Organize IT

As promised in a recent recap, here is another update to my list of GTD and productivity sites/blogs. The list now has well over 100 links to check out and I’ve changed any old URLs as well as updating the list of dead sites. This is one of the largest collections of links for productivity sites out there right now and it can be a little unwieldy so if I’ve let any errors slip through (wrong links, misspellings, etc) please let me know. I’d also very much appreciate any support you can give in getting the list out there to people. Also, feel free to copy/paste the collection into your blogs, all I ask is that you link back to Organize IT.

Because I just got a DVD set of the show, here is a Scrubs special.

Sean: “You know Freud said that 90% of all human behavior is motivated by sexual impulses. Give me some credit, I would say at least 30% of my behavior is motivated by advertising and the rest by violence in film.”

Turk: “This is the reason why your headache didn’t go away. That’s actually pronounced analgesic, not anal-gesic. Sir, the pills go in your mouth.”

Dr. Cox: “I don’t know if they taught you this in the land of fairies and puppy dog tails where you obviously, if not grew up, then at least spent most of your summers, but you’re in the real world now!”

Janitor: “Some hooligan keeps disconnecting the alarm. I told security to look into it. But no, no, they’d rather catch the guy who’s stealing organs from the transplant ward.”

Dr. Cox: “Couples who are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as everybody else, but the big difference is they don’t let it take them down. One of those two people will stand up and fight for that relationship every time.”

Organize IT recap for 22nd February 2008

• If you haven’t already contibuted to my post asking what you don’t like about GTD, then please do so, I’d really appreciate it! So far a common theme coming out of it is the complexity and difficulty of implementing GTD out of the box. Do you agree?
• While I’m on the topic of what people don’t like about GTD, the Success Making Machine blog has a post looking at some of those very issues, including its complexity and weak focus on life management.
• LifeClever has an idea called the prep card. I’ve lost track of all the meetings and interviews I’ve had where I’d go in all motivated to stand up for myself and then a tricky question would come up and I’d completely forget about all my preperations. This prep card idea is definately useful, though I think it’s scope can definately be extended to other areas.
• This Cracked article about five common body myths your mom told you may be jokey but it’s something I can relate to, especially the one about cold weather. My mom still tells me that one! Have any of you guys come across other body myths your parents told you?
• Leo from over at Zen Habits has released a new e-book. Here I am struggling away on my first one and he’s already done his second ;) If you are a fan of his work or admire the incredible rise of his blog you can buy his book here.

We all know that GTD is a very popular system for those wanting to get a grip of their workflow and productivity levels. However, like most things it has its negative qualities; features and aspects that don’t work as intended or simply aren’t practical for the average person to use. It’s got me thinking about what I don’t like about GTD, what doesn’t work for me and what I just simply disagree on. I’m going to dedicate an entire post detailing my thoughts on this in the near future. In the meantime, I want to throw this issue out to you all. I’d love to hear what your GTD complaints are. I’m really looking forward to reading your comments on this as it’s potential goldmine of information, so whether you regularly comment or are a first time visitor…. share your thoughts!

Welcome to another post in the self-help myths series! This time I will take a look at the comfort zone, which is the collection of areas, thoughts, attitudes and environments in your personal, social and work lives that you have become accustomed to. To stray away from these would cause varying degrees of anxiety, which can hold you back. A great many self-help guides state that expanding your comfort zone is the key to achieving your dreams. The more new things you do the bigger your comfort zone becomes, right? Wrong!