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In a previous post I mentioned how David Allen touts the Two-Minute rule as one GTD change you can make that will put you ahead of 90 percent of homo sapiens, and how it can make your team more productive even if you are the only one using it. Some GTD purists would say you … Continue reading “GTD Mediocrity Still an Improvement”

After reading Getting Things Done on that fateful plane ride a year ago next Wednesday, one of my first steps was to throw away some of the books on organization that had previously guided my personal organizing efforts. Among these was Stephanie Winston’s The Organized Executive, henceforth known as TOE. I recycled it because it … Continue reading “GTD vs. TOE – The Case of the Rapid Rebate”

If you were sick with a fever and felt awful, you would take a couple of days off to get plenty of rest, drink lots of fluids and otherwise take care of your body so you could come back both feeling good and also more productive. You wouldn’t be getting much done anyway with that … Continue reading “Of GTD, iPods and File System Flu”

David Allen says following it will make you more productive than 90 percent of the planet. What is it? The Two-Minute Rule. And I have an emphasis I think will make you not only more productive, but also more popular with your support staff, direct reports or colleagues. And it will make your team more … Continue reading “GTD Success in Two Minutes or Less”

Before reading GTD, my email was a mess. I didn’t know it was a disaster, though, because this was the only way I had worked. I did have some colleagues who sorted their email into folders, but that seemed like way too much work. I just left it all in my inbox. As a result, … Continue reading “GTD: Email Inbox from 11,000 to Zero (and keeping it that way)”