How many items are on your project list? Some people worry that they have too many projects. But it is more important to have the right kind of projects.
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Shady Waxwing
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I didn't watch the video, because I'd rather have you just write a few notes here about what you consider the right kind of projects. The link to the video is, in my opinion, click-bait.
I don't have right or wrong projects. I have outcomes I will finish within a year, that fit with my areas of focus.
I don't have right or wrong projects. I have outcomes I will finish within a year, that fit with my areas of focus.
I’m sorry you don’t like my videos. Because many of them contain excerpts of conversations I’ve had with David Allen its the format that is most effective.
Dave Edwards' video announcements are, IMO, traditional and welcome here.
Thanks!
I think Dave's videos with David Allen (which this is not) are quite nice and help everyone keep up on what insights David Allen may have these days. Every now and then there's a useful nugget of wisdom in those interviews.
I agree though, there must absolutely be some written notes and details rather than just a promotional tag line with a link to a video. Definitely is considered bad etiquette / form these days to not do so.
I agree though, there must absolutely be some written notes and details rather than just a promotional tag line with a link to a video. Definitely is considered bad etiquette / form these days to not do so.
Mrs-Polifax
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I like your point, Dave, about including a summary page in a special location in the Project folder with contact information and current status, like a snapshot in time showing where the Project is when I leave the folder. I have been so focused on including a Project number and a Project name and a desired outcome that I have not kept in mind that contact information and current status are very important. I find it's very helpful to have written "notes to myself" about what happened because they orient me. In fact, I actually feel grateful to my former self when I have done this.
I like your point, Dave, about including a summary page in a special location in the Project folder with contact information and current status, like a snapshot in time showing where the Project is when I leave the folder. I have been so focused on including a Project number and a Project name and a desired outcome that I have not kept in mind that contact information and current status are very important. I find it's very helpful to have written "notes to myself" about what happened because they orient me. In fact, I actually feel grateful to my former self when I have done this.
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Shady Waxwing
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I'm sorry that my comment seemed harsh. I find that linking to YouTube also mean some of the discussion about the topic lands there.
It’s ok. I think the entire GTD community, starting with David Allen, has been unusually generous in providing free resources and helping others. However, there are always limits and boundaries to what people can do.
gtdstudente
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You do GTD good
Thank you very much sir
"Be kind to everyone because you never know what their going through" sketched above Gloria Vanderbilt walk in fire place
Mrs-Polifax
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There are several issues here that resonate with my values: Contributions to the GTD community are important. Self-restraint and self-expression are important. Kindness and honesty are important. Caring and authenticity are important.
This is one heck of a lot to balance.
I became involved in the study of the work of Marshall Rosenberg in Non-Violent Communication (also called Compassionate Communication) because I was struggling in my own life with the question of how to be compassionate in a way that includes being authentic -- and how to be authentic in a way that includes being compassionate.
One thing I have learned over the years is that being compassionate with others is only half the story. It has been tough going to learn that being compassionate with myself is the other half the story. I continue to find this process extremely challenging.
Of course, as with any well-developed methodology (GTD comes to mind), there is much more to the method than these few paragraphs can convey.
This is one heck of a lot to balance.
I became involved in the study of the work of Marshall Rosenberg in Non-Violent Communication (also called Compassionate Communication) because I was struggling in my own life with the question of how to be compassionate in a way that includes being authentic -- and how to be authentic in a way that includes being compassionate.
One thing I have learned over the years is that being compassionate with others is only half the story. It has been tough going to learn that being compassionate with myself is the other half the story. I continue to find this process extremely challenging.
Of course, as with any well-developed methodology (GTD comes to mind), there is much more to the method than these few paragraphs can convey.