Comments on: Efficiency: Getting Things Done.

By: Jevon Radar

Jevon Radar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:51:15 +0000

I also have a small collection of tools, but I guess the basic ones are Gmail and Wrike. It's a great productivity combination for me, as they integrate smoothly with each other and I can run my projects seamlessly. Wrike is a project management tool, which I use for team collaboration and some of my personal projects. They acctually support the idea of GTD. Here's a link to an interesting post from their blog.

By: Austin WebKing - Austin Texas Small Business Website Design

Austin WebKing - Austin Texas Small Business Website Design — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:26:22 +0000

That link is here.

By: Austin WebKing - Austin Texas Small Business Website Design

Austin WebKing - Austin Texas Small Business Website Design — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:24:38 +0000

In addition to list reviews, an important practice for me is to categorize each task to determine when it will get done. There is a common grid which groups tasks based on urgency and importance. (Here's a link to one) We often find we spend a lot of time working on things we think are both urgent and important (and instant communication devices such as blackberries have accelerated the impression of urgent). But, by categorizing, I've found that I'm prioritizing what's really urgent, then spending more time on what's important second to that.

By: James Creare

James Creare — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:19:12 +0000

This story sounds so familiar! I work for a company now, and have done for the last couple of years. From my uni days, I still have old freelance jobs, harassing me for changes, updates to their web-sites, and they get upset when you don't charge the prices that you used to, back in your freelance days!

Managing everything can be hectic. I've learnt to organise all of my work, office, freelance, and social life, in my ical calendar on may mac notebook.

What are you referring to with GTD System?

By: Patrick Shaw

Patrick Shaw — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:58:12 +0000

I adopted the GTD methodology about year ago, including a plugin for Outlook, which helps a lot if your life is linked to an Outlook profile. but it’s like anything else – you have to commit, or your results will vary. I find that every few months, I have to remind myself of the 2 minute rule, as well as to remind myself that I only need to know the next step when something hits – do it, defer it, delegate it, or plan to do it later.

Now – actually DOING all of those things – well – that’s where the commitment comes in!

By: Victor Agreda Jr

Victor Agreda Jr — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:07:00 +0000

I forgot to tell you the biggest, baddest trick of them all: review your lists! David Allen recommends a daily, weekly and monthly set. Reviewing your inbox daily lets you move stuff around or set up a to-do list for the next day that is manageable. My biggest issue now is dedicating time to reviewing and doing the daily, weekly monthly thing. It takes practice, of course.