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David Allen on best practices for implementing GTD
Merlin Mann | Nov 13 2006
Productive Talk #07: Implementing GTD 43 Folders and The David Allen Company present the seventh in a series of conversations that David and Merlin recently had about Getting Things Done. Summary
Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen here (after the cut). Merlin’s commentsMy favorite bit in this one (jump to 1:38) is where we learn that some of David’s best stuff seems to have had a genesis in an unlikely place — from his tenure as the manager of a gas station, back in the day. This is important, not just because we get a candid glimpse of a very fun guy who’s too often pegged as just another business consultant — I love that David demonstrates how most any job will benefit from firewalled time to do your meta work. Note especially that, contrary to what one might call “worst practices” of GTD, DA is not suggesting you spend your day obsessing over GTD and trying to perfect your “system.” You set aside time to clear the decks, as he likes to say, so that you can work — really work — and not just live in a perpetual twilight of productivity futzing. Building those walls and really honoring them from day one may be one of the best ninja tips you can learn for responsibly implementing GTD. Listen to Episode #07 of Productive TalkGrab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen from here:
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Something David said about moving forward rather than getting hung up on the system you may use reminded me of something I learned when my Dad taught me to drive. He said “Focus on the road, not the steering wheel.” It’s really easy to get wrapped up in processes instead of results.
There are four stages of...
There are four stages of unlearning old habits and learning new ones (sorry, I can’t cite the original source for this idea)
Unconscious incompetence - You are not even aware what your habits are and how they affect the way you live. In the context of 43F et al., its pre-GTD.
Conscious incompetence - This is probably the 2 to 3 week thing you were talking about. It probably happens at regular intervals for even longer. You become very conscious of how your ‘groove’ pulls you in certain directions. In a different context, the Tibetan Trungpa said “when things become chaotic, it is a very positive development”. You realise you need to make some decisions.
Conscious competence - This is all about holding things together, mindfully, methodically. And I like that David described this as “lightened up” kind of state.
Unconscious competence - This is when your groove has changed so that you don’t need to think so much about it anymore. David mentioned the people who said it took 2 or more years to finally get it. It’s happening!
Cheers.
I really like these podcasts,...
I really like these podcasts, but I was wondering whether it would be possible for you to also offer a version encoded in speex (http://www.speex.org/) for those of us less endowed with bandwidth. Since the casts are pretty much exclusively voice, you could get them down to only a couple of megs. Great show though.
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Merlin Mann, 43 Folders, ha efectuado una serie de 7 podcast llamada “Productive Talk” en la cual entrevista a David Allen sobre diversos tópicos alrededor de GTD. Una serie que no tiene pierde:
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This is my favourite episode...
This is my favourite episode so far, as it really touches on an area that I am not disciplined enough on - performing the weekly review. At the moment, I am reviewing on a rather ad-hoc basis.
I believe the two year “training time” is reasonable. Doing GTD is really no different to undergoing intensive physical training for a sport. You can understand the principles fairly quickly, but its really after practice practice practice that you finally appreciate the principles more and more, until the whole process happens automatically.
Keep up the great work!
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