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Getting started with GTD
Mark Fitch | Oct 17 2007
After listening to a few Productive Talk podcasts and starting to listen to the GTD audio book, I'm trying to get my arms around how to actually get started in the GTD practice. I work as an IT consulting co. account mgr. In office about 50% of the time, getting 40 actionable emails per day, but most are not defferable, I have to handle and do most of the tasks. Being over 50, remembering everything is not what it used to be and I am looking for a method to improve tracking of emails, phone calls, and physical documents. I've installed a demo of the Outlook Addin however I don't know enough about GTD to actually benefit from it. Any advice or direction is greatly appreciated. Thanks Mark 8 Comments
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 inbox zeroSubmitted by sisyphea on October 18, 2007 - 4:40pm.
I've found it a bit daunting too. A good starting place for me was doing the 'inbox zero' http://www.43folders.com/2007/07/25/merlins-inbox-zero-talk my email was out of control, so I have two scary 'dump' files of old to-be-sorted emails, but at least the problem isn't continuing to grow. I've also switched to Entourage (which I assume is similar to Outlook), since much of my email is linked to some sort of writing or computer based project, to see how that goes for keeping it all connected. When an email to do with a project I'm working on (a set of online tutorials) arrived, I created a project associated with it, and a deadline on the calendar. I had't used the calendar before... so next time I get a social event arrive, I'll create a calendar event with reminder, and file the email in archive. So I think the GTD system is sort of growing organically as each new type of information arrives in my inbox. I piled every bit of paper I could find into a couple of emptied desk drawers - the single collection point - and started ploughing through them. From there it started to become clear what I needed to do next, as I had to take an action on each item. » POSTED IN:
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