Comments on: GTD’s Dirty Secrets http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/ Michael and Sam Randall Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Don http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-364 Don Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364 <p>This is so true. I am trying to mash-up GTD and another book I just recently read called "Aligned Thinking" Basically the book helps you see that what you are doing is aligned with your goals and there is a reason why you are doing something. The book is an easy read and quite helful but I am still trying to use techniques of Aligned Thinking and GTD to come up with a good system. That way I will want to do all of the things listed since they are in alignment with my goals set up using Aligned Thinking.</p> This is so true. I am trying to mash-up GTD and another book I just recently read called “Aligned Thinking” Basically the book helps you see that what you are doing is aligned with your goals and there is a reason why you are doing something. The book is an easy read and quite helful but I am still trying to use techniques of Aligned Thinking and GTD to come up with a good system. That way I will want to do all of the things listed since they are in alignment with my goals set up using Aligned Thinking.

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-368 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-368 <p>That certainly looks like an interesting book, and very well received in the <a href="http://pigpog.com/aus.php?asin=1576753603">reviews at Amazon</a> - unfortunately, it's not listed at all over here in the UK.</p> <p>I think a lot of people have tried mashing up GTD with <ppad>7 Habits</ppad>, and had limited success, but I've not heard about Aligned Thinking before - thanks, Don.</p> That certainly looks like an interesting book, and very well received in the reviews at Amazon – unfortunately, it’s not listed at all over here in the UK.

I think a lot of people have tried mashing up GTD with 7 Habits, and had limited success, but I’ve not heard about Aligned Thinking before – thanks, Don.

]]> By: Robert http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-380 Robert Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-380 <p>Found this post through a Technorati link to your mention of my Getting Nothing Done post at Moleskinner, and I really like your take on this. Lately I'm absolutely fed up with the whole boatload of planning systems. Last week, my wife and I were walking through Office Depot and we started talking about all the elaborate organization schemes we've floundered through over the years. And there's no question: We've spent more time planning and organizing and prioritizing all the things we've had to do than we've spent actually <em>doing</em> them. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.</p> Found this post through a Technorati link to your mention of my Getting Nothing Done post at Moleskinner, and I really like your take on this. Lately I’m absolutely fed up with the whole boatload of planning systems. Last week, my wife and I were walking through Office Depot and we started talking about all the elaborate organization schemes we’ve floundered through over the years. And there’s no question: We’ve spent more time planning and organizing and prioritizing all the things we’ve had to do than we’ve spent actually doing them. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-381 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381 <p>...and I'm a tweakaholic.</p> <p>I just love playing with notebooks, and pens, and pencils, and PDAs, and PIMs, and...</p> <p>Maybe I have a <em>little</em> problem :)</p> …and I’m a tweakaholic.

I just love playing with notebooks, and pens, and pencils, and PDAs, and PIMs, and…

Maybe I have a little problem :)

]]> By: Netstormer http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Netstormer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-439 <p>Excellent article</p> <p>Just finished setting up a GTD system today (only 3/4 through the book), felt something was missing. I naively thought my 3x5-card GTD system would become animated and start dancing around like that Disney cartoon, sprinkling productivity into my procrastinating life. Until I read your blog and realized I now have <i>more</i> work to do, it's just more organized.</p> <p>This was actually the reason I stopped using a Palm many years ago, I spent so much time tweaking and organizing my ToDo's/Memos, I actually got <i>less</i> work done, and found that a pad & calendar with tasks and invented-icons was simply faster and easier. I guess it's like the saying `Don't kill a fly with a cannon'.</p> <p>Just my $0.02. Once again, great article, it's a reminder that GTD really is about Getting Things Done, not Putting Things In Folders and Organizing Them Every Week :)</p> Excellent article

Just finished setting up a GTD system today (only 3/4 through the book), felt something was missing. I naively thought my 3×5-card GTD system would become animated and start dancing around like that Disney cartoon, sprinkling productivity into my procrastinating life. Until I read your blog and realized I now have more work to do, it’s just more organized.

This was actually the reason I stopped using a Palm many years ago, I spent so much time tweaking and organizing my ToDo’s/Memos, I actually got less work done, and found that a pad & calendar with tasks and invented-icons was simply faster and easier. I guess it’s like the saying `Don’t kill a fly with a cannon’.

