I very much agree that it takes more than one time through GTD to get it. I listened to the audio book of GTD about a year after reading the book at the same time I had some down time at work. The result was that I had a chance to get stronger at GTD, especially at fixing up my filing cabinet to keep paper momevement fluid and simple.

By the way, as an English teacher, I realized recently that students have trouble editing their own work for lack of a ‘widget to crank.’ I’ve been seeking ways to make editing more like cranking widgets, including having students put a slash after each line they’ve examined. This keeps their head in the game and gives them an ordered process to follow, rather than the amorphous mess that editing seems to be to them. I think it’s working for them.

Mike