Sunday, October 7, 2007

GTD Digest 2007-10-07

Weekly recap of GTD news and views from around the web

Podcast: Kelly Forrister - The Sassy Ladies Interview
2007-10-05
myGTDstuff Rating: 5 out of 5
By Kelly Forrister
Kelly Forrister teaches seminars and provides individual coaching for client's worldwide. She teaches Davis Allen's "Getting Things Done", and has been working with his methodology for more than 15 years. Listen in as Kelly shares some ...

***Kelly talks about GTD basics and application. Great interview. In this podcast she offers some great tips on Getting things done. I had a chance to meet Kelly during a GTD seminar. Kelly truly lives what she teaches. She is an inspiration.

Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders
2007-10-06

myGTDstuff Rating: 5 out of 5
I'll be talking a lot here in coming weeks about Getting Things Done, a book by David Allen whose apt subtitle is "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. ...

***A classic from Merlin Mann at 43folders.com. This is a great read with links to some excellent articles on GTD.

How to Get Through a Paper and Digital Backlog
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 5 out of 5
WebWorkerDaily - San Francisco,CA,USA
Although GTD advocates doing tasks if they're 2 minutes or less, as you're processing, if you have a large and urgent backlog, I say just add it to one of ...

***GTD passing and dribbling

Time For A Caffeine Nap
2007-10-03

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
By UberTech
Gulp down a latte and then take a micro nap...then bam! Your ready for the world. 322167603_eb9076971f. Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. ...

***Quick read, worthwhile

THE SNOW IS FLYING SOON - Bookmark this!
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
By Corinne
David Allen at The David Allen Company. David Bohl at Reflections on Balance. David Finch at David Finch.com. David Richeson at 360 Degree Success. David Rogers at How to Have Great Self Confidence. David Seah at David Seah.com ...

***The definitive list of Personal Development Websites

Getting Things Done!
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
By Mr. Guilt(Mr. Guilt)
So, I just finished reading Getting Things Done. Somehow, I've been doing well at work. In my typical fashion, I ascribe it to a fluke--I somehow got lucky (probably not--I'm actually halfway-decent at what I do). ...

Five simple methods I use to take advantage of my time in Chinese ...
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
By Eric
You can use a system like "Getting Things Done" or simply use to-do lists, do whatever you have to do to avoid slipping behind again. 2. Keep it together. Keep all of the materials you need for a given class or project in one place. ...

How to Customize GTD to Fit Your Life
links to >> http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/10/01/how-to-customize-gtd-to-fit-your-life/

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
2007-10-03
Looking to be more productive? Check out this great story on how to customize GTD to fit YOUR lifestyle. Well written, and easy to implement.

STRESS ERASER - What causes stress
2007-10-03

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
By admin
... make your self happy and joyful and lead you into a less stressful life...go play and find your own ways.... THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone." -Lin Yutang-

Distraction Free GTD: 32 Todo List Web Applications
2007-10-06

myGTDstuff Rating: 4 out of 5
By engtech
A good example is an online todo list or GTD application. You want to be able to quickly access your todo list to add or checkoff items without getting caught in an Internet black-hole. (via Coding Horror) ...

***The definitive list of web based to-do list applications

4 Task List Antipatterns
myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
2007-10-02
WebWorkerDaily - San Francisco,CA,USA

Anyone who has bumped into Getting Things Done has run across the word "actionable," but have you actually taken it to heart? If a task isn't something you ...

GTDInbox - The Firefox Extension that Combines Gmail with Getting ...
links to >> http://www.gtdgmail.com/

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
2007-10-03
GTDInbox is a Firefox extension that integrates the highly effective methodology of "Getting Things Done" into the popular email service Gmail.

GTD - Using the David Allen Outlook PDF with Outlook 2007
2007-10-03

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
By jkratz
On the Davidco website in the Products section they offer a PDF file called "GTD and Outlook" that describes, funny enough, how to implement your lists, etc in Outlook if you're implementing GTD. The website states that the document was ...

Slim and Trim GTD Just For You
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
By Phil Gerbyshak
Scott H Young is one of the best productivy bloggers out there, and recently he shared a great lifehack about the popular "getting things done" system that many of we Slacker Managers frequently use. Scott actually hacked this hack, ...

GTD: SimplyFile Your Outlook Email Inbox
Links to >> http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2007/10/simplyfile-your.html
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
SimplyFile, an Outlook utility by TechHit, helps to organize and file your email.With SimplyFile, filing your email into the right folder becomes a one click process.

Slam job
2007-10-05

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
By Bob
Anyone reading this blog knows I'ma strong advocate of David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology, so this morning when my iGoogle home page turned up a new piece in Wired about Allen and GTD, I was eager to read it. ...

The Magic of Starting Small
2007-10-06

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
By Peter
Those who've read David Allen's productivity bible, Getting Things Done, will be familiar with the idea of "next actions". If you haven't read this book, the next action is basically the next physical activity that needs to be done to ...

Ditch the BlackBerry — Key to Productivity? From David Allen
2007-10-06

myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5
By gene
Ok, one more from CIO Insight's Expert Voices — David Allen wrote the book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity" has some very interesting ideas about productivity and technology. I like his book, and think that I ...

Wellness Coach Tips for Energy & Stresss Management
myGTDstuff Rating: 3 out of 5

2007-10-02
By Erica Ross-Krieger

Organize your office and life with the zen-like wisdom and help of David Allen's book, Getting Things Done. For more tips, you can also check out the article, "Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again" posted today on the WebMD site. ...

Getting Things Done: Is There a Better Way?
myGTDstuff Rating: 2 out of 5
2007-10-02
Believe it or not, the term "getting things done" is trademarked by a man named David Allen. I don't know about you, but I have spent a lifetime trying to get things done, way before I heard about Allen's book, Getting Things Done: The ...

Getting things done with mutt
Links to >> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=106&tag=nl.e011
2007-10-04

myGTDstuff Rating: 2 out of 5
TechRepublic has a writeup of how users of the UNIX-based command-line email client mutt can tweak it to support some of the email triage and management techniques espoused by David Allen's Getting Things Done system: ...

book review: david allen | "getting things done" (2002)
2007-10-06

myGTDstuff Rating: 1 out of 5
By Go(Go)
david allen getting things done 2002 | Simon & Schuster | $16.50. Being frazzledly busy I've been listening to this book, recommended by Leo Laporte on a recent TWiT podcast. It's ridiculous. Over the course of wayyyy too many chapters, ...

***GTD and Rock ‘n Roll don’t mix

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