, why not to use GTD to solve this problem? It was a wise decision! After a good weekly review I made a deep dive into my horizons of focus synchronizing my life with my mind and my heart at different levels. After I finished the map (mind-mapping is my favorite tool to do the horizons of focus), I took a look at the whole picture of my life and asked the question again, where should I go? The answer came it 2 seconds, and it was so crystal-clear that I could not believe it!

Being aware of where we are and where we are going short-and-mid term, knowing what is our purpose here, is such a valuable tool to make decisions that I can not thank David enough for giving us this! By the way, the answer was quite interesting: I will move to A for 2-3 years in order to accomplish some short-term goals which are very important, and then move back to B to walk in the direction of my long term goals and how I see myself living.

Take care,
Nuno

You can learn more about the Horizons of Focus in Getting Things Done and Making It All Work.

]]> http://www.gtdtimes.com/2010/08/16/gtd-in-problem-solving/feed/ 4 The Strategic Value of Personal Productivity http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/06/30/the-strategic-value-of-personal-productivity/ http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/06/30/the-strategic-value-of-personal-productivity/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:37:52 +0000 GTD Times Team http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1762 David Allen is doing a webinar event next Wednesday, July 8th, hosted by Unbound Ideas.

In this 90-minute interactive webinar, David Allen will describe the strategies, tools and specific behaviors that dramatically upgrade individual and organizational productivity. In particular, he will focus on:

  1. The 5 stages of control and the 6 horizons of focus necessary for personal self-management
  2. How to get immediate control of “current reality”
  3. How to keep track of the total inventory of your commitments
  4. Why organizational issues are often personal process issues
  5. Why it’s so challenging to change the simplest habits
  6. How to continually self-consult to get back on your game

Register here.  David also does free events like this for GTD Connect members.  If you’re not a member, you can check out the two-week free trial, or join for by the month ($48) or year ($480).  If it’s not for you, canceling is easy. Really.

]]> http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/06/30/the-strategic-value-of-personal-productivity/feed/ 0 Taking a deeper look at control & perspective http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/06/29/taking-a-deeper-look-at-control-perspective/ http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/06/29/taking-a-deeper-look-at-control-perspective/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:41:15 +0000 GTD Times Team http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1756 Making It All Work, David Allen’s latest book, ties together what many people were hungry for after reading Getting Things Done:  control + perspective.  In MIAW, control (5 phases of mastering your workflow) gets married to perspective (your horizons of focus)  to give an overview of the whole game.

Chris Taylor, editor for Goose Educational Media, wrote up a detailed book review of Making It All Work that we thought you may find helpful. He wrote:

We broke the review into two parts, as I felt Making it all Work really lent itself to that format.

Part 1, focusing on control
Part 2, focusing on perspective

You can also read their review of GTD. Enjoy!

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