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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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 It's All About CommitmentsSubmitted by dr.marty on October 19, 2007 - 4:47pm.
One of David Allen's basic points is that you need to track your commitments in order to managed them effectively and to limit the stress for all the incomplete commitments. The first thing you'll do, after reading the GTD book, is over-commit and explode yourself, a very natural thing because David can bring out the enthusiasm in all of us. I suggest that you start out with a limit to the number of NAs and Projects that you keep on you lists and overemphasize the use of the Someday/Maybe/Not-likely/Wishlist list, and my recommendation is that you limit the NAs to 50 and Projects to 10, and that you force almost every possible commitment to land on the Someday/Maybe list before migrating to the real one - it's kind of like impulse purchases versus planned purchased - the planned ones are best. Track commitments. Stay simple. Be well. Dr. Marty » POSTED IN:
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