David Allen Shares Getting Things Done Obstacles and Secrets
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David Allen is the originator of GTD, and founder of David Allen Co. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done,” the groundbreaking work-life management system by David Allen that provides concrete solutions for navigating uncertainty into an integrated system of stress-free productivity.

David is the author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity), Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done), and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life).

David Allen Company is a global training and consulting company, widely considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity.

Covered in this episode:

• GTD Basics

• GTD hang ups – common places where the GTD process falls apart for people:

• Failure to capture

• Failure to decide the outcome you’re committed to, and the specific action steps

• Failure to then act (2 minute rule) or capture the action, or reminder to act on in the future

• Failure to review

• The one list most people do work well is their calendar.

• Anything that is a win that instills trust in your system helps.

• Simple processes to achieve mini wins to trust your system more

• Drawing on the right side of the brain)

• Sometimes a trusted system can be people

David Allen’s TEDx Talk): WHY do GTD, not just WHAT it is or HOW

• How David starts his day: Good coffee, and the right maps.

• Dealing with distractions and unexpected inbox deliveries

• David’s most powerful tools: The Physical Inbox and Notetaker wallet

• How GTD applies to “work/life balance/blending”

• GTD is a lifestyle

• A lot of Getting Things Done is about not getting things done. It’s about being appropriately engaged with what’s going on.

• GTD and personal relationships

• The relationship between David and his wife’s personal GTD systems

• GTD behaviors really need to be installed in a cooperate culture

• Click to tweet ->[tweetable]Bad meetings create huge emails, and huge emails create bad meetings. – @GTDGuy[/tweetable]

• Movings things from the someday maybe list into actions and tasks to bring them into reality

• How much time is too much time “investigating” productivity apps?

• The “official GTD app”

David uses:

• List function in Lotus notes

• Eproductivity add in for list and calender functionality

• Mind Manager for mind maps

• The Brain)

For capture:

• iPhone 5

• iPad

• Gmail

• Nothing beats pen and paper!

Connect with David) and the GTD System:

• gtdconnect.com)

• gtdtimes.com)

• davidco)

• GTDGuy on Twitter)

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