In my first article about procrastination I talked about procrastination caused by disorganization. A second cause T. Quek mentions is FEAR. Someone once told me that it is nothing but False Evidence Appearing Real. So, procrastination inducing fear comes in two different flavours: Rational vs. irrational “I know I should finish my article on procrastination, […]
“An ancient proverb states: ‘It is not the size of the tree but the depth of its roots that make it strong.’ Procrastination usually has very deep roots. The problem of procrastination is one that often goes beyond self-discipline and whipping oneself from stasis to stress.” T. Quek Comparing this to the way of a […]
Lately I have been slowly moving away from GTD towards something else, a more simplistic and ‘zen’-approach if you like. The GTD Weekly Review was taking me more and more time to perform. Why? Because I had just so much input for it. Especially my input for the Someday/Maybe-list got so overwhelming that I could […]
All year I have been carrying my ubiquitous capturing tool: my paper notepad everywhere, becoming a ‘Capture‘-ing blackbelt. But something kept nagging at me…. Eventually I noticed my Weekly Review consisted of a lot of Someday Maybe’s related to consumerist wants on the one hand and quotes for blogging on the other, which I was […]
Today I found a little gem in my inbox from a reader named Daniel who posed me some interesting questions via the comments on this blog. He says he’s ‘dating different GTD apps’ in search for the perfect one — which may not even exist. True that! Daniel loves the Evernote/Nozbe integration though, like I […]
How do we get from Victim to Captain and Commander in our productivity? In his book Making it All Work David Allen describes the matrix of self-management. In the mire of little perspective and little control, in the lower left quadrant is the Victim. A feared state of hopelessness and inertia. In the upper right […]
This is a guest post by my friend Tara Rodden Robinson from the GTD Virtual Study Group and @Context podcast. Start your walk along the Holy Way and you’ll learn what every pilgrim before you has known. There will be obstacles. Not just random pebbles in the path. Big boulders. Subtle uneven places. And bunny […]
Yesterday I got a great tweet-question about GTD and ZTD from@raymondu999 @E5ter ah. Alrighty then!! Thanks for your info Which one do you use by the way? Is #ztd flexible enough to let you use #gtd programs? which I answered with: #ztd #gtd Sure! I am using GTD http://wp.me/pKD06-1v and I tweak it with ZTD. […]
In September of 2006 I had my first encounter with GTD: Getting Things Done, through Father Roderick who was raving about it on his podcast the Daily Breakfast — now The Break. As you may know Getting Things Done is a great productivity system invented by David Allen. So, I decided to buy the audio […]
