Actually, it’s a tip for any time… If you don’t have a really good, quick filing system that you can put stuff into and access easily, then the stuff tends to mount up and then constipate your system. Subscribe or Download...
Hi. David Allen. Two-minute tip for turbulent times. This one’s called, catch up. Now, obviously in turbulent times we’re often kind of up to here with stuff to do, but you’re likely to have some downtime. Some time where the most productive thing to do might be to...
David Allen with a two minute tip for turbulent times. This one is called fix or finish something simple. You know, many times when we are in a situation where, golly, it’s easy to be worrying, it’s easy to be hung up, it’s easy to be procrastinating, it’s easy to be...
Bruce Fetzer took a productivity training with David Allen in the 1980s. Since then he has been applying what he learned. His work with the John E. Fetzer Memorial Trust has been his major focus in the last few years. The mission of the trust is to advance integrated,...
People worldwide are discovering the Getting Things Done® methodology; and often I’m asked, “Where should I start?!” They have either read the book, been to a seminar, heard about it on a podcast or from a friend; and they have sufficient inspiration or at least...
Note: Roy’s GTD Story is in the form of an email he sent to David Allen about project planning. David’s response follows. One HUGE takeaway from GTD for Teens that I haven’t gotten from any other GTD source: It is written on pages 106-107, that as you’re clarifying...
In this episode, David shares some useful insights regarding how we already plan projects when we’re at our best: The Natural Planning Model. He contrasts this behavior with the much more common unnatural or reactive planning models. You’ll also learn about the...
There is nothing new in the world, except how frequently things are new, and the number of people having to accept and adapt consistently to that reality. The difference between your world and that of your parents is in how much less you can count on anything...
What have you done lately? I mean, what have you actually finished, completed, and accomplished? If you haven’t made a list in the last year, I would highly recommend that you take a few minutes and capture that. It has always intrigued me how much a...
Today we have three separate, rare segments pulled from the archives on different concepts that are all related to memory and performance improvement. First, you’ll hear a segment regarding the idea of mental RAM, and what happens when we leave unclosed loops open in...
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