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GTD/Seven Habits coexistence
Pawel Mrozik | Dec 4 2007
Hi Everyone! I've been attempting to implement GTD into my life and although I find it to be amazing, there's a bit of overhead that goes with it and sometimes I'm not consistent enough. Anyway, one of the things that I personally have a problem with when it comes to time management is that I focus my attention on things which really are not too important. I mean, it would be much better if I shifted my priorities to things which really matter. Recently I read Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and for those of you familiar with the book he talks about the four quadrants. For those who are unfamiliar, have a look at this site: http://attitudeadjustment.tripod.com/Books/7-Habits.htm The basic idea is that we should spent most of our time in quadrants I and II in order to be effective. Have any of you thought about adding this ON TOP of the GTD method, whether by tags or some other method? Let me know what your ideas are and I hope I'm being clear. 1 Comment
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 re: Adding Covey to GTDSubmitted by Todd V on December 4, 2007 - 9:21pm.
Yes. As a matter of fact, I introduced an element into my own GTD program for the mac that includes a Covey-like addition to GTD. I think once a person has truly mastered GTD, the regular weekly review and the regular daily cranking of tasks ensures that you are instinctively making the right choices and working on the things you can where and when you can. But I also believe -- having been implementing GTD over the last 4 years -- that it helps to add some Covey-like elements along the way to ensure things don't slip through the cracks. What I added to my GTD program for the mac was the ability to color-code tasks related to my top three projects for that week as well as those with due dates coming up. Neither of those are GTD-specific, but they are very much in line with Covey's approach of keeping important/non-urgent as well as important/urgent tasks on track with your higher horizons. You may not use my own setup on the mac, but you could download the program and just read through the "How to use" document for more insights on how I've made that part of it work. It's a pretty sweet setup. » POSTED IN:
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