It's Friday! Time for the GTD Friday Review refresher
This full copy of the GTD weekly review has been residing in my Outlook Notes for years. I thought my throngs of readers would appreciate it.
For more sophisticated analysis, check out Michael Hyatt's blog. The Cult of GTD is something I'll occasionally blog about. I'm a longtime novice. If you're in to GTD, don't miss one of my favorite podcasts, the loopy musings of Merlin Mann at the blockbuster 43 Folders blog.
Here's your Review--no appologies to David Allen since it came from his newsletter email, if I remember correctly.
1. Sort your loose papers. Gather all scraps of paper -- business cards, receipts, miscellaneous notes -- and put them into your in-basket to process.
2. Process your notes. Review journal entries, meeting notes, and miscellaneous scribblings. Turn them into appropriate action items, projects, and so on.
3. Review previous calendar data. Look through expired daily calendar pages for remaining action items, and move those items forward.
4. Download your data. Write down any new projects, action items, "waiting-for" items, and so on.
5. Review outcome lists. One by one, evaluate the status of each project, goal, and outcome.
6. Review "next action" lists. Check off all completed actions. Look for reminders of further action steps.
7. Review "pending" and "support" files. Browse through work-in-progress materials and update lists of new actions, completions, and "waiting-for" items.
8. Review "reminders" lists. Make sure that there isn't anything that you haven't done that you need to do. Also, make sure that there aren't any checklists that you need to review.
9. Review "someday" and "maybe" lists. Look for any projects that may have become active, and transfer them to your "projects" list. Delete any dead items.
10. Review "waiting-for" lists. Record appropriate follow-up actions. Check off as you complete them.
11. Be creative and courageous. Add to your system any new, wonderful, harebrained, thought-provoking, risk-taking ideas that have occurred to you.
Tags: weekly review
For more sophisticated analysis, check out Michael Hyatt's blog. The Cult of GTD is something I'll occasionally blog about. I'm a longtime novice. If you're in to GTD, don't miss one of my favorite podcasts, the loopy musings of Merlin Mann at the blockbuster 43 Folders blog.
Here's your Review--no appologies to David Allen since it came from his newsletter email, if I remember correctly.
1. Sort your loose papers. Gather all scraps of paper -- business cards, receipts, miscellaneous notes -- and put them into your in-basket to process.
2. Process your notes. Review journal entries, meeting notes, and miscellaneous scribblings. Turn them into appropriate action items, projects, and so on.
3. Review previous calendar data. Look through expired daily calendar pages for remaining action items, and move those items forward.
4. Download your data. Write down any new projects, action items, "waiting-for" items, and so on.
5. Review outcome lists. One by one, evaluate the status of each project, goal, and outcome.
6. Review "next action" lists. Check off all completed actions. Look for reminders of further action steps.
7. Review "pending" and "support" files. Browse through work-in-progress materials and update lists of new actions, completions, and "waiting-for" items.
8. Review "reminders" lists. Make sure that there isn't anything that you haven't done that you need to do. Also, make sure that there aren't any checklists that you need to review.
9. Review "someday" and "maybe" lists. Look for any projects that may have become active, and transfer them to your "projects" list. Delete any dead items.
10. Review "waiting-for" lists. Record appropriate follow-up actions. Check off as you complete them.
11. Be creative and courageous. Add to your system any new, wonderful, harebrained, thought-provoking, risk-taking ideas that have occurred to you.
Tags: weekly review
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