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David Allen (born December 28, 1945) is an American productivity consultant, best known for the creation of a time management method called "Getting Things Done".
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Being organized simply means that where something is matches what it means to you. No more, no less.
What maps do you need to review, to see where you are & what to do next? Core to self-management systems.
The purpose of a purpose? Tunes you to meaningful things you wouldn't be aware of, otherwise.
Get things under control first, then get focused. If your ship is sinking, you don't care where it's pointed.
A big surprise is coming toward you. How clear do you want to be about all your current commitments, when it hits?
Changing what you want to get done takes a second. Recalibrating & getting the new thing to happen is a martial art.
I've never had to go very far to learn everything I have learned. I just had to care about something & pay attention.
If u magically had 0 emails, in 10 days you'd be back to what you had. Issue is not volume, but tolerance of backlog.
Staying in control daily, weekly, & yearly requires different things for each. Handling one doesn't handle the others.
What do you want to have true? Pick something between total fantasy & 51% believable, get going, & readjust as you learn.
Making decisions when you can vs. when you have to makes for better decisions.
Is what you're about to do more likely to expand or limit your ability to get what you really want? Executive intelligence.
Meetings handled well reduce email. Email handled well reduces meetings.
Maximizing is not optimizing. Sustainable engagement wins, in the end.
If you admit your wildest dream & uncover why you want it, you have a big key to make tomorrow a better day.
Top need for top professionals: psychic space. Fewer distractions & more contexts for thinking. Not more time.
Your tools are only as good as they serve your intention. What do you want to have true? What Do you need to have viewable re: that?
When you know how, any time, to get to the place where it's all sort of funny, you've mastered GTD.
Secret to finding, quickly, the corner pieces, then the outside edges, to the jigsaw puzzle of life: GTD
The present-ness demanded by a crisis is possible w/out crisis. Understand the keys to appropriate engagement. GTD.
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