{"id":2088,"date":"2016-09-26T07:17:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T07:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2016-09-26T07:17:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T07:17:29","slug":"nano-gtd-for-beginners-or-people-in-a-hurry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/?p=2088","title":{"rendered":"Nano-GTD – for beginners or people in a hurry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I heard a complaint: GTD has a terribly high barrier to entry, you need to READ a BOOK! <\/strong>Inconciiiievable! (Audio books were also not welcome.) “Can’t I just watch some videos?” Well, you can, but it might not be as good as doing the seminar and then read the book – or the other way round.<\/p>\n

Then again I remember how hard it was to start off with GTD, so I put together this little guide that -when followed- will give you a first taste of GTD and hopefully will make you want more.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Do not do daily to-do-lists.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Just make a note of every task…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 … in one big list…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 …in small steps…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 …with a VERB (preferably at the start of the line and in BOLD letters or in color)<\/strong><\/p>\n

______________<\/p>\n

e.g.<\/p>\n

WRITE keywords for semester paper<\/em><\/p>\n

PICK UP order book store<\/em><\/p>\n

CALL Joe re: appointment briefing<\/em><\/p>\n

NOT as a daily list but simply everything that is to be done in the near future (or even today).<\/p>\n

Cross out what you finished.<\/p>\n

______________<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Now first DO the things that can or need to be done ONLY today (If it helps you put a “!” in front of it or mark them in red … meaning: \u201eIf I do not do this today, I will not have to do it at all and can cross it off.\u201c)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Then DO the things, that can ONLY be done where you are right now (downton, your office, at home)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Afterwards DO the things where you’d get a positive feeling AFTER they are accomplished and you have rid yourself from them (not the ones where you feel bad BEFORE you do them).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 of you like put the tasks on separate lists<\/strong> like<\/p>\n

\u2014 at home<\/p>\n

\u2014 errands<\/p>\n

\u2014 office<\/p>\n

\u2014 anywhere<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

\u2014 I’ll do this at some point \/ not now (these are “good ideas” but stuff you neither want or have to do right now or soon.)<\/p>\n

…and then work only on the list(s) that correlate to the place or situation you are in.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Do this for one week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Tell us how it was in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 If it worked well, read “Getting Things Done” by David allen (2015 edition) and expand the above system sccording to his suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently I heard a complaint: GTD has a terribly high barrier to entry, you need to READ a BOOK! Inconciiiievable! (Audio books were also not welcome.) “Can’t I just watch some videos?” Well, you can, but it might not be as good as doing the seminar and then read the book – or the other … Nano-GTD – for beginners or people in a hurry<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oliverg.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}