GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
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Re: GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
#2Great summary. For me what made GTD "click" was understanding the core psychological premise that humans are pretty bad at remembering things.
I implement GTD in a OneNote which is really helpful because when I'm creating tasks I can attach links, files, etc. so that context switching is as fast as possible and I don't have to dig stuff up every time I switch tasks.
It works really well for literature review: I create a note for a paper I want to read and attach the PDF, then make notes right in the task as I read it, and then move it to a reference section when I'm done.
Re: GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
#3Emacs Org-Mode, along with its org-capture mode and the ability to clock in/out, is a perfect tool to implement this, btw.
https://emacs.cafe/emacs/orgmode/gtd/2017/06/30/orgmode-gtd....
Re: GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
#4GTD does work but to be almost any system that is used with habit like fervor will work.
General productivity of contacting people and writing up things is pretty easy to manage and in large part most of it is just getting it out of your head so that you can focus on other perhaps cerebral things.
But that is the problem. Systems like these aren't at the surface terribly helpful with creativity. However I do believe they can be used to help boost creative output its not terrible clear how.
I have tried to be systematic with brain storming and coming up with ideas to execute and its not been very successful. In some cases it even feels like it stifles creativity.
Anyway I like James Clear's blog on this kind of stuff. He has some great ideas.
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#5GTD does work but to be almost any system that is used with habit like fervor will work. General productivity of contacting people and writing up things is pretty easy to manage and in large part most of it is just getting it out of your head so that you can focus on other perhaps cerebral things. But that is the problem. Systems like these aren't at the surface terribly helpful with creativity. However I do believe…
David Allen's has the statement, "You can't manage projects; you can only manage actions related to projects." This paradigm reduces the anxiety of projects, which really does effect my creativity.
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#6The idea of breaking projects down into each logical step. Almost like a program, you should be thinking of every single thing that may be necessary. Gather a list of items that will be used, create lookup table, etc. Every time I may want to look at twitter for 30 minutes, now I think to gather very small things I need to accomplish my larger tasks. The greatest benefit obviously comes from being able to stay with it all the time, but I am working on it.
Re: GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
#7GTD does work but to be almost any system that is used with habit like fervor will work. General productivity of contacting people and writing up things is pretty easy to manage and in large part most of it is just getting it out of your head so that you can focus on other perhaps cerebral things. But that is the problem. Systems like these aren't at the surface terribly helpful with creativity. However I do believe…
David Allen's has the statement, "You can't manage projects; you can only manage actions related to projects." This paradigm reduces the anxiety of projects, which really does effect my creativity.
Yes I totally agree.
I guess in some ways I'm asking for the impossible (well for now)... I want a a system that comes up with ideas and just does everything for me :)
Re: GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
#8GTD does work but to be almost any system that is used with habit like fervor will work. General productivity of contacting people and writing up things is pretty easy to manage and in large part most of it is just getting it out of your head so that you can focus on other perhaps cerebral things. But that is the problem. Systems like these aren't at the surface terribly helpful with creativity. However I do believe…
The biggest benefit of GTD for creativity is eliminating the cognitive load of everything else. By capturing everything in a trusted system, you don't have it all bouncing around in your head when you are trying to have some creative output. "Mind like water"
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#9I don't consider this, human brain is just an amazing organ, we haven't even used 20% of our brain potential, and we want to take load of it.
When you really want to do or you are really interested in something, then you can't forget that.
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#10GTD does work but to be almost any system that is used with habit like fervor will work. General productivity of contacting people and writing up things is pretty easy to manage and in large part most of it is just getting it out of your head so that you can focus on other perhaps cerebral things. But that is the problem. Systems like these aren't at the surface terribly helpful with creativity. However I do believe…
True; to me the value of these articles is to somehow reify some implicit ideas about management into explicit concepts/names so I can realize their existence and structure my mind.