Coaching practices for David Allen Gtd
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- Even when I finally sit down to do one thing, the whole rest of the list keeps tugging at the back of my mind
- Whenever I get a free pocket of time I open one giant master list and have to wade past a dozen things I can’t even do right now
- I keep writing down and putting off little thirty-second things
- I had a system I trusted, but I let the lists go stale and now I don’t quite believe them anymore
- Stuff is piling up in a dozen different places
Practices that may help
- Getting Things Done (GTD), Made Practical
David Allen’s GTD runs every commitment through five steps — capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage — so nothing lives in your head and you always know the next physical action. The core insight, that unfinished tasks held in memory create persistent mental load, is supported by cognitive research; GTD itself is a coherent practitioner system rather than a single tested protocol. - The GTD Weekly Review
The GTD weekly review is a structured 1–2 hour practice recommended by David Allen in Getting Things Done: you clear your inboxes, review all active projects and next actions, update your lists, and regain what Allen calls "mind like water." Evidence that the full review improves outcomes is largely practitioner-reported; the underlying components — external capture systems, project-level reviews, and outcome clarification — are consistent with cognitive offloading and self-regulation research. - Engage: choose work from a clear mind
With everything captured and clarified, pick what to do now and do it fully present.
Getting Things Done (GTD), Made Practical - Organize actions by context
Group next actions by where, with what, or with whom they can be done.
Getting Things Done (GTD), Made Practical - The two-minute rule
If a clarified action takes under two minutes, do it now instead of tracking it.
Getting Things Done (GTD), Made Practical - Run a weekly review
Once a week, process inboxes and review every project and list to keep the system trusted.
Getting Things Done (GTD), Made Practical - Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical
Zen To Done (ZTD) is Leo Babauta’s streamification of Getting Things Done — it keeps GTD’s capture and next-action habits while adding a minimalist philosophy: focus on one habit at a time, maintain a small set of most important tasks each day, and simplify rather than optimize. ZTD is a practitioner system grounded in habit-formation and attention research rather than a formally tested protocol. - Clear every inbox to zero at the start of the review
Empty every capture point — email, physical inbox, notes app, voicemail — before reviewing anything.
The GTD Weekly Review - Keep a simple, few-list system
Use the fewest lists possible — one inbox, a few context lists, and nothing elaborate.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical - Capture everything into a trusted inbox
Get every open loop out of your head and into one external place you trust.
Getting Things Done (GTD), Made Practical
Related concerns
- Gtd Contexts
Group next actions by where, with what, or with whom they can be done.
Organize actions by context
- Gtd Mind Sweep
David Allen’s GTD runs every commitment through five steps — capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage — so nothing lives in your head and you always know the next physical action. The core insight, that unfinished tasks held in memory create persistent mental load, is supported by cognitive research; GTD itself is a coherent practitioner system rather than a single tested protocol.
- Gtd System Boundaries
David Allen’s GTD runs every commitment through five steps — capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage — so nothing lives in your head and you always know the next physical action. The core insight, that unfinished tasks held in memory create persistent mental load, is supported by cognitive research; GTD itself is a coherent practitioner system rather than a single tested protocol.
- Gtd System Explained
David Allen’s GTD runs every commitment through five steps — capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage — so nothing lives in your head and you always know the next physical action. The core insight, that unfinished tasks held in memory create persistent mental load, is supported by cognitive research; GTD itself is a coherent practitioner system rather than a single tested protocol.
- How To Do Gtd
David Allen’s GTD runs every commitment through five steps — capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage — so nothing lives in your head and you always know the next physical action. The core insight, that unfinished tasks held in memory create persistent mental load, is supported by cognitive research; GTD itself is a coherent practitioner system rather than a single tested protocol.
- Mind Sweep Gtd
David Allen’s GTD runs every commitment through five steps — capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage — so nothing lives in your head and you always know the next physical action. The core insight, that unfinished tasks held in memory create persistent mental load, is supported by cognitive research; GTD itself is a coherent practitioner system rather than a single tested protocol.
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