Tag: “Work-flow”

Getting Things Done - GTD

The Fine Art of Managing Commitments

The Fine Art of Managing Commitments

I have recently discussed what open loops are and why their mismanagement (or simply their lack of management) is often the cause of poor personal performance, both at work and in other matters of personal life.

Getting Things Done - GTD

Personal Productivity Needs Control and Perspective

Personal Productivity Needs Control and Perspective

In my last article I discussed how the enormous amount of stimuli to which we are exposed can generate situations of overload and stress, diminish our attention span and, ultimately, negatively affect the management of our commitments.

Getting Things Done - GTD

GTD 101: Engage

GTD 101: Engage

The last stage of the GTD workflow is probably the most misunderstood, perhaps because of its name. In the current version of the Getting Things Done book in English it is called “engage”, although at the beginning it was simply called “do”.

Getting Things Done - GTD

To Be Productive, You Need Structure

To Be Productive, You Need Structure

You are working on an activity that you are stuck on, or that you don’t feel like continuing to work on because you don’t have the right mindset at the moment, or you simply don’t have the energy to continue working on it. There are two things you can do: rest or switch tasks.

Getting Things Done - GTD

What is the Next Action?

What is the Next Action?

Most of the time you will not be able to achieve your purpose all at once. A great deal of the results you want or need to achieve will require more than one action. The larger the project, the more difficult it will be to foresee how many and which actions will be necessary.

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