At Task Management Partner we encourage clients to manage their To-Do lists in the way that feels most natural. When someone is undecided, we usually point them toward Getting Things Done (GTD).
There are plenty of in-depth explanations of GTD in books and online (Wikipedia, Amazon). Below is the short version.
GTD at a Glance
- GTD is a task-management framework designed for knowledge workers.
- It separates tasks by context rather than by priority, so you juggle several lists or projects instead of a single queue.
- You can run GTD with digital or analog tools—use whatever you trust—but most people rely on a computer or smartphone.
- When everything you need to do lives in one system, life becomes less stressful. The catch: skip your weekly maintenance review and the system quickly falls apart.
- The “two minutes” in the title refers to the GTD rule that anything taking two minutes or less should be done immediately.
