Thanks for a great video, Adrian. 2 great takeaways for me: not thinking of 'balance' as one thing at the expense of another, and also your outcome thinking challenge. I will use this for reviewing my next few months. 👍🏻

"Store stuff in a way that you don't have to rethink it." "almost someone else could do it. " <3 really great points in the video

This episode is especially helpful to me, because I can see in your dialogue ways to improve my own practice of GTD. For example, applying it incrementally instead of trying to do everything at once, and looking at and moving forward with the practices that have helped me so far before trying to add new ones. Seeing a real person struggling with some of the same issues I struggle with is immensely helpful. More if this type of episode, please! And thanks for all the good information and motivation I have been gleaning from all your videos!

The thing with me is that I can do 90% of all the tasks in the current context. Pc, Home, Calls, etc all can be done. So is really about moving the main projects irregardless of context.

Thanks for the tips. What's your opinion regarding daily habits and tasks in GTD system? things like daily reading, exercise, .. Should we add them every single day to calendar?

Great tip for me, my list has become so squishy and unusable.

A nice change from hustle culture and the pretty planner connunity. Adds to my growing understanding of bujo and FC

This is really helpful- fumbling my way through figuring out a BASB, productivity and learning ecosystem, and basically anything that will help me get my life admin , physical and mental space in some order. Possible adhder doesnt help

lucky to watch this video❤

I read the book and probably need to read it again but actually seeing is clarity to me and I'm in search of a video that shows that. Seeing someone's physical lists and how they are organized and prioritized... this would be gold.

Great content, but your mic is not working properly :(

Is there a paid training for GTD Fans with you, The Next Action Associates?

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This guy looks like he hunts werewolves

Thank you - this described my problem exactly, and has helped me to go forward with more purpose on my GTD journey

I have the same dilemma working in finance, but in reverse. My work system is pretty comprehensive, but my personal system is incomplete. Having a contained work system requires me to do the same macro task separately. E.g. weekly review for work and then one for personal, but I can’t do the personal one on company time. The best time for a weekly review would be during work hours, but I can’t boot up my personal laptop. Throw ADHD into the mix and it makes it really hard to have the executive function for this level of thinking after work. Weekends with the kids is too hectic to inch out the 60-90 minutes to do a second weekly review for personal, so all my personal projects get lost in the ether and not move forward. Then it feels like my life is all about my work and no clear focus that matter to me personally.

The new iPhone 15 can let you customize the side button, which I use to start Drafts app to jot down quick thoughts. It always opens a new page and is ready to accept input in one step.

I find this extremely unprofessional. While it's perfectly acceptable to share that a response may be delayed due to volume upon your return, just deleting what could be critical information or inquiry is ridiculous, rude, and disrespectful of the sender. Email is a standard means of business communication. Wonder if they emptied their mailbox straight into the shredder upon their return, too.

Watching the coaching sessions was very beneficial. The bit on how notes/reminders can seem not as clear a few days later is very important. Have you ever watched a movie or tv series and a cool song comes. Later you listen to the song and it’s good but not quite the same? In NLP, they talk about Meta-States. This is just a state about a state. With the reminder sometimes only the information captured doesn’t evoke the full Experiance as when making the reminder/note. I also think a crucial skill is to know the difference between emotionally inspiring/general information and specific action oriented prompts that evoke the desired response in the future. There is a visceral difference in “mother’s birthday dinner” vs “call restaurant at 2pm to make reservation.” The latter “feels”captured when we make the reminder but was it a good enough prompt to get you ti sort for next actions. (maybe) ----------------------- Also, for digitizing my analog written notes, files, coupons, etc. I use IOS copy iCloud link in photos and input into Things App in the related project file, list, etc. ----------------------- Thanks in advance for any feedback.

I have a single next action list and use tags and smart folders to see subsets of next actions in context. Very flexible

Thank you for this. I’ve been using my workflow protocols and Google sheets to try to track the progress of various business activities but having a list with the progress saves a ton of time in adding editing, etc. this is definitely going to help. Thank you.

Spookily posted close to publishing date of GTD for Teams 😅. Copy pre-ordered, btw. 😊

This was a really informative podcast, and quite timely as well. Some associative GTD-like thoughts I came away with were: -"The better you get, the better you better get" (DA) - I think this is a healthy approach to AI. An outcome is that I'll get better at my job/role. -GTD is doing a great job for me of externalizing stuff so that I'm not burdened to remember next actions, and they're efficiently placed within contexts that work for me. -One area, in the moment, is the cognitive burden of being really appropriately engaged in the moment with a client: Q: What are the language preferences of the client (visual, auditory, physical) and how am I able to shift my communication style, etc Q: What is the most appropriate evidence-based practice to integrate right now. And, where did we leave off from last time. Q: What research out there could dynamically be used right now in practice. Q: What practices am I observing, right now, that could actually inform research and how to ensure that's captured and processed. Q: How to be completely in the moment with a client; get the best of the encounter for them; and then really efficiently be able to process to completion everything with appropriate inclusion and oversight. Interesting times. The key for me is that I will always be driving the ship. The better the AI becomes, the better I better get.

