Comments on: Is Your To-Do List Keeping You Up at Night? https://cruciallearning.com/blog/is-your-to-do-list-keeping-you-up-at-night/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Tips for the Forgetful | Shared Visions https://cruciallearning.com/blog/is-your-to-do-list-keeping-you-up-at-night/#comment-5956 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:30:33 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7068#comment-5956 […] Don’t worry, you’re not alone. This sort of thing used to happen to me all the time. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve pulled up to the grocery store, walked in the front door, literally stopped in my tracks and thought, “Why am I here?” It’s not only unproductive, it’s frustrating. Let me share two things that I’ve found contribute to this problem as well as a pretty counterintuitive solution. 1. You haven’t written the items down. Perhaps the most important advice I could give you is that keeping track of stuff in your head is the last place you should keep track of it. David Allen likes to say, “There’s usually an inverse relationship between how much something is on your mind and how much it’s getting done.” So, that’s the first hoop to jump through. Be sure that when an errand comes to mind or someone asks you to pick something up, write it down or record it some place you look at regularly. I won’t get into too much detail here, but you can read more about it in my last article. […]

]]> By: Tips for the Forgetful - Crucial Skills https://cruciallearning.com/blog/is-your-to-do-list-keeping-you-up-at-night/#comment-5955 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 04:59:33 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7068#comment-5955 […] Don’t worry, you’re not alone. This sort of thing used to happen to me all the time. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve pulled up to the grocery store, walked in the front door, literally stopped in my tracks and thought, “Why am I here?” It’s not only unproductive, it’s frustrating. Let me share two things that I’ve found contribute to this problem as well as a pretty counterintuitive solution. 1. You haven’t written the items down. Perhaps the most important advice I could give you is that keeping track of stuff in your head is the last place you should keep track of it. David Allen likes to say, “There’s usually an inverse relationship between how much something is on your mind and how much it’s getting done.” So, that’s the first hoop to jump through. Be sure that when an errand comes to mind or someone asks you to pick something up, write it down or record it some place you look at regularly. I won’t get into too much detail here, but you can read more about it in my last article. […]

]]> By: Justin Hale https://cruciallearning.com/blog/is-your-to-do-list-keeping-you-up-at-night/#comment-5954 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:43:09 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7068#comment-5954 In reply to Chuck Calendine.

Thanks Chuck, I’m glad it was helpful!

]]> By: Pam S. https://cruciallearning.com/blog/is-your-to-do-list-keeping-you-up-at-night/#comment-5953 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:20:58 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7068#comment-5953 Glad I’m not the only one. I would like to do some self-learning on this topic. No budget for more formal training at work, but I might be willing to spend my own hard-earned dollars just to ‘GTD’.

]]> By: Chuck Calendine https://cruciallearning.com/blog/is-your-to-do-list-keeping-you-up-at-night/#comment-5952 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:56:24 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7068#comment-5952 Justin: Thank you for this practical and helpful summation of Step 1, Capture, in the GTD process. I have studied GTD for a couple of years now and have tried to incorporate some of the steps into my life but I find it challenging, particularly the Capture step when David Allen (whom I appreciate greatly) recommends a total Capture of all open loops. Your recommendation of “five minutes” is most helpful and doable. I look forward to future posts related to the GTD process and its implementation. I am also excited that VitalSmarts is launching a GTD training module in cooperation with David Allen. I hope to be able to participate in the training in the future. Best wishes–Chuck

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