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GTD Cafe: Productivity Heresy?
December 3rd, 2008 by thedailysaintPosted in GTD |
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Today’s post is from Mike St. Pierre of The Daily Saint
After reading the interview with David Allen in the Costco magazine, a colleague threw down the publication in front of an entire group of teachers. “What kind of a system is this? Look at this chart with an in-box and arrows going all over the place? I want to slow down, not be confused with this kind of stuff!” I shrunk in my chair, hoping that the productivity gods might excuse me for just one day.
What my friend was saying was essentially this- slowing down, especially at this time of year, makes a lot of sense. When you consider the awful event in a NY Walmart in which an employee was killed by rabid shoppers who stepped over him to get a good deal, slowing down might be just what we need.
So to all GTD practitioners, it’s not so much an “either-or” proposition but a “both-and”. I can slow down at certain points of the day precisely because I speed up at other times. I can relax at certain points of the day due to the fact that I’m organized and rolling at other points of the day. It’s a classic GTD advantage: get it all out of your head so that you can enjoy the present moment and what it offers.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
There are times when you need to hurry to get things done and other times when you need to slow down and concentrate. Being able to get this right is both a skill and learned by experience.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
One of the more important points about GTD for me is that by getting everything out of ones mind and on paper a person can decide what he or she will or won’t do. What are they not doing and knowing that brings a peace of mind. I have never thought of GTD as an “efficency” tool. Given a thorough utilization of GTD promotes a calmness that overcomes the craziness of any given moment or season. GTD is a tool.