A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done
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A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done
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#2Getting Things Done is by far the most influential book I've read. It has changed the way I think about everything.
However, I have never been able to find a good implementation of the system. I know that David Allen (GTD) and Charles Simonyi (Intentional Software) were working on something at some point, but I haven't heard anything since.
Re: A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done
#3Getting Things Done is by far the most influential book I've read. It has changed the way I think about everything. However, I have never been able to find a good implementation of the system. I know that David Allen (GTD) and Charles Simonyi (Intentional Software) were working on something at some point, but I haven't heard anything since.
Adding things to calendars is the biggest habit I've built from reading the book years ago. That's the one thing I recommend as the best takeaway if you only have one.
Re: A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done
#4Getting Things Done is by far the most influential book I've read. It has changed the way I think about everything. However, I have never been able to find a good implementation of the system. I know that David Allen (GTD) and Charles Simonyi (Intentional Software) were working on something at some point, but I haven't heard anything since.
The only implementation I have found worthwhile is paper, and to a certain extent, plain markdown/org files in Dropbox. Everything else, like OmniFocus and whatnot has had severe issues with the flexibility inherently required.
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#5Getting Things Done is by far the most influential book I've read. It has changed the way I think about everything. However, I have never been able to find a good implementation of the system. I know that David Allen (GTD) and Charles Simonyi (Intentional Software) were working on something at some point, but I haven't heard anything since.
Adding things to calendars is the biggest habit I've built from reading the book years ago. That's the one thing I recommend as the best takeaway if you only have one.
I haven't read the book, since this comes across as new to me...but doesn't this just makes you more alert/self-aware? Which is good but what is the point of adding things to do in a list or calendar if you don't actually go and make them? Is this discussed in the book?
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#6Has anyone low in conscientiousness had any success with GTD? It seems to me like this system is amazing for people who are already very conscientious but not well organised.
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#7GTD is the utopia of productivity. Everyone attempts to reach it but almost no one (if any) ever will. Those who get the closest realize that you can't live your life like that.
In my world GTD become a goal in itself rather than a way to better manage your life.
With a few exception (calendar) I lived my life in a way that would make a GTD enthusiast cringe.
I am always impressed by those who attempt to do it but never surprised when they finally give up.
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#8Sounds exactly like 'How to get what you want' by Raymond Hull, 1967. Just that the system was reversed.
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#9Here's the short version: make to do lists and folders and shut off your phone and email for an hour so you don't get interrupted. It's like weight loss techniques. They all work if you follow them.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Adding things to calendars is the biggest habit I've built from reading the book years ago. That's the one thing I recommend as the best takeaway if you only have one.
I haven't read the book, since this comes across as new to me...but doesn't this just makes you more alert/self-aware? Which is good but what is the point of adding things to do in a list or calendar if you don't actually go and make them? Is this discussed in the book?
It is discussed in the book. You should just read the book if you want to consider this seriously.
If you're just looking for a summary: there is very little point writing things in a list if you don't read the list, obvs.
The key to GTD is that if you actually do write everything in lists and calendars, then you are freed from having to remember things. If you can reach that inflection point, then it frees up a lot of mental capacity and is glorious. Remembering things is surprisingly mentally draining, as it basically consists of thinking about them every now and then.
Read the book.