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Helping Others Get Things Done
As a loyal reader, you already know that I have been using the ideas from David Allen’s Getting Things Done book for many years. What you may not know is that I have also been helping many of my IBM … Continue reading
2 simple voice mail and email tips
Here are 2 simple tips that were included in the latest edition of David Allen’s Productivity Principles Newsletter:
Free Productive! Magazine
[Wow, it’s been awhile since I posted any GTD links.] Brett, a fellow IBMer and the creator of the GTD For Lotus Notes tool, passed allowing a link to the Productive! Magazine. It’s a free magazine that features the best … Continue reading
Free email management tips
Gina Trapani, the founding editor of the Lifehacker blog, has published an updated book entitled Upgrade Your Life. The publisher is offering free samples of the book in PDF format here. The sample chapter contains 10 easy to use email … Continue reading
Introduction to Getting Things Done (GTD)
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get organized, then I recommend David Allen’s Getting Things Done book. If you’d like to get a taste of the concepts without opening your wallet, check out this video of David … Continue reading
Delegating to yourself
Today I had the pleasure of sharing my GTD-inspired email and task management system with a group of human resources professionals at IBM Canada. In my presentation, I point out that a poorly defined task can lead to procrastination. One simple … Continue reading
Merlin Mann discusses “Inbox Zero”
Below is a video of Merlin Mann, author of the popular 43Folders blog. In the video he presents his approach to personal productivity and email management to an audience at Google. Anyone familiar GTD will recognize the similarities. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=973149761529535925&hl=en Coincidentally, … Continue reading
Getting Things Done links
Gina Trapani from Lifehacker.com discusses the benefits of scheduling time to perform a weekly review: Getting into the Weekly Review habit Michael Dolan, a coach with the David Allen Company, gives some advice on properly defining your next actions: Defining Your Work
GTD Inspired Articles
Here’s two handy articles from Lifehacker that were inspired by the ideas in David Allen’s Getting Things Done. Separate your emails from your to-dos http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/separate-your-email-from-your-to+dos-272590.php The art of the doable to-do list http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/the-art-of-the-doable-to+do-list-270404.php Enjoy!
Handling Waiting For items in Gmail
Here’s a tip for anyone that applies ideas from David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system to Google’s Gmail.
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