Is Your Mindset Getting In The Way Of Your Success? (Video Podcast)
In our latest Change Your Game with GTD® podcast, Robert Peake and Todd Brown discuss how the Getting Things Done® methodology can help when returning to normal life post lockdown.
GTD From the Top – Episode 6
Welcome back to GTD® from the Top. In this series I’m aiming to distil the core ideas behind the Getting Things Done® methodology into easily digestible bites. I’m hoping that you’ll use this series to reflect on how GTD might better help you or your organisation to...
Working On The Weekend??
Question: What do the following have in common; Buying a bible Selling fish and chips Shooting Welshmen in Hereford Answer: They are all things that used to be illegal if you did them on a Sunday (although it was legal to shoot Welshmen in the 1400s as long as you did...
5 Ways To Transform Your Bad To-Do Lists Into Powerful Good Habits
We have all accumulated bad habits, and we hate to say it, but your to-do list is probably one of them. The good thing is, you can change that. Getting Things Done® (GTD®) veteran and world-class productivity expert, Robert Peake, gives you 5 ways to transform your...
Mental Health? What Does That Have To Do With The Pandemic?
At the beginning of the pandemic, when the experts first started talking about mental health, I had no idea what they were talking about. “It’s a virus, not a mental illness”, I thought. I had no clue. A little over a year later, I know a bit more about what the...
Are You As Productive As You Want To Be, No Matter Where You Are?
Todd Brown talks about how you can be productive, no matter where you are, with the support of the Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology.
Goals to Get Out of Gaol
At the start of this Covid time, there were many GTD® articles about reviewing your Higher Horizons. Suddenly the Projects you thought would be your focus for the coming months were on hold and Next Actions needed to be moved to new lists with names like ‘post...
Have You Really Cleaned Your Plate, or Are There Leftovers?
Monika Danner has worked in corporate HR and leadership roles for more than 15 years. She has been a GTD® practitioner since 2014 and works as a certified GTD trainer for Next Action Partners in Germany. Remember buffets? It’s been a while since they’ve been...
How GTD® Can Help in a Business Turnaround
When a business is in a cash crunch, collecting overdue invoices is one of the things you’d expect to be a top priority in the organisation. Strange as it might sound, that is not always the case. One leadership team I heard about recently was so busy fighting...
How To Be Productive When You’re Not Feeling It
Do you ever find that when you’re trying to get things done, you’re just not ‘feeling it’? It happens to all of us – we run out of creative energy, capacity to think, or just experience a bit of a blank. Sometimes, it’s good to...
Coming Out Of Lockdown With The Help Of GTD (Video Podcast)
In our latest Change Your Game with GTD® podcast, Robert Peake and Todd Brown discuss how the Getting Things Done® methodology can help when returning to normal life post lockdown.
Blurred Lines
Hands up if you’re looking forward to the resumption of your commute…? Despite the fact that it’s April Fools’ day as this blog goes to press, it’s not a trick question. The commute gets a bad rap in popular culture, its imagery that of monstrous tailbacks on the M25...
Turbocharge Your To-Do Lists With This Simple Hack
Your to-do list isn’t working as effectively for you as it could, and there’s a reason for that. There’s too much thinking still required in your lists to make stuff happen. Robert Peake, Getting Things Done® (GTD®) veteran, provides a life-changing...
Magical Shrinking
Fasten your seatbelts. We are almost a quarter of the way into the year, and so far it looks like another odd one. Global pandemics and political shenanigans aside, the first months of a new year have always offered an opportunity for making long-desired changes. Or...
Having Fun with GTD (Video Podcast)
In our latest Change Your Game with GTD® podcast, we discuss having fun with the Getting Things Done® methodology.
GTD From the Top – Episode 5
Welcome back to GTD® from the Top. In this series I’m aiming to distil the core ideas behind the Getting Things Done® methodology into easily digestible bites. I’m hoping that you’ll use this series to reflect on how GTD might better help you or your organisation to...
Engage With Engage
Hands up if you ever feel that you spend more time ‘playing’ with your GTD® set-up than being meaningfully productive? You know the saying: “If you want something done, ask a… person who is regularly, repeatedly and reliably engaged in their productive experience; in...
How To Say NO – and Feel Good About It
Sometimes, we just need to say no. When we are feeling overwhelmed we often need to just be firm about not taking on any more, but saying “no” is often a hard thing to do. Ignoring requests or showing resistance can also damage relationships –...
GTD From the Top – Episode 4
Welcome back to GTD® from the Top. In this series my goal is to boil down the core ideas behind the Getting Things Done® methodology into quickly digestible bites. I’m hoping that you’ll use this series to reflect on how GTD might better help you or your organisation...
Projects, Planning and Priorities: Level 2 Insights
What happens in a GTD® Level 2 seminar? Todd Brown provides an insight into projects, planning and orienting maps to help you progress on your GTD journey.
No News is Good News
Let’s start today’s blog with some breathing exercises. Place your hands on your belly and breeeeeeeeathe… belly rising, belly sinking… breathe in… 2… 3… breathe out… 2… 3… And rest. I’m kidding, of course. But seriously – the last four years has been a bit of a...
Calendar Use… And Abuse (Video Podcast)
In our latest Change Your Game with GTD® podcast, we discuss the use – and abuse – of calendars, and cover the best practices of calendar and diary management using the Getting Things Done® methodology.
Using GTD to Sharpen Your Thinking and Unlock Your Best Work
Getting Things Done® (GTD®) veteran Robert Peake provides an insight into how to sharpen your tools to sharpen your work output.
