335: Starting

Sometimes the hardest thing is just getting started. In this episode we look at how to get over that hurdle, and much more. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Mike Williams - natural planning method

• Endel app (focus timer)

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248: Motivation with GTD

How do you keep yourself inspired to manage your tasks using GTD®? In this episode of GTDVSG, we talk about our motivation — today, as well as, when we first began using GTD. Lots of great tips for newbies and veterans alike! So, how do you keep motivated with your system?

Resources from the call:

• The Getting Things Done Workbook; 10 Moves to Stress-free Productivity by David Allen and Brandon Hall

• Getting Things Done by David Allen (audio version)

• The Two-Minute Rule

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• Getting Things Done® Podcast

• Weekly Review

• Getting Your Inbox to Zero

• OmniFocus

• Wrike

• Trello

• Basecamp

• Omnifocus - Template scripts

• ToDo.ist

• Evernote

• Horizons of Focus

• Bullet Journal

• Your Why 

• What does Wild Success look like?

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240: Future Planning for Horizons 3 and 4

The Horizons of Focus can often be the hardest piece of GTD to grasp. They can seem elusive and amorphous. Today, the VSG shares how we have defined them, and how we keep an eye on them and make sure our goals and visions don’t become purely wishlists. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Horizons of Focus

• OmniFocus

• Nirvana

• GTD® Incomplete Trigger List

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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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154: Motivating

In this episode we discuss self-motivation, both in life and in our GTD systems. Enjoy!

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044: Author Daniel Pink on Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Bestselling author Daniel Pink fit in a quick conversation with the group. In this episode, you'll learn when and why incentives fail to motivate, the role of autonomy and self-determination, and how you can use these findings to help get in gear.

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The episode of This American Life we talked about can be found here.
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