When I changed jobs, I was forced to use the abomination that is Lotus Notes (oh how I hate thee - but more on that later). And it worked great as long as I was at Dell - and using Microsoft Outlook. It was absolutely fantastic - because most of us have email open all the time - and it is just easy to create tasks on the fly, schedule tasks and do daily reviews with great ease. When I was at Dell, I took this course wherein they applied the whole GTD thing to Microsoft’s Outlook. Alright - if you don’t own a smart phone, you might want to get one - you can thank me later. But it seemed primitive to me in today’s world where we are always connected, always online, always digitally enabled. The book talks about using cards and folders to manage the system. Where the deep (oh so sweet) satisfaction of checking off things spurs greater productivity.īut for the longest time, I struggled with this - from an implementation standpoint. Where things are never too big because you can create projects and break them down into manageable tasks. Where the context of the task is just as important as the task itself. Where things are not lurking at the back of your mind at all times - but are filed in some reliable and accessible system where you can get back to them and address them. I like the whole concept of mind-as-water. I am one of those people that bought into the whole GTD (based on the bestselling book Getting Things Done by David Allen) thing. Evernote and Todoist: REALLY Getting Things Done
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