Ik heb gezegd dat ik ben GTD verslaafde op deze site voor ( My GTDImplementation , Beginner’s GTDGuide , Mind Like Water ),but I’d like to talk about why it’s a good tool for achieving your goals.
Now,if you’re trying to achieve goals,you doenn’t nodig hebbento implement GTD… many have doenne just fine without it,of course. But every advantage that you can get will help,and GTDis just one tool that can help give you an advantage.
Dit werkt als volgt:
- GTDbreaks your goals doenwn to the next-action level. Many people have big goals,but they doenn’t take it to the action level. GTDmandates that you select a next action for each project (and I consider each goal a project; although sub-goals could also be projects). This makes it veelmeer kans dat je daadwerkelijk iets doenen om je verder te helpen realiseren.
- GTDhelps you track your goals effectively. While you are not required to list your goals to start out GTD,it is encouraged once you get past the “runway” level and start looking at more elevated levels of life. But,in my case,I’d already started setting my goals,so they fit nicely in the GTDsystem as projects. And,if you’re doening GTDright,with a weekly review,then you review your projects — and thus your goals — on a weekly basis,and ensure that there’s a next action for each goal in one of your context action lists.
- GTDhelps you put your goal next actions in the proper context. There are some goal actions that you can only take in a certain place — say,at home,or at work,or on the road. Ifuw doel acties are all on one list,or all together with all the other stuff you have to doen on a Master List,then you’ll have to constantly evaluate whether you can actually doen each action,all the time. GTDsorts this out — only the actions you can doen at work are on your @work context list,etc. It simplifies things and makes it more likely that you’ll actually get the stuff doenne.
- GTDclears up time for you to doenuw doel acties. OK,this is not a guarantee. Doing GTDdoenesn’t ensure that you’ll actually get stuff doenne … but it doenes make it more likely,once you begin to master the system (and not continually tweak it). And it can help you clear away the smaller things so that when you want to work onuw doel acties,you have the time.
- GTDlets you focus on your goals. One of the problems in our daily lives is that we’re distracted by all the things we have to doen — not just the stuff we’re actually doening,but even the stuff we’re not doening. GTDhelps you clear away the distractions,putting them in a trusted system,so that you can clear your head to focus on what it is you really want or nodig hebbento doen (admittedly,even with GTD,this is not easily accomplished). If that happens to beuw doel acties,then you can really focus on them. And focus is what really makes goals happen (and anything else for that matter).
Let me just conclude by saying that GTDis no magic wand that will make your goals come true. No such thing exists,of course. GTDis just a tool,but it is a very useful tool,and I highly recommend it for anyone trying to make dreams a reality.
Zie ook:
- E-mailadres Zen: Clear Out Your Inbox
- My GTDImplementation
- Beginners Guide to GTD
- Mind Like Water
- Hoe te doen Weekly Review in minder dan een uur
- Weekly Review: Key to GTDand Achieving Goals
- Tips voor GTD's Alomtegenwoordige Capture
- Cranking Widgets: Turning Uw Werk in stress-vrij Productiviteit
- Why is GTDSo Popular?
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