Graeme Thom
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I just listened to the "backlog" webinar replay on GTD Connect and have been searching through old forum posts/threads re: "slowing down to speed up". I think I understand that concept a whole lot better now. It's amazing how much information and real-life GTD "experience" there is in the forum archives. Reading how other people handle their GTD workflow and the systems they use is so valuable for a GTD newbie like myself.
I've come to realise too that in my haste to get my "inbox(es) to zero" I've mentally been skipping the ultra-critical "clarify" step - jumping straight from "capture" to trying to "organise" - which I think has been one of my key challenges for many years looking back. Wow! This is my big "a ha" moment today, and it now makes so much more sense for me to actually "slow down" and sit down to take the time and properly "think through" the workflow steps - each next action (or project) at a time - and then process it and park it in its place - after that I hope I can then "reflect" and "engage" much better.
The backlog webinar was also fantastic - and made me realise I have a valuable project over the coming weeks/months to digest lots more of the GTD Connect resources.
I've come to realise too that in my haste to get my "inbox(es) to zero" I've mentally been skipping the ultra-critical "clarify" step - jumping straight from "capture" to trying to "organise" - which I think has been one of my key challenges for many years looking back. Wow! This is my big "a ha" moment today, and it now makes so much more sense for me to actually "slow down" and sit down to take the time and properly "think through" the workflow steps - each next action (or project) at a time - and then process it and park it in its place - after that I hope I can then "reflect" and "engage" much better.
The backlog webinar was also fantastic - and made me realise I have a valuable project over the coming weeks/months to digest lots more of the GTD Connect resources.