Common mistakes in the implementation of the GTD (№3)
Productivity Motivation / / December 19, 2019
We can not, perhaps, to allocate any one stage of the GTD system as the most important. But I do know that at the stage of processing is accomplished infinite number of errors, often smaller, but leaving no room to trust the system completely. As always in the case of self-organization of the majority of these errors are human, psychological roots.
So, the list of errors:
- Start from the beginning (for example - caught sight of some nice or important letter)
- Pay attention to the neighboring letters
- Failure to comply with any action with a letter, which will lead to re-examination.
- Poor storage system pending tasks and reference materials.
In this article I will focus more on the third error. Often, when considering this or that there is introductory reluctance to communicate with this particular task and the brain helpfully suggests a loophole in the GDT, which can be used - to defer action.
But, putting aside any task, you must be fully aware that she like, you have to understand that the problem really is not associated with your current projects and goals, otherwise you risk not to achieve goals in the worst scenario development, or to go back to work again unpleasant and again.
Here we can recall the popular slogan «Eat a frog», which calls to deal with the unpleasant business in First of all, which will spend the rest of the day in pleasure, because there is nothing worse can not happen.
I am cautious about this concept and is not sure that this is definitely the right way to prioritize. But this is what I will write in the following articles.