Today I experienced one of the great benefits of GTD: It is a wonderful cure for panic. A major project I am running ran into heavy weather yesterday and after a day of firefighting and chasing down resources I found myself at the close of play with a whole stack of issues and a panicy [...]
I was reading an article on Matt’s Idea Blog about the pitfalls of trying a “Big Bang” approach to learning GTD.
I work in a large organisation here in the Netherlands and have never succeeded in getting someone to “go GTD” in one fell swoop. Dutch people are culturally often cautious pragmatists and most people [...]
My first contact with GTD was reading the “Two Minute Exercise” in a coaching document I found. I did it and felt instantly lighter and easier in my mind, rather like the things they promise you on late-night telelvision but at no charge. The file credited David Allen and Getting Things Done so I went [...]
David Allen always describes Getting Things Done as highly organised common sense, which rings true for me. I often hear from people that they recognise parts of GTD as things they already, partially do. He also describes it as the “martial art of work” which tells you straight away why [...]
This is my own story of learning, using and teaching the GTD method. GTD has been a lifesaver for me and like many other “saved” people I have a powerful missionary urge to share the goodness: partially because of the pure joy of being on top of things and partly because I get a thrill [...]
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