I love David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’
and friends often want to know how to start.
Here’s a five minute intro.

I Combined some images I had from past presentations with images from http://gtdrawings.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html

The art of stress free productivity is the result of using a system that frees our mind to focus on the moment we are in (mind like water). I was introduced to the idea through David Allen, Getting Things Done (GTD),
which is typically thought of as a task management system, many years ago.

Basically, if you consistently do the following:

• Use ubiquitous capture (a pen and paper always in reach, or a smart phone)
• Develop a system for managing all the stuff for all the contexts of your life
• Do a weekly review

You will take advantage of the miracle of ready state, distributive cognition.

For many people exploring GTD, there is a great sense of relief in the first few weeks. Keep doing capture, process, and review for a year or more, then bask in the transcendental experience: mind like water.

This is because most people have a system they can trust for the majority, but not all of their lives. Do this for a month and feel at ease. Do a hundred reviews and that system will cover all the contexts of your life.

For more information refer to his talk at Google http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7vUdKTlhk or mp3

Either book by David Allen, Getting Things Done or Making it all work