During the “Capture” phase you will get all your “stuff” into one place (your “in-basket”). The first time you do this it should take between 1 and 6 hours and you will most probably have much more … 展开

Once you have put all your thoughts and documents into your collection tools you need to periodically empty them. If you don’t, the GTD system will not work. If you know that moving a task … 展开

In this step, you deal with actionable items that cannot be completed in 2 minutes or less. If an item is: 1. actionable and but will take more than one step to complete, it is a project and goes onto your Projects list. 2. a single action that you delegate to someone else, it should go on a Waiting For list. 3. a single action that you defer, you ... 展开

Reflect on what is important to you and review the items in your system. Constantly review your system in order to work productively and ensure that you continue to trust in the system. Daily Review Check your Calendar and Next Action lists every day. This will show you how much time you have free that day (you will easily see your appointments and... 展开

• Prepare your workspace
• Allen suggests you set up a workplace for yourself. It must be a place with access to all the things you need and where you feel comfortable working. Ideally, you will want identical workspaces at home and in the office so you can be equally effective in both… 展开