295: Distractions and Focus

In this episode, we look at what causes distractions, why we could be having a hard time focusing, and how we might address it... or not. An interesting discussion looking at this from so many different angles. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Projects, not problems

• How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

• Coffitivity

• Braintoss

• FocusMate

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238: There Are No Problems, Only Projects

Join us for a dive into one of the main topics of the GTD Summit — “There are no problems, only projects”.

We got all philosophical on this one! It’s a fun listen! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Natural Planning Model

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

• Albert Ellis

• A Guide To Rational Living by Albert Ellis, PH D and Robert A Harper, PH D

• Stoicism Philosophy

• The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman

• Marshall Goldsmith article “Be Happy"

• Buddhist principle of non-self “Anatta"

• Audio Dharma

• Insight Hour

• Premeditation Malorum

• Tim Ferris Ted Talk on Fear-Setting

• Aaron T Beck- father of cognitive therapy

• Discourses of Epictetus

• Enchiridion of Epictetus

• Seneca’s Letters

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

• Marcus Aurelius

• Brené Brown books

• Brené Brown’s The Call To Courage on Netflix [trailer]

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Special thanks to Joost Gabriels for assistance with resources for the call.

237: GTD Summit 2019 Day Two Recap

This is the recap for Day Two of the #GTDSummit which happened in Amsterdam in June 2019.

The theme of the Summit from David Allen:

• The strategic value of space

• There are no problems, only projects

Again, there was way too much content in the Summit to cover in an hour recap, but we did our best. 😉 Enjoy!!

Resources from the call:

• gtdsummit.com Official website of the #GTDSummit.

• http://coda.io/gtdsummit (This was the events “app” and has great summaries of the presentations and bios of the speakers.)

• Build Your Omnifocus by Ryan Dotson & Rosemary Orchard

• Guided Mindsweep Using iOS Shortcuts App from Rosemary Orchard

• Automators 27: Shortcuts in iOS 13 - Diving into the Deep End!

• Next Action Associates, Certified International Partner of David Allen Company in the UK and Ireland.

• Holacracy.org - Self-management Practice for Organizations

• Holocracy by Brian J. Robertson

• Getting Things Done podcast - Episode 39: GTD & Holacracy

• Getting Things Done podcast - Episode 41: David Allen Talks with General Randall Fullhart

• Sabri Eryigit of Next Action Partners, Germany

• Tom Thomison, former co-founder of HolacracyOne and now of Dwarfs and Giants

• Brave New Work by Aaron Dignan

• Breaking Rank: How to lead change when yesterday’s stories limit today’s choices by Steven Coutinho

• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

• Smarter Faster Better: The transformative power of real productivity by Charles Duhigg

• GTD For Teens by David Allen, Mike Williams, and Mark Wallace

• Mark Wallace - Elementary School Children are “Getting Things Done” article

• Equipping the next generation to conquer overload and distraction | Mark Wallace | TEDxEdina

• David Allen’s #UltimateGTDApp Challenge

• Emily Gregory of Vital Smarts

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Paterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler

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236: GTD Summit 2019 Day One Recap

So the #GTDSummit 2019 just happened in Amsterdam. And, WOW, was it awesome!

By popular request, we’re doing a recap of the summit. In this episode we cover much of Day One of the Summit. We’ll cover Day Two in the next episode. There was way too much content in the Summit to cover in an hour, but we did our best. 😉 Enjoy!!

The theme of the Summit from David Allen:

• The strategic value of space

• There are no problems, only projects

Resources from the call:

• gtdsummit.com Official website of the #GTDSummit.

• http://coda.io/gtdsummit (This was the events “app” and has great summaries of the presentations and bios of the speakers, including the ones we didn’t cover.)

• Marshall Goldsmith’s daily questions spreadsheet

• Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith

• Trap Tales by David Covey & Stephan M Mardyks

• Focus AAN/UIT by Mark Tigchelaar

• Default Mode Network

• Busy by Tony Crabbe

• Brainchains by Theo Compernolle

• David Arnoux’s GrowthTribe.io

• Eric Anderson Space Adventures

• When by Daniel Pink

• Workarounds by Russell Bishop

• GTD for Teens by Mark Wallace, Mike Williams, and David Allen

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