Comments on: GTD is Not for Me http://www.whakate.com/reader-to-reader/gtd-is-not-for-me/ life design matters | Journal & Club Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:30:14 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: rolf http://www.whakate.com/reader-to-reader/gtd-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 rolf Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:25:13 +0000 http://www.whakate.com/?p=126#comment-1306 Laughingly, I have the same type you do. Years ago I took the test and had the score of INTF. My desk was more organized then, but nothing else has changed. I was a technician then and am a manager now. In the several years I’ve been using this system, which seems second nature now, I feel that I’m swimming the flow around me rather than a slave to eddy currents that sap my energy. Laughingly, I have the same type you do. Years ago I took the test and had the score of INTF. My desk was more organized then, but nothing else has changed. I was a technician then and am a manager now. In the several years I’ve been using this system, which seems second nature now, I feel that I’m swimming the flow around me rather than a slave to eddy currents that sap my energy.

]]> By: Myrko | AwakeBlogger http://www.whakate.com/reader-to-reader/gtd-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 Myrko | AwakeBlogger Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:43:26 +0000 http://www.whakate.com/?p=126#comment-1188 Emily, you did not exactly say why GTD is not for you. Since GTD is a system to stay productive even when there is a heavy workload and demands, the only question that is important is: Are you really productive with your system? Or do you sense there is improvement possible? I can only speak for myself and about my experiences. I am definately a person that benefits from GTD. I just wrote my weekly planning and executing system here: http://www.awakeblogger.com/2008/10/how-to-plan-your-week-4-steps-to-productivity/ and from my perspective, the reason why people don't like it is difficult to tell. Emily, you did not exactly say why GTD is not for you. Since GTD is a system to stay productive even when there is a heavy workload and demands, the only question that is important is: Are you really productive with your system?

Or do you sense there is improvement possible?

I can only speak for myself and about my experiences. I am definately a person that benefits from GTD. I just wrote my weekly planning and executing system here: http://www.awakeblogger.com/2008/10/how-to-plan-your-week-4-steps-to-productivity/ and from my perspective, the reason why people don’t like it is difficult to tell.

]]> By: emily b. http://www.whakate.com/reader-to-reader/gtd-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-669 emily b. Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:58:19 +0000 http://www.whakate.com/?p=126#comment-669 I appreciate your responses! To Carl: I'm glad you took the test and I'm curious to hear what system you do use for organizing? (I think one of my problems with GTD was trying to control every piece of information, when I am more spontaneous than that... for better or for worse!) I appreciate your responses!

To Carl: I’m glad you took the test and I’m curious to hear what system you do use for organizing? (I think one of my problems with GTD was trying to control every piece of information, when I am more spontaneous than that… for better or for worse!)

]]> By: adriankoh http://www.whakate.com/reader-to-reader/gtd-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-556 adriankoh Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:53:54 +0000 http://www.whakate.com/?p=126#comment-556 @Emily, this is an epiphany for me. I've had the pleasure of reading many articles on the matter of productivity, and I think your take is a particularly sharp insight. You might be right; a dogmatic approach to the GTD system might not be for you. However, researching and experimenting with a variety of systems - picking and choosing as you go - could help in putting together a system that works. Continue to share your thoughts with us, we'll be glad to hear them! @carl, it'll be great to hear about what you think works about GTD in your personal system. @Emily, this is an epiphany for me. I’ve had the pleasure of reading many articles on the matter of productivity, and I think your take is a particularly sharp insight.

You might be right; a dogmatic approach to the GTD system might not be for you. However, researching and experimenting with a variety of systems – picking and choosing as you go – could help in putting together a system that works.

Continue to share your thoughts with us, we’ll be glad to hear them!

@carl, it’ll be great to hear about what you think works about GTD in your personal system.

]]> By: carl http://www.whakate.com/reader-to-reader/gtd-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-550 carl Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:11:51 +0000 http://www.whakate.com/?p=126#comment-550 Thank you Emily, I had thought about connecting personalty types with GTD but did not follow through. You made me do it. The result was quite revealing. I am an INTP. Now I understand why I am so impatient with some aspects of GTD (someday/maybe always tended to get too big too quickly until I left it alone; now I try to collect my ideas differently). Carl Thank you Emily, I had thought about connecting personalty types with GTD but did not follow through. You made me do it. The result was quite revealing. I am an INTP. Now I understand why I am so impatient with some aspects of GTD (someday/maybe always tended to get too big too quickly until I left it alone; now I try to collect my ideas differently).
Carl

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