A Primer on Getting Things Done

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I’m a zealot, I admit it. As I looked back at my posts related to David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD), my writings were that of an “insider” and I was using insider jargon.
When it comes to GTD, the web seems to have two camps: those who follow it, and those who […]

Awaken the Giant Procrastinator Within!

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For those who follow Getting Things Done or any other kind of a productivity system, you know what I mean if I use the phrase “productivity guilt.” You have something on your schedule that you’re supposed to be doing, or some task that is on your to-do list, and you just […]

Five Steps to Get Back on the GTD Track

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You heard about this new personal productivity system that everyone’s talking about called Getting It Done. You decided to adopt this system and you found that it’s indeed effective in taming the deluge of tasks and information. You took David Allen’s system, tweaked it to suit your style, and you’re functioning like a […]

Thunderbird and Lightning, Very Very Frightening!

For those of us who are warriors of the Information Age, we use the email and calendar applications like a sword and shield. For the apps, the usual suspects include Microsoft with MS Outlook and Google with Gmail and Google Calendar (gCal). Because I do much of my work on Linux, I cannot use MS […]

7 Mistakes to Avoid for the GTD Beginner

They call it the “breaking-in” period. When you buy a new car, you’re supposed to allow for the first few weeks for the engine to have all its part work smoothly. Don’t push the engine too hard; drive consistently to get used to how responsive the gas pedal and the brakes are; check […]