It’s been a while since I talked about the productivity system I use so I thought I would bring everyone up to date as a lot has changed and I learnt a few things about developing a system that really fits your needs. You can read my previous posts on the topic here and here.

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A couple of weeks ago I did my top 10 GTD & productivity sites/blogs, so it was only natural I would end up bringing together all the sites I have bookmarked into one handy list (over 100 at the last update). If you feel I have missed a site out then please leave a comment.

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One of the 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. But when problems arise it it can be a straight forward matter of not having the right next actions worked out, to a major issue of how you have them defined in your mind and on your system. Below are 4 rules for writing down air tight next actions.

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People have been asking me recently about what folder I use for my GTD system, what sheets I use etc. While it is basically quite a simple system I have designed quite a lot of templates to use. I have gradually been putting them up for everyone to use. However due to requests I have decided to offer the full package, as it were. I’m now selling the folder, divider and a collection of templates for you to use. The price is quite reasonable and just covers the cost of getting hold of the various parts and posting them on. Please go to this page and check it out. If you aren’t interested at the very least there is an ever expanding collection of free templates for you to use

I’ve been away for over a week on holiday hense the lack of posts recently. From today I’m hoping to catch up with things. One of the first things I did when I got back home was to get up to date with the latest goings on with my favourite sites. I have quite a few productivity blogs bookmarked on my del.icio.us account so it certainly took a while It got me to thinking which of these sites really stood out for me and provided top content on a regular basis. In an attempt to answer this I’ve come up with my top 10 GTD & productivity sites/blogs. Bear in mind, it’s by no means definitive. There are so many sites out there that I could quite easily wake up tomorow and change half the list

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