Getting Things Done

Upgrade, you know if you have any downtime at all, with that kind of backed off time that we have, in the pandemic. It's the situation we're dealing with right now.

This is a time to think, it's part…

How much money do you actually have in your bank account? How do you and the people in your family really feel right now? Really.  What's really going on in your professional environment? In your per…

I'll steal a play from Marie Kondo's work that she's been doing, by getting people to clean up closets and clean up their environment. And only keep the things you love and that turn you on.

Mine's a…

Well, you may already have a groove, but I imagine your groove has been disturbed to a large degree by whatever has been going on in the world lately. And especially in turbulent times, it's going to…

I'll quote my wonderful wife Kathryn. Laughter and Soap. At some point you just need to laugh, and you need to clean up. She sort of nailed it brilliantly.

If you haven't done it lately, at least loo…

In these kinds of times, that's actually in retrospect when we find out we've learned how to grow. We've expanded. We've stretched ourselves. We've challenged ourselves, we've had to look at things f…

Out of the box here... I Am Unreasonably Joyful.

That's an affirmation I've actually used for many many years. And when I heard it, or when I thought of it, I thought, what a cool thing to do. To jus…

Actually, it's a tip I'd give anybody any time.

And those of you familiar with the Getting Things Done methodology will know this already. The Two Minute Tool.

The Two Minute Tool basically says, loo…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Clean Up Your Computer

Now if you haven't done this already, and you have some down time, or at home time, or whatever. Then, come on guys, it's l…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Areas of Focus, Responsibility and Interests

Revisit or Create an Overview of Your Areas of Focus, Responsibility and Interests It's a different h…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Get Your Cockpit Under Control

What I mean by that is, your workspace. Where when you sit down, you are ready to fly, you're ready to go. You don'…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Barrel

So this is a cautionary tale. There are times when one situation, project, or circumstance that's particularly …

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Renegotiate Your Commitments

See a lot of what the Getting Things Done methodology is about has been about inventorying what your commitments are.…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Catch Up Your Communications with People

Another nice thing to do especially in terms of catching up, it's often times subtle. And depending on yo…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen What's Really Got Your Attention?

Many of my tips are about sort of catching up, and simple things to do kind of keep your energy up, clean things…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Worst Case Scenario Building

I know this may sound a little strange, but one of the best and healthiest things you can do is to actually do a scen…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Labelers

I know that may sound a little dumb and dorky, when you're in a turbulent time to think about a labeler. What's a labeler? Any of you old…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Catch Up On Legal Stuff

This is a tip, that would be nice to have implemented before turbulent times. And certainly needed no matter when. But it'…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Crusty Projects

It'd be a good idea to do an inventory of any old crusty projects that have been sort of hanging around in your life and work. Thi…

Two-minute Tips for Turbulent Times with David Allen Get Your Paper Based Filing System in Order

Actually, it's a tip for any time... If you don't have a really good, quick filing system that you can…