Why haven’t you quit GTD?

That topic recently came up in a conversation with Jukka Backman, partner and managing director for GTD in Finland. Triggered by the article in The New Yorker titled “The rise and fall of Getting Things Done”, we wanted to share some thoughts on this and similar articles in this episode.

How do New Years Resolutions play into a GTD system?

In this episode you will hear Morten and Lars’ takes on:
– How these might look in a GTD system
– How micro habits can help you establish new habits and help you achieve your goals
– How to establish the Weekly Review as a solid base for your GTD practice in 2021

n this last episode of 2020, we’ll shift our GTD focus slightly (just for an episode) and zoom in on how we live our digital lives. This episode features an interview with with Imran Rashid, Danish doctor, entrepreneur and author, to get a doctor’s perspective on what to be aware of in today’s digital world.

Christmas is approaching, how could you use GTD in your own Christmas (or other holiday) preparations?

Listen to this episode to hear more about:
– How you can use checklist in your Christmas preparations
– Which projects you might set up in preparation for Christmas
– How you might do different Weekly Reviews, both as we approach Christmas and perhaps in the holiday period

and much more!

It’s once again time for listener questions, this time from Erwann Laville, Andy Jewell and Michael Dreves

What are the most common mistakes that self-taught GTD’ers do?

Listen to this episode to hear Morten and Lars go through some of the most common mistakes, such as:
– Due date overdose
– Colour-coding everything
– Leaving things unclarified
– Having an incomplete projects list

Why do you write things down, even the small things?

Why do you have a list of next actions?

I have too much to do already, why should I spend time learning GTD?

In this episode, you’ll hear Morten interviewing Todd Brown, Managing Partner of the Next Action Associates in the UK & Ireland and certified Master Trainer.

In this episode, Morten and Lars give their perspectives on two great listener questions. This time, the questions are from Michael in Germany and Ingrid in Australia asking:

What does it look like when creative people use GTD to become even more creative and get more done?

Listen to this episode with Karl Ivar Refseth, musician and Norwegian-German GTD® Trainer, where he explains how he uses GTD as a musician to get a clear mind and stay present in-concert.

In this episode, Morten and Lars give their perspectives on two great listener questions:

– How do you know when you have too much on your plate? Does GTD say anything about saying “no” to more tasks?

In this episode Lars talks GTD with Birgitte Alstrøm, Leadership Consultant at Lederne. Birgitte is a long time GTD’er and she shares how she currently uses GTD, how she came across it, some great tips for you to try out and much more.

How you can do a half-year review as a GTD’er + Happy Birthday to this podcast!

How can a teacher use GTD in their everyday lives? And what does a teachers’ day really look like?

What are affirmations, what are the benefits and how can you use them as a GTD’er?

In this episode, you’ll hear Morten and Lars’ perspectives on affirmations and learn how to use them yourself. You’ll get a lot of ideas for how to craft your own and also the different ways you can implement using them.

What’s it like to be a GTD® Trainer? How do you become one?

In this episode, Morten and Lars will walk you through the steps in becoming a GTD Trainer, if you had ever thought about what that might look like. You’ll also be invited to join our upcoming Nordic Virtual GTD Meetup with Coaches and we also want to hear YOUR stories!

How good are you at doing GTD? Where are your biggest areas of improvement?

In this episode, Morten and Lars share two different tools that will help you assess your own GTD practice.
– The GTD-Q test
– The GTD® Practicioner Competency Self Assessment

The Corona virus impacts everyone around the world – how does a GTD’er deal with such turbulent times?

It’s time for listener questions!

In this episode, we cover questions on time blocking and email management. Should you block time for your work and when could you do that? How do you process emails most effectively? How should you organize your emails? And what are some good tips to know?

In this episode Morten talks to David Allen, originator of GTD! A fun and quite different episode, where we decided to aim for questions that David HADN’T been asked before – such as…