Getting Things Done

In another chat with David Allen, Dave Edwards asks about the Clarify and Organize steps. But they also veer off the agenda to talk about what goes on the calendar and why, the Someday/Maybe list, and feeling good about what you choose to do in any moment.

You can listen to the entire conversation from November 2021 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

In another chat with David Allen, Dave Edwards asks about the Capture step. David explains why he changed the first step in the GTD workflow from collect to capture. They also discuss the change in mental clarity and space that comes from getting everything off your mind, and deciding next actions on each thing.

You can listen to the entire conversation from October 2021 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

You may already be familiar with Peter Byrom from his insightful participation in the GTD forums. Now you'll have a chance to hear him describe the arc of his GTD journey. He talks in detail about the digital tools he has used, including Things, Todoist, and Outlook. Peter also reflects on his recent experience with the more subtle relationship between next actions and projects, and the Purpose and Principles horizon. At one point he refers to the GTD story that we posted in written form in 2019, and you can read that by clicking here. After the interview, Peter helpfully recorded a six-minute video about his Todoist setup. Click here for that video.

You can listen to the entire conversation from August 2021 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

In another chat with David Allen, Dave Edwards asks about the Mind Sweep. How often to do it? What to do with the results? David replies and also explores what happens when a team or a couple does a Mind Sweep.

Later they discuss how to clarify and organize what has shown up in the Mind Sweep.

Finally, Dave asks David what he's been reading lately, and we get a look at David's bookshelf.

You can listen to the entire conversation from June 2021 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

David Allen, Ana Maria Gonzalez, and John Forrister talk about various angles on productively working from home. They cover communication with other remote colleagues, time and space boundaries, differences between the home and office environments, and more.

In the recording, David mentions Nicolas von Rosty's experience working from home. You can listen here.

David also mentioned using email and the in-tray, even with family members who are nearby. He wrote about that in one of his essays back in 1998. If you'd like to read the original (a less-than-two-minute action), we have just posted it here.

You can listen to the entire conversation from March 2020 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith discusses how daily questions and especially active questions can be used to increase individual effectiveness and build employee engagement. Dr. Goldsmith is the world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior.

You can listen to the entire GTD Summit from February 2020 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

Mirabai Weismehl Rosenfeld is the Concertmaster of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. David talks with her about her professional journey, and how she heard about GTD. Mirabai also shares about how GTD supports her creative expression. You will also hear delightful surprises at the beginning and end of the recording.

You can listen to the conversation from June 2021 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

David Allen has an engaging dialog with Oliver Burkeman, the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking.

You can listen to the rest of this conversation from April 2019 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

Alba Leal is a GTD Trainer in training in Mexico City. She has a fascinating background, including journalism, corporate work in Silicon Valley, and a new degree in art therapy. She is currently working on a doctorate in Organizational Psychology. As usual, we talk about how she got into GTD, and what tools she uses. After that she goes into more detail on her journey, and the changes she plans to inspire in organization cultures.

You can listen to the entire 2 hour webinar from April 2021 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.

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Please join us for a working session designed to optimize your system so that you can trust your priority decisions on a moment-to-moment basis. This webinar involves the practices for achieving and maintaining a longer-horizon experience of control and focus, of life and work. After completing this session you will be able to better understand the value of evaluating your system and adapting it to optimize its usefulness. Presented by Ana Maria Gonzalez and Robert Peake. And David Allen makes a surprise appearance at the end.

You can listen to the entire webinar from April 2020 at GTD Connect®.

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This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity.

Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It's easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content designed to help you stay on track and deepen your awareness of principles you can also learn in GTD courses, coaching, and by reading the Getting Things Done book. You'll also get the support and encouragement of a thriving global community of people you won't find anywhere else.

If you already know you'd like to join, click here to choose from monthly or annual options.

If you'd like to try GTD Connect free for 14 days, read on for what's included and how to get your free trial.

• Recorded webinars with David Allen & the certified coaches and trainers on a wide range of productivity topics
• GTD Getting Started & Refresher Series to reinforce the fundamentals you may have learned in a GTD course, coaching, or book
• Extensive audio, video, and document library
• Slice of GTD Life series to see how others are making GTD stick
• David Allen's exclusive interviews with people in his network all over the world
• Lively members-only discussion forums sharing ideas, tips, and tricks

Note: GTD Connect is designed to reinforce your learning, and we also recommend that you take a course, get individual coaching, or read the Getting Things Done book.