Just my $0.02. Once again, great article, it’s a reminder that GTD really is about Getting Things Done, not Putting Things In Folders and Organizing Them Every Week :)

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-441 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-441 <p>Thanks, Netstormer. I'm afraid I'm better at Putting Things In Folders and Orgainzing Them Every Week than at actually Getting Things Done - it's more fun.</p> <p>And killing a fly with a cannon sounds kind of fun too, come to think of it. Probably depends whose house the fly is in, though.</p> <p>I'm experimenting with a personal wiki at the moment, but even there I've got carried away. I started with a TiddlyWiki variant, but then decided it wouldn't scale enough, and I've ended up installing Apache, MySQL and PHP, then setting up MediaWiki. Heh. Sometimes I spend all day shaving Yaks.</p> <p>But - there's some <em>really</em> smooth yaks around here ;)</p> Thanks, Netstormer. I’m afraid I’m better at Putting Things In Folders and Orgainzing Them Every Week than at actually Getting Things Done – it’s more fun.

And killing a fly with a cannon sounds kind of fun too, come to think of it. Probably depends whose house the fly is in, though.

I’m experimenting with a personal wiki at the moment, but even there I’ve got carried away. I started with a TiddlyWiki variant, but then decided it wouldn’t scale enough, and I’ve ended up installing Apache, MySQL and PHP, then setting up MediaWiki. Heh. Sometimes I spend all day shaving Yaks.

But – there’s some really smooth yaks around here ;)

]]> By: webSherpa http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-506 webSherpa Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506 <p>I think this is where an outliner like LifeBalance might start to become more useful. Not only does it filter to the top things that you may or may not want to do (although that's usually not enough incentive for me), it's ubiquitous pie charts do give you incentive to do the things you've been putting off by encouraging you to balance you pie chart. The only reason I like my Palm Organizer is that I can carry my lists around with me (without having to write out yet another list), but it does take longer than scribbling things down on paper or cards. My original system had cards laid out by goals/projects on a big peg board. It depressed the hell out of me because I ran out of room to put up to do cards and the sheer volume was overwhelming. Thanks for the article!</p> I think this is where an outliner like LifeBalance might start to become more useful. Not only does it filter to the top things that you may or may not want to do (although that’s usually not enough incentive for me), it’s ubiquitous pie charts do give you incentive to do the things you’ve been putting off by encouraging you to balance you pie chart. The only reason I like my Palm Organizer is that I can carry my lists around with me (without having to write out yet another list), but it does take longer than scribbling things down on paper or cards. My original system had cards laid out by goals/projects on a big peg board. It depressed the hell out of me because I ran out of room to put up to do cards and the sheer volume was overwhelming. Thanks for the article!

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-507 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507 <p>I did try LifeBalance, back when I was using Palms, and it's a bit of an odd thing. Once you get all the sliders tweaked to the right places, it's kind of magical - it really <em>does</em> seem to just <em>know</em> what you should be doing, and its handling of GTD-style contexts is excellent.</p> <p>I've not tried it, but <a href="http://www.mylifeorganized.net/">MyLifeOrganized</a> looks to be a similar sort of thing for Windows and Windows Mobile. There's a freeware edition, but I think one of the limitations is that you can't set up contexts.</p> I did try LifeBalance, back when I was using Palms, and it’s a bit of an odd thing. Once you get all the sliders tweaked to the right places, it’s kind of magical – it really does seem to just know what you should be doing, and its handling of GTD-style contexts is excellent.

I’ve not tried it, but MyLifeOrganized looks to be a similar sort of thing for Windows and Windows Mobile. There’s a freeware edition, but I think one of the limitations is that you can’t set up contexts.

]]> By: NineTailedFox http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-668 NineTailedFox Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-668 <p>It might not make me want to do things, but it helps me do them anyway. That'll do.</p> It might not make me want to do things, but it helps me do them anyway. That’ll do.

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/02/10/gtd-dirty-secrets/comment-page-/#comment-672 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672 <p>It's that Yoda philosophy.</p> <p>Sorry, I mean: "Ah, that Yoda philosophy it is, hmmm?"</p> It’s that Yoda philosophy.

Sorry, I mean: “Ah, that Yoda philosophy it is, hmmm?”

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