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Getting Things Done

How do you get things done?

We wouldn’t be surprised if you had a ton of work on your plate this second. For most of us, juggling a lot at once can be difficult. As it is, almost 70% of workers feel as though it’s impossible to get everything done. The week’s too short.

Why?

A lot of us spend too much trying to remember what we’re working on. We exert a ton of brainpower, unnecessarily, on ideas that aren’t exactly top priorities.  

But do we really need to clutter our minds with so much stuff?

                                                David Allen (source)

Nope. This is where David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity method enters the equation. GTD is based on the fact our brains are much more efficient when our minds are decluttered. Don’t hamstring yourself by remembering hundreds or even thousands of ideas that could easily be recalled with external triggers. There’s no sense in it.

Allen first shared his GTD method in a 2002 book of the same name. Since then, he’s updated the book to reflect the changing times. But the GTD methodology—which is largely technology-agnostic—remains mostly the same. The methodology is built on five pillars:

You first need to capture the information that has your attention. Think about an assignment popping into your inbox.

Next, clarify what you’ve captured by breaking tasks down into actionable items. Determine which items need your immediate attention, which items are needed for future use and which items can be thrown away.

Organize the information you’ve sorted into a sensible, actionable list. Group similar items (e.g., sending off emails to eight customers) into batches to increase efficiency.

Reflect on the list you’ve come up with to see what you should work on next.

Engage with the task you’ve chosen and get to work.

The point of the GTD system is to make it as easy as possible to figure out what you need to do next, while simultaneously clearing your mind so you can focus more intently on the task at hand.

Stress & Productivity

It’s not easy to crank out task after task when you’re stressed at the office.

If you’re like most people, your stress is rooted in the size of your workload. When you’re working on one project, you can’t help but be distracted by the hundreds of others tasks you know you’ll have to take care of sooner or later.

Allen claims that his GTD system reduces stress thereby enhancing our productivity. No matter how you slice it, when new “stuff” enters our work lives—let’s say an email from a client—we become stressed, at least to a certain degree, because we have to figure out what to do with that message. We have to make a decision.

A personalized GTD system tells you what to do with such an email right away. You may quickly respond, choose to revisit the message later or send it directly to your recycling bin. Whatever path you take, your mind will become decluttered. External indicators will help you remember what you have to do. With a brain juggling fewer thoughts, you’ll be less stressed and better positioned to tackle your work.

Getting Started

To get started with GTD, you’ll need some sort of system or tool to help you organize your ideas, to-do lists, and job responsibilities. Knotable is the optimal tool for the job. Here’s why.

Knotable provides a ton of useful functionality that helps you get things done both on your own and in collaborative situations. You can use Knotable to:

Externalize your task lists. Liberate your brain without worrying about dropping the ball on any project or task. When you need to see what you should tackle next, you’ll know where to find it.

Write down your goals on a Knotepad. Know where you want to be at the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month and the end of the year. Know where you want to be five years from today.

Set up a workflow on a Knotepad by creating columns for specific tasks. Under the GTD system, you need to process tasks and ideas whenever they materialize, capturing and clarifying them along the way. Create a number of different columns in a Knotepad to easily assess how close to completion any number of tasks and ideas are. For example, your workflow could include categories like Ideas, Approved Ideas, Assigned Ideas, Completed Ideas, Reviewed Ideas and Published Ideas.

Stay in touch with coworkers and colleagues. Whether you’re working on a group project or you’re tackling something on your own, Knotable serves as the perfect platform to keep everyone on the same page. You won’t have to waste brainpower thinking about whether someone’s accomplished a certain task; that information lives on the platform. You’ll be free to fully focus on your own responsibilities.

David Allen was on to something when he created GTD. Why waste any brainpower thinking about things you don’t need to be thinking about? Coupled with the right technology, the GTD system enables you to declutter your mind, allowing you to direct more focus on whatever you’re working on. Build a system that works best for you, and you shouldn’t have to worry about missing a deadline or producing subpar work again.