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Good report of a year using GTD

Google Groups : 43 Folders [One Year into GTD: My report]

I enjoyed tuqqer’s detailed review of how he’s tweaked GTD to work best for him over the past year. Quoting:

Reading [an earlier thread], I think a good conclusion would be that each of our implementation of GTD has to develop organically. Everyone ends up tweaking their system to match their way of thinking.

I’d bet that only a small 5-10% of GTD readers follow exactly what The David suggests. Even he is probably constantly tweaking his own system. Two years from now, he’ll probably be doing it differently.

I would encourage other folks to post stories like this to the Google Group as well–and not necessarily just about GTD, although that’s the obvious candidate for discussion. I think it would be very helpful for folks to hear what’s worked best and worst for people in trying to to get it together.

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A time to consolidate The past...

A time to consolidate

The past couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about my implementation of GTD in both personal and professional life. And I have decided that it’s time to really stop tinkering and tweaking the system and just leave it for a while. As a lot o…

 
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Inbox Zero

The original 43 Folders series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox — and then keep it that way. Don’t miss the free video of Merlin’s Inbox Zero presentation.

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