237: GTD Summit 2019 Day Two Recap

This is the recap for Day Two of the #GTDSummit which happened in Amsterdam in June 2019.

The theme of the Summit from David Allen:

• The strategic value of space

• There are no problems, only projects

Again, there was way too much content in the Summit to cover in an hour recap, but we did our best. 😉 Enjoy!!

Resources from the call:

• gtdsummit.com Official website of the #GTDSummit.

• http://coda.io/gtdsummit (This was the events “app” and has great summaries of the presentations and bios of the speakers.)

• Build Your Omnifocus by Ryan Dotson & Rosemary Orchard

• Guided Mindsweep Using iOS Shortcuts App from Rosemary Orchard

• Automators 27: Shortcuts in iOS 13 - Diving into the Deep End!

• Next Action Associates, Certified International Partner of David Allen Company in the UK and Ireland.

• Holacracy.org - Self-management Practice for Organizations

• Holocracy by Brian J. Robertson

• Getting Things Done podcast - Episode 39: GTD & Holacracy

• Getting Things Done podcast - Episode 41: David Allen Talks with General Randall Fullhart

• Sabri Eryigit of Next Action Partners, Germany

• Tom Thomison, former co-founder of HolacracyOne and now of Dwarfs and Giants

• Brave New Work by Aaron Dignan

• Breaking Rank: How to lead change when yesterday’s stories limit today’s choices by Steven Coutinho

• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

• Smarter Faster Better: The transformative power of real productivity by Charles Duhigg

• GTD For Teens by David Allen, Mike Williams, and Mark Wallace

• Mark Wallace - Elementary School Children are “Getting Things Done” article

• Equipping the next generation to conquer overload and distraction | Mark Wallace | TEDxEdina

• David Allen’s #UltimateGTDApp Challenge

• Emily Gregory of Vital Smarts

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Paterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler

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236: GTD Summit 2019 Day One Recap

So the #GTDSummit 2019 just happened in Amsterdam. And, WOW, was it awesome!

By popular request, we’re doing a recap of the summit. In this episode we cover much of Day One of the Summit. We’ll cover Day Two in the next episode. There was way too much content in the Summit to cover in an hour, but we did our best. 😉 Enjoy!!

The theme of the Summit from David Allen:

• The strategic value of space

• There are no problems, only projects

Resources from the call:

• gtdsummit.com Official website of the #GTDSummit.

• http://coda.io/gtdsummit (This was the events “app” and has great summaries of the presentations and bios of the speakers, including the ones we didn’t cover.)

• Marshall Goldsmith’s daily questions spreadsheet

• Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith

• Trap Tales by David Covey & Stephan M Mardyks

• Focus AAN/UIT by Mark Tigchelaar

• Default Mode Network

• Busy by Tony Crabbe

• Brainchains by Theo Compernolle

• David Arnoux’s GrowthTribe.io

• Eric Anderson Space Adventures

• When by Daniel Pink

• Workarounds by Russell Bishop

• GTD for Teens by Mark Wallace, Mike Williams, and David Allen

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220: GTD Tips

GTD Tips and Tricks Galore!!! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• GTD® Virtual Study Group podcast by Topic

• Getting Things Done® by David Allen Abridged audio book 

• LinkedIn Learning course on Getting Things Done by David Allen (formerly Lynda.com)

• GTD Connect

• Project Planning course GTD.com

• Zen to Done by Leo Baubuta

• The 12 Week Year by Brian P Moran and Michael Lennington

• Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden

• The 8th Habit by Dr Stephen R. Covey

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

• ReWork by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

• The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

• The 5-Hour Workday by Stephan Aarstol

• Productivity Book Group

• The Productivity Show podcast

• Everlast Notebooks - Rocketbook, new plastic version

• Livescribe

• Good Notes App on iPad Pro

• Evernote

• Omnifocus

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Special thanks to John Chidiac for capturing the resources for this episode!

