Month: June, 2007
I’ve Been Interviewed!
Over at Productivity501 I was invited to participate in a group email interview. It was a great privilege to be involved in this as there were a lot of popular productivity blogs included in it, such as Zen Habits and Pick The Brain. The various responses to the questions are very interesting and I highly [...]
The 4 Key Rules For Defining Your Next Actions
David Allen of GTD fame says that one of the key reasons we get bogged down with a project is because we don’t have our next actions worked out properly. In GTD a next action is literally the next step you need to take to move a project forward. Because next actions are so critical [...]
Video Of The Week: Another Uncomfortable Office Moment
This always happens to me. Those magazines show up everywhere. On my table, in my filing cabinet, under my bed… it’s like they have a life of their own!
GTD Dictionary: Contexts
Context The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting. That which surrounds, and gives meaning to, something else. GTD encourages the use of contexts to break down long and expansive to-do lists. Without them where would you start? What would you choose to do at any particular time? By breaking down your lists according [...]
Clutter 101: The Landing Strip
You come home from work or a long day out shopping. Your hands and pockets are full of coins, keys and shopping bags. Where do you put them? If you don’t have a landing strip, then you probably leave them at the first bit of space you come across, whether it be chucked on the [...]
