How do your next actions relate to your Horizons of Focus?

In this episode, we pick up on a discussion that took place in a recent Level 3 seminar: How many of your next actions directly relate to your Vision? 15%? 95%? (we'd love to hear your number!)

Lars also admits to breaking one of the classic GTD rules: The 2 minute Next Action! But.. they agree that it actually is in line with GTD - listen to this episode to learn why.

We're also happy to announce the GTD Summer Camp 2023 dates! Be sure to block your calendars from June 17-18 2023, so you could come and join us :-)

Lastly, this episode also celebrates us crossing 250.000 downloads of the podcast - thanks so much for subscribing!

Links:

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

If you are looking to be coached by us or if you have any feedback, we'd love to hear from you via [email protected]. Lastly you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at VitalLearning.EU and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

In this episode Morten interviews Jørn Arild Andenæs from GEODATA in Norway.

Jørn Arild has been working in the intersection of Getting Things Done® (GTD) and Objectives & Key Results (OKR) and her shares his insights. Who better to shed some light on this interesting subject?

Jørn Arild is also the lead of the largest GTD Meetup.com group in the world. Nearing 1000 members the group offers a free community for learning from peers in Norwegian: The Oslo GTD Gathering: https://www.meetup.com/oslo-gtd-gathering/

Links:

- Connect with Jørn Arild: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joernaa/

- Read a blogpost from Jørn Arild about OKR: https://geodata.no/blogg/2021/01/12/et-malverktoy-som-virker-enkelt-forklart in Norwegian.

- The book mentioned: Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs: https://amzn.to/3dtLpfC Amazon affiliate link.

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

Do you have an example of a using GTD in more complex projects?

This episode is officially a listener questions episode, but the primary conversation dives into the launch of Vital Learning! The new company in the Nordics offering not only GTD but also other great Crucial Learning properties, which we really look forward to.

We'll cover:

- 2 listener question feedbacks

- A listener question from Michael on handling more complex projects

- A walkthrough of a very complex project: Handling changes to the core of your company (GTDnordic!)

This is a very personal episode, as we share the story of some of our activities that have filled our projects/next actions list in 2022. As always, we hope that this episode helps you in your GTD journey!

Links:

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

We're back from vacation!

And in this episode, Morten and Lars recap their vacations from a GTD perspective, including

- How did it go with "The full Lars", i.e. staying offline from email (hint: Not as planned)

- How did they use GTD during their vacations

- What do they do to get back up to full speed after their breaks

..and much more! We're happy to be back after the summer break and hope our reflections help your future breaks.

Links:

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

How do you set yourself up for a great vacation?

In this listener episode, Morten and Lars walk you through how they prepare and engage with the GTD system in relation to vacations. They'll cover topics before and during the vacation, such as:

- Strategies for calendar management

- Tips for setting Out of Office-mails

- Their differences in email handling during the vacation

..and much more! We hope that this episode helps you enjoy your summer (or other!) vacation even more.

Links:

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

How do you find your way through that full inbox?

In this listener questions episode, Morten and Lars picks up 3 listener questions:

- How to do the ""heroic action"" of getting to an empty inbox

- When is the right time to define your new next action?

- Is it always sufficient to just find a project and a next action?

Thanks so much to Iman, Gabor and Alex for their great questions! We really appreciate them and if you have a question for us, let us know at [email protected]

Links:

- Our episode on Natural Planning Model®: https://soundcloud.com/gtdnordic/the-natural-planning-model-from-gtd

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

How do you manage recurring projects?

In this episode, Morten and Lars will walk you through:

- How Areas of Focus might be mixed up with recurring projects

- How you go about building checklists for recurring projects

- How they both use checklists for recurring projects in their systems, Apple Notes/Omnifocus and Todoist/OneNote

..and much more! You may want to watch this one (YouTube links below) as Morten shows his approach.

Links:

- GTD Summer Camp 2022: www.GTDSummerCamp.com

- Our episode on Natural Planning Model®: https://soundcloud.com/gtdnordic/the-natural-planning-model-from-gtd

- Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator (TED): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU

- Curt Clifton's Apple Script that Morten uses as ""Populate template placeholders"": http://curtclifton.net/poptemp

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

How would you organize huge amounts of project information?

In this episode, Morten and Lars picked 3 different listener questions covering various aspects of GTD:

- How would you organize information from building a hospital from the ground up?

- Can you move next actions to the Someday/Maybe list?

- Would you use one or two systems, when you recognize that your personal system will sometimes suffer, when things are busy at work?

..and much more! Including a new expression: "A Lightfooted Hand on Your System" 😁

Thanks to Jerry, Erwann and Andreas for their questions! If you have any questions that you would like us to pick up in a future episode, send us an email at [email protected]

Links:

- GTD Summer Camp 2022: www.GTDSummerCamp.com

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

What are the different levels in practicing GTD?

Listen to this episode to learn more about the different levels, including:

- The different stages of learning and implementing GTD

- The perspective of the 5 I's for understanding where you are in your GTD implementation

- More tips on the GTD® Practitioner Competency Evaluation from episode 22

..and much more!

Links:

- Episode 22 on evaluating your GTD practice: https://soundcloud.com/gtdnordic/how-to-evaluate-your-own-gtd-practice

- The GTD® Practitioner Competency Self Assessment PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KDaZ18QtuKsWX8wkVLy99r_pp5OHlHA4/view?usp=sharing

- GTD Summer Camp 2022: www.GTDSummerCamp.com

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- GTD-Q test in Danish: www.gtdnordic.dk/gtd-q/

- GTD-Q test in Norwegian: www.GTDtest.no

- GTD-Q test in English: https://gettingthingsdone.com/gtd-q/

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.

What are best practices for hybrid meetings?

Listen to this episode to learn more about Morten and Lars' best practices for hybrid meetings, including:

- How you might want to reorganize your next hybrid meeting

- How it might be helpful to have the meeting leader be a virtual participant

- Why you might want to check in with virtual participants before the physical ones

..and much more! We'd also love to hear your tips on how you manage your hybrid meetings - let us know at [email protected] and we'll share those tips in an upcoming episode.

Links:

- Episode 60 on great meetings with GTD: https://soundcloud.com/gtdnordic/60-great-meetings-with-gtd

- GTD Summer Camp 2022: www.GTDSummerCamp.com

- Morten/Lars' channels on YouTube, if you want to watch the episodes:

- Lars: https://www.youtube.com/c/LarsRothschildHenriksen

- Morten: https://www.youtube.com/c/MortenRøvikGTD

We really hope that this episode helps you on your GTD journey and, as always: If you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you via [email protected], you can learn more about GTD in the Nordics at GTDnordic.com and find cool GTD gear at GTDshop.com.