Getting Things Done (GTD), an organizational work-life managament system created by productivity consultant David Allen, provides concrete solutions for transforming overwhelm and uncertainty into an integrated system of stress free productivity.
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How can I help develop a culture that positively impacts my motivation to work?
How can I leverage the people around me in order to achieve better productivity on my own tasks?
I feel that GTD does not have to be an one man show. Is there some sort of social-GTD?
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In GTD how do I track projects with subprojects?
I have been using GTD for several years now but I still find it difficult to manage projects with obvious sub projects that roll up into them. These are usually longer term projects with hundreds or ...
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Starting GTD without collecting everything
In the past, I've attempted to use GTD and have failed miserably. Of the past attempts, the biggest problem was the collecting phase: even after dedicating time to the task (2-3 days), I could not ...
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How to define GTD contexts at work?
I'm exercising GTD for a long time and I've always found it hard to define contexts for my work place. My role is a project manager and I work at the office where I have access to a phone, a computer, ...
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Handling delayed delegating in GTD
In GTD, how do you handle delegating an action if the act of delegating itself cannot be accomplished right when you are processing your inbox, and in less than two minutes?
e.g. "summarize the last ...
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What's a good free replacement for a corporate Exchange account that will let me migrate Tasks?
I have an extensive set of personal Tasks organized in GTD fashion that I want to migrate off of my corporate exchange account. Is there a good, free alternative out there? I was thinking I could ...
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GTD - Duplicating Items between lists
I am trying to implement GTD using OneNote.
If for example I have a project "fix house" and a next action "ring plumber"
Should that action be on 3 lists:
Next actions list
At phone list
Project ...
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Tickler file for email
Getting Things Done (GTD) recommends using a tickler file for things that aren't immediately actionable but should be dealt with at some point in the future.
How can the equivalent be done with ...
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Todo list manager that lets you queue next actions out of sight
I'm currently using Remember The Milk for my organisation system that is based on GTD.
One thing that I find is missing from my system is the ability to capture all the actions relating to a project. ...
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Can a project have multiple next actions?
I've recently read over Getting Things Done again, after reading Making Things Work, and as I was starting to implement my GTD system, I ran into an issue. I had ended up with a project that had ...
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How do I prevent being overwhelmed by my GTD inbox?
The first thing I learned about GTD was to get things "out of my head" into an inbox.
This results in an overly long Inbox list which tasks that I still need to rewrite into (multiple) "do-able" ...
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What is ZTD (Zen To Done) and how does it differ from GTD?
A recent RTM blog post mentions Zen To Done (ZTD), which the poster describes as basically a simplification of the Getting Things Done (GTD) system. What is ZTD, and what are the main differences ...
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How to handle recurring but low priority tasks that aren't actionable now?
In a GTD system, how do I handle a task such as "checking the oil in the car", which should happen once a week or so but is also fairly low priority? My concerns are that
this task isn't actionable ...
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All-in-one Getting Things Done (GTD) and Pomodoro tool?
I want a online GTD tool I can use on an Android phone that has the following features:
instant and configurable reminders such as calendar entries
online app with a sync feature
Do any of these ...
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Confusion about using Evernote or RTM to implement personal productivity system
I am bit confused whether to use Evernote or RTM (Remember the Milk) to implement a GTD like system. I am already a RTM user & have been using it for some time as a GTD system. Now I want to ...
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Completely electronic GTD setup?
I've read some of the GTD material by David Allan and it's something I'd like to implement. A lot of his material uses hand written notes and lists. This isn’t an option for me since I’m totally ...
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How to use Google Tasks to implement a GTD system?
How can I implement a GTD system in Google Tasks in combination with GMail and GCal?
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Where should I file my Next Actions from Projects in Freemind?
I use Freemind Mind Mapping software to store all of my GTD lists. I have a separate mindmap for each list (i.e. In Tray, Next Actions, Projects, Project Support Material, Someday, Tickler Calendar, ...
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Summary of Getting Things Done (GTD) system
Getting Things Done (GTD) has an entire book to teach the system. Is reading the whole book necessary for understanding the system, or is there a summary or simplified explanation of it available?
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Multitasking and GTD - Linear vs. Non-Linear
I have several open projects in my GTD system. They are all important ("top priority") and they are all driving towards a similar due date, however, they are not interdependent projects. What is the ...
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Which productivity systems are best for which type of people? [closed]
There are several different productivity/organizational systems out there (Getting Things Done, The Pomodoro Technique, etc.). Is each presented as the best technique for everyone to use, or does each ...
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What is “Getting Things Done” (GTD)? [closed]
Rookie question that a lot of people who are using this site may want to know the answer for (including me). I have read a couple of things referring to GTD but nothing definitive. It'd be good to see ...
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How to set up a GTD workflow in gmail
I want to set up a GTD workflow based around my gmail account.
Although I have some other possible sources of tasks and projects coming "in", most things I need to do come "in" through my gmail ...