136: Ask the VSG

In this episode, we cover a bunch of topics in one of our Ask the VSG calls. We covered GTD and working with others, delegation, “waiting for” at work and at home, using multiple tools in one system, Evernote vs OneNote, doing, going electronic, and more... Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Onenote

• Asana

• FollowupCC

• NudgeMail

• Boomerang

• Google Apps

• Gmail

• OmniFocus

• Manager Tools

• Career Tools

• Getting Things Done by David Allen

• RememberTheMilk

• Amazon Wish List

• Trello

• Evernote

• GTD VSG OneNote episode

• GTD VSG Evernote panel episode

• The Secret Weapon

• Evernote: The Unofficial Guide to Getting Things Done by Daniel Gold

• Evernote Essentials by Brett Kelly

• GTD VSG resource page

• Google+ Productivity Community

• GTD VSG Evernote with Lilli Weisz episode

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124: Getting Set Up for GTD®

A special second live call for the month of May. On this episode, we covered another great Back to Basics topic -- Getting Set Up for GTD®. 

Resources from the call:

• Remember The Milk

• OmniFocus

• Evernote

• Team Viz

• Outlook

• Toodledo

• Life Balance

• GTD® Review music (DavidAllenCo Forum link)

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119: Ask the VSG!

A great call covering a mixed bag of GTD topics, asked and answered by those on the live call. We started out with a follow-up to last month’s call hearing about Mike Schroff’s implementation using OneNote. From there we moved on to overflowing email inboxes, Inbox Zero, collaborative platforms, ‘mind like water’, weekly reviews, daily reviews, and more. A little something for everyone in this fun call! Hope you enjoy!

Resources:

• Contact Mike Schroff for more information on his OneNote GTD system

• Microsoft Office OneNote

• QuickSteps in Outlook

• MsgFiler for Apple Mail - keystroke filing

• Text Expander

• Basecamp

• Sharepoint

• Devonthink

• OmniFocus

• “Experience Curating: How to Gain Focus, Increase Influence, and Simplify Your Life” by Joel Zaslofsky

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098: Ask the VSG: Teams and Businesses Edition

It's time for another episode of Ask the VSG! On this call, we talk about corporate communication, social media as an alternative to email, and much more.

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URLs mentioned on this call:

• Wired: Luis Suarez article: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/01/luis-suarez/

• RequestTracker: http://bestpractical.com/rt/

• SpiceWorks: http://www.spiceworks.com/

• Jive: http://www.getjive.com/

• Tikiwiki: http://info.tiki.org/Tiki+Wiki+CMS+Groupware

• BuddyPress: http://buddypress.org/

• Yammer: https://www.yammer.com/

• Ning: http://www.ning.com/

• EasyProjects: http://www.easyprojects.net/

• Asana: http://asana.com/

• SocialMediaGovernance.com http://socialmediagovernance.com/

• The E-Policy Handbook http://www.amazon.com/The-E-Policy-Handbook-Designing-Implementing/dp/B006G8FM8K

095: End of Year Review

It's our last meeting of 2012! Join the Virtual Study Group as we gab about end of year reviews, recap the best of 2012, and celebrate another year of productivity.
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URLs mentioned in this call:

• Brad Feld's interview on the Good Life Project: http://www.goodlifeproject.com/brad-feld/

• Steven Pressfield: http://www.stevenpressfield.com/

• Creating perspective on OF: http://vimeo.com/38725260

• Llamagraphics' Life Balance: http://www.llamagraphics.com/products

• Tara Mohr journal prompts (just substitute 2013 for 2012): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-sophia-mohr/new-years-resolutions_b_1172005.html

• Jonathan Fields annual report: http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/annual-report/

• Productive! magazine with issue 14: our own Augusto Pinaud is on the cover (and Tara is on p 23): http://www.michaelsliwinski.com/productive_magazine/

• Mac Power Users podcast: http://macpowerusers.com/

• Back to Work 5by5: http://5by5.tv/b2w

• Text Expander: http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/index.html

• Phrase Express: http://www.phraseexpress.com/

• Scott Young's post on ultralearning: http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/10/26/mastering-linear-algebra-in-10-days-astounding-experiments-in-ultra-learning/

094: Ask the VSG

Have you ever wanted to quiz the members about a pressing problem or a difficult situation you're trying to work out? In this episode, we tackle some questions from callers. We didn't get to everything so we'll be doing another of these soon.
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URLs mentioned in the call:

• The Secret Weapon http://www.thesecretweapon.org/

• Egretlist Mini-manual http://tararobinson.com/store-2/minimanual-egretlist

• FlyLady http://www.flylady.net/

• David Seah: Project Shoebox http://davidseah.com/blog/2012/06/project-shoebox-making-a-physical-filing-system/

078: End of the Year Celebration and Review

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to gather and celebrate what we accomplished in 2011! We recap what we learned and our ah-hahs as well as talk about what to take forward in the New Year.

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