by Edward Lamont | 20 Aug 2020 | Ed Lamont's Blog, Reflect |
Again? Can’t be. We stopped paddling to allow ourselves to focus. Sure enough, there they were: an older couple, drifting along in their inflatable canoe. Ahead of us, again. My canoeing partner and I exchanged minor expletives under our breath. We were about 90...
by Miles Seecharan | 16 Apr 2020 | Capture, Clarify, Horizons of Focus, Miles Seecharan's Blog |
Good news for knowledge workers – if your job primarily involves thinking about words or numbers then you can easily work from anywhere, right? Several weeks into lockdown, if you ask that question in one of the UK’s 5 million working parent households you might...
by Robert Peake | 9 Apr 2020 | Capture, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
In these uncertain times, Robert Peake reminds us why the GTD® mindsweep is the simplest, yet most effective technique to help us feel more in control and less bogged down by the things going on our world.
by Gundula Welti | 11 Mar 2020 | Capture, Clarify |
Every time I am given a seat above the wings on an airplane I am amazed by the instructions written on them: « Don’t walk outside this area ». The written instructions get even shorter on the jet engine itself: « no step » and « no grab » can be seen there. Having...
by Todd Brown | 30 Jan 2020 | Capture, Clarify, Creativity, Engage, Todd Brown's Blog |
Todd Brown talks through the difference between ‘weather’ and ‘climate’ when it comes to your GTD® practice.
by Todd Brown | 19 Dec 2019 | Horizons of Focus, Organise, Planning, Stress and Wellbeing, Todd Brown's Blog, Videos |
Todd Brown talks about how to use your Getting Things Done® (GTD®) system to help you get through the Christmas holiday season as friction-free as possible. Utilising the right tools and processes to keep you organised during this busy festive period will result in...
by davidgriffin | 24 Oct 2019 | Capture, Organise, Planning, Stress and Wellbeing |
Any parent with more than one child knows that however identically you think you treat them, kids grow up completely different to each other. It’s a humbling realisation, how little influence you really have. I have two children who have moved through high school two...
by Edward Lamont | 3 Oct 2019 | Capture, Clarify, Ed Lamont's Blog, Organise, Planning, Stress and Wellbeing, Weekly Review |
I’m not a fan of fitness. What’s to like? Basically it hurts while I’m doing it, again the next day, and then – go figure – it’s worse again on the day after that. Seemingly not a lot of upside in all of that, but by day three after a workout I’m feeling great and...
by Todd Brown | 26 Sep 2019 | Capture, Clarify, Engage, Organise, Planning, Reflect, Todd Brown's Blog, Weekly Review |
Last week, I hosted a regular conference call with our certified trainers and coaches here in the UK. One of the many hats I wear at Next Action Associates is that of Master Trainer, which basically means that I look after developing and certifying our trainers, and...
by James Harwood | 19 Sep 2019 | Capture, James Harwood's Blog, Organise |
When we help someone build their GTD® ‘external brain’; their ‘trusted list keeper’ for remembering all of their commitments, sometimes they feel that they don’t want to put all their personal items into their company computer. This can be for various reasons: they...
by Robert Peake | 12 Sep 2019 | Capture, Clarify, Organise, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
There is a big trap that people new to implementing GTD® can fall into. Robert Peake explains how to sidestep it.
by James Harwood | 4 Apr 2019 | James Harwood's Blog, Organise, Planning |
I was recently in the audience at a Q&A session with David Allen. My question to him was something I have answered many times myself while running seminars and coaching people and, although I think my answer is quite practised and complete, I wanted to see how...
by Todd Brown | 15 Mar 2019 | Capture, Organise, Todd Brown's Blog, Videos |
This week I take a deep dive into the Getting Things Done® (GTD®) system and how we can look at possible refinements to be...
by Todd Brown | 17 Jan 2019 | Clarify, Todd Brown's Blog, Videos |
As knowledge workers, it can be hard to grasp that our work is never going to be ‘done’. The idea is to be constructively engaged in our process of creation and completion. Some thoughts around how GTD® can help you optimise the flow of your work.
by Miles Seecharan | 22 Nov 2018 | Capture, Miles Seecharan's Blog, Organise, Planning |
Yum. Sea Bass or T-Bone? Delightful options for sure, but as I pondered the choice, I felt uneasy. I was sitting in my living room browsing the online menu for a meal that was still six weeks away and, along with everyone else in our party, I’d been emailed the link...
by Robert Peake | 18 Jul 2018 | Capture, Engage, Horizons of Focus, Organise, Planning, Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
“All that is very well,” answered Candide, “but let us cultivate our garden.” -Voltaire I was fuming. I could feel the blood surging up to my head, fuelling a litany of judgmental thoughts. Brexit. Trump. That maniac on the M1. Something had...
by Todd Brown | 8 Dec 2017 | Capture, Clarify, David Allen, Engage, Organise, Reflect, Todd Brown's Blog |
We’re deep into the season of office parties, mulled wine and mince pies here in London, and as the nights continue to draw in I find myself in a reflective mood. Around this time of year, I like to remind myself of the core ideas behind GTD®, by way of reaffirming my...
by Todd Brown | 8 Nov 2017 | Horizons of Focus, Reflect, Todd Brown's Blog |
Well, the end of the year is around the corner. Snuck up on you, did it? You’re not alone. The good news is that for many of us, as things slow down toward year-end, we can find the space between the holiday parties to refine our GTD® systems and practices. Here are...
by Miles Seecharan | 7 Sep 2017 | Capture, Clarify, Miles Seecharan's Blog, Organise, Reflect |
The occasional thud you may have been hearing in the neighbourhood lately isn’t the sound of huge falling conkers but the sound of credit card statements hitting people’s mats. Yes – all that holiday fun coming home to roost. The flights, the hotel and that...
by Miles Seecharan | 6 Jul 2017 | Clarify, Engage, Miles Seecharan's Blog, Reflect |
In his own words he looks like an accountant or a dentist, so how did an English gent from the Cotswolds become the undisputed world champion of the Reggae soundclash, a gladiatorial arena where DJs compete track-by-track to win the crowd, and only the brave survive?...
by Miles Seecharan | 18 Aug 2016 | Blog, Capture, Miles Seecharan's Blog, Organise |
It’s a sun-filled summer afternoon and you’re strolling happily down the street when a flash of light catches your eye from pavement ahead. You instinctively tell yourself it’s probably just shiny litter but your eyes linger, widen and then sparkle with delight. Yes,...
by Robert Peake | 7 Jul 2016 | Organise, Planning, Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Weekly Review |
Like so many of us, I have a love-hate relationship with the alarm clock on my phone. I often hate how early it wakes me up, but of course love that it does so reliably. Like the bookmark, whose simple virtues I extolled in a previous article, the alarm clock is...
by Edward Lamont | 23 Jun 2016 | Ed Lamont's Blog, Organise, Planning, Stress and Wellbeing |
Mr Melnyk, my grade 2 teacher, was a lovely guy. As one of only two males and the only Ukrainian on the teaching staff at my primary school, he was a poster child for diversity well before his time, and a great athlete to boot. In theory, someone for little boys to...
by Stuart Corrigan | 6 Jan 2016 | Blog, Clarify, Engage, Organise, Stuart Corrigan's Blog |
It’s the 1st of January and I’m cooking and cleaning; which can only mean one thing… I’m procrastinating and I have something more important to do. Believe it or not when you have some thing big or difficult to do and you end up doing house work instead it can...
