Organizing your tasks with the GTD system requires that you examine each item and quickly determine what to do with it: delete it, delegate it, defer it, file it, do it if it takes less than two minutes, or put it into a next action, someday, or projects list. You can review the system as often as necessary and determine the next action steps. ![]() With GTD, each item is either dealt with immediately, or clarified and placed in a trusted system nothing gets lost or overlooked. To do so, one must gather everything-thoughts, emails, papers, and reminders-that has no place to go. The goal of GTD is to get stuff out of your head and into a trusted system, so you can have a clear mind present on the task at hand. I do it so I can, as Allen says, “have a mind like water,” which refers to the state of readiness of a still pond that responds precisely to the force and mass of a pebble-neither overreacting nor under reacting-before returning to stillness. I am recommitting to using Allen’s proven methodology, making optimal use of my iPhone, iPad, and PC. ![]() ![]() However, as Allen would say, I have, fallen off the wagon. Some years back, when I ran this publishing company, I integrated David Allen's Getting Things Done® system into my daily routine. Everything seems to compete for my attention - daily email, voicemail, family obligations, ongoing projects, potential projects, consulting work, meetings, shopping, civic responsibilities, social media, apps to test, books to read, and a messy desk with piles of stuff.
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