Great format, interesting and very relatable conversation. Recognise the lack of ability to hold those boundaries Alix and say no occasionally! I hadn't thought of them as the trash side of the model either so thats opened my eyes today. Looking forward to following this series through.

Great episode!

Thanks so much, that was very helpful!

I have tried implementing GTD for few years now (after I have read a book and watched youtube videos) but felt it owerhelming and fell off the wagon quite soon. I think that I had this vision that I will do capture, process and organise and since that everything will flow magically itself... 😉 Well, this year I realise that implementing GTD means chaning lot of habits I had for years and it is long process. So I put it on top of my 2024 resolutions, and slowly but surely, making changes and I gave myself a year to change those habits and not being discuraged by felling off the wagon. Your videos keep me informed and motivated. Many thanks

Love this format

A very insightful and practical format! Thank you

Could you gentlemen please let us know the title of that podcast you did with David Allen that you referenced in this interview? ✨️

Hey! Hi! I've been looking forward to this new format and new episode!

3:15 <Paused> Prior to watching the video, an action came into my mind (which wasn't captured). Then, Todd said something at 3:12 - same action pops into my head. It will take longer than 2 minutes, so I captured it. 3:16 Todd. Continue on. I love the reframe of "What would I like to see?" - that places it back on me strategically to review and be more intentional on deciding the various contexts of my engagement. Within my GTD system, I came up with another (somewhat of an InBox) list called "Process/rephrase this" What I'm doing, after an action (if I'm really pressed for time), is dropping it into that list and then later on deciding if it's immediately actionable or being rephrased and placed back into an appropriate context. One area, within Read/Review, has been creating multiple lists (5 so far) that are associated with an area of focus - Read/Review (LCSW), Read/Review (SW). For me, there's something implied which is kind of priority grouping of job-related (SW) and studying towards (LCSW). I really enjoy watching your videos of both of you in conversation, which is like a MasterClass in GTD. Also... I can't for the life of me remember what that action was that came into my head... One of my contexts is "Brain Fried" - wonder where I got/modified that one from? Also, my boss now asks me ,when face-to-face - "Do you have any agenda items for me?

GOLD. GOLD. GOLD. Everyone, if you’ve not watched this entire video, It’s basically a TEDTalk that is so nutrient rich about GTD. Massive respect to this man and this video, and its “healing powers“ for Getting Things Done.

Sometimes it seems like overhead (too much work) because you haven’t done it frequently enough. Once you have integrated it into your life then it will take less and less time. If you dont want to say “oh boy today is busy and i haven’t done anything and i’m fried” then GTD is for you

Wow! That's a gem of a discussion. Thanks for sharing.

best GTD Advice I have ever heard! thanks!

Love the idea of the coaching format podcasts! Really looking forward to that.

I would love to see GTD in action - a typical day, for example. I understand the concept but I can't get it to translate to my everyday life. I'm a full-time homemaker with grown children and grandchildren and want desperately to use GTD but can't figure out how to use it in my life. This was helpful but I need more.

An excellent series on the best practices in applying GTD. However, practitioners of the GTD will benefit the most from this series, which is coming directly from the experts in this field. Thank you so much for the deep dive in the concepts and philosophy of GTD and for exposing this rich experience you have.

"We're in the territory of blasphemy here"...at least you are acknowledging the herd of elephants in this video (which is awesome, BTW)!

This was great. Reviewing Action Contexts takes a lot of cognitive load off and saves more time too. Thanks for the tips

This is great stuff guys. Thank you.

These categories in list can also be used for triggers for weekly review planning I just realized

Where can we find training w/you?

Hello Don, It's been so long since we've crossed paths! Do you remember Georgetown Park Townhouses and your dads girlfriend at the time was Janet ? And BIG Brad he was Native American.

Loved the bigger picture discussion

very interesting. 🤣🤣 Yes... this all rings true

What became essential to me on my own was to continuously rephrase, clarify, expand, etc each review item, and not just reread things into cognitive saturation.

This is beautiful, guys! I've been asked recently by my psychoanalyst if I really saw value in the time I spend clarifying, organizing and doind a weekly review, and these considerations were really on point! The most important point for me was about the time to reflect if this is the right direction to go!

Also, for my personal needs, I would add the category "not work at all" - I find it very helpful to have this as a possible gear, in which to shift, because otherwise I never switch off.