If you are new to David Allen’s Getting Things Done system or just wondering what the heck it is, then check out WikiPedia’s definition of Getting Things Done. The page explains (in detail) what the Getting Things Done system is all about. This should get you on the right track and on your way to GTD zen. If you are still interested in David Allen’s methods check out his book at Amazon.com.
Tracks is a new Web 2.0 GTD application (Ruby on Rails required) that will get you on the right track. I personally use tracks as my GTD application and am quite fond of it. I find Tracks to be easy enough to use not to slow or even halt productivity like some GTD applications.
Tracks is a web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology.
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Curbly blog has a great article on how to clean like a maid. The article walks you through the methods used by former housekeeper Ivy. Great read if your like me and love a clean house but hate to clean. Ivy mentions cleaning a 1200 square foot home in 45 mins. Now that my friend’s is cleaning GTD style.
The mantra of the company I worked for was top to bottom, left to right. This way you could easily walk into any room and know exactly where to get started.
Watch and learn from David Allen in this brief video on Google as he explains the methods to his madness. David Allen 61 is a time management coach who has developed a system for getting things done on time and without felling overwhelmed. The meat and potatoes of the whole system is to get everything off your mind and into a trusted system for managing each task. David explains “While most people have in the past made some sort of to-do list. Conventional methods of task management are not adequate in todays work environment. By analyzing each specific action required to accomplish a task and mark it as done combined with a system for filing projects, tasks, and next actions you to can feel the zen that is GTD.
If you are following David Allen’s Getting Things Done program and are looking for a one stop solution to get things done. Then you might want to try Nozbe.
If you’re following David Allen’s Getting Things Done system then you may find Stikkit useful. Stikkit allows you to organize snippets of information into easy to manage post its.
Planning a meeting with Stikkit is easy. Set a date, list agenda items, and invite people to the meeting by sharing a stikkit with them. During the meeting, use the same stikkit to store notes and action items — no need to pass around a separate set of meeting minutes.