Comments on: GTD’s One Key Secret

By: Mike King

Mike King — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:01:31 +0000

Thanks everyone for the comments on where and how GTD can help in your life, its a great system but hard to implement without small pieces of it show evidence of value, one at a time. Glad to hear this tip will help with that.

@Dan thanks for the link as well.

@Matt, yes, Ferriss takes some of this to the extreme really and is a great motivator to activate some of these tips in your own life! Thanks for stopping by to comment!

By: @MattWilsontv

@MattWilsontv — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:35:55 +0000

Hi Mike,

My favorite part of GTD is #1 elimination Tim Ferriss style–if you don’t need to do it, drop it, delegate it, or forget it!

#2 is focus–those 2 minute tasks can take 20 minutes if you are interrupted by telephone calls, the television, whining kids, etc…

Thanks for the reciprocal comment on my blog, just subscribed here.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:27:37 +0000

Great tips.

For implementing GTD you can use this web-based application:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:09:28 +0000

This helps me out alot! I have been always good about giving the best advice I could, yet people at youth group have dubed me with the “5minute talk time” since I have a dedensy to talk for such a long time. Thank you so much.

Izzy

By: Betty

Betty — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:23:30 +0000

Wow! Thanks for all the info. I am a new blogger with much to learn. I love the 2 minute idea. I will check this site again.

By: LifeMadeGreat | Juliet

LifeMadeGreat | Juliet — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:33:21 +0000

Hi Mike

OK, you succeeded
You have got me to do something I have been putting off (and thinking about) for weeks now.

I must have got involved with blogging before all of the GTD rage, so, although I have seen those three little letters a fair amount, I’ve never known much about them.

Glad I’m going to get some education on it here.

Thank you
Juliet

By: Dicki

Dicki — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:00:34 +0000

I like the GTD process,I didn’t even know that there was such a strategy and was glad to get to know about the book and its remarkable author.Knowing my own nature I can say that I am able to feel some satisfactionin the evening when everything is well-done.And I try to do all the things which are necessary.Now I understand that I got such a strategy from chidhood and feel deep gratitude to all my teachers and gurus for that.I support Ian’s decision to do thing right now ,not to delay them for tomorrow,and it will become a habit,the habit will turn into one’ nature which makes the life easier and more pleasant.If you see your things are being done you can observe the progress in your life,that means you and the life are going together side by side.And it costs only some minutes a day!

By: Mike King

Mike King — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:06:25 +0000

@Lance – Yes, I should have used that word here, definitely what it leads to, empowerment… Thanks for that addition here and good luck with applying it in this way, I think it works very well in the long run!

@Tai – coaching people in this way works beautifully because, as you said, it builds confidence and lets them learn to do it in their own way. Thanks for taking the time to add your comment and experience here…

@Ian – Am I ever glad I put that point at the top then about doing it now. I’ll credit Manager-tools for that one. They taught me the value of BLUF (bottom line up front) when you write something. Put your point first so people know what you are getting at, don’t beat around the bush with background info and then try to make you point. I’m surprised you hadn’t heard of GTD before, I guess not “everybody” writes about it then heh! Oh and the blog community, isn’t it wonderful how small it is that these connections we have come full circle as often as they do… I truly love that!

@Rainer – thanks for the comment and glad to make that 2 minutes something to go for!

By: rainer

rainer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:33:32 +0000

Hello,

I enjoyed reading the article and the 2 minutes is wort a try….Happy Blogging

By: Ian Peatey

Ian Peatey — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:08:54 +0000

Mike

I was going to close this and come back to it tomorrow to post a comment .. but then I read:

“if there is anything you can do right now in just a few minutes, do it now so you will NEVER have to come back to it again and waste time thinking or reading about it in the same way again.”

and there’s no better time to put something into practice than RIGHT NOW.

I’ve not heard of this GTD process before but am grateful for the introduction. I really like the ideas you’ve presented here … deal with things here and now. Finish them. Do them quickly. Love it.

And also thanks for the mention – incredible how this world of blogging is really quite small. I’m thinking of organising a conference and bringing together all the great self development bloggers.

Ian