Comments on: Why GTD Isn’t Always Personal Development

By: Tsipoura.gr - Getting Things Done: What’s the point?

Tsipoura.gr - Getting Things Done: What’s the point? — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:08:35 +0000

[...] over on Half-a-dozen Monkeys, there is a post on the need to incorporate a long-term framework into your GTD [...]

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:51:21 +0000

Hi Curt,

The micro-view is very much a comfort zone for us – I suppose what Seth Godin would call our lizard brain. Thinking about it in terms of ROI is a good call – “I am investing loads of time getting things done and my return is… erm… I’ve got some stuff done…?!”. Start with the return you want, and then see how much investment you must put in – and in what form – to get there.

Rich

By: Curt Rosengren

Curt Rosengren — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:43:20 +0000

Excellent point. I have worked with a lot of clients who have been masterful at getting things done, but ultimately realized that all the energy and effort they were putting into their highly productive days wasn’t actually taking them anyplace they really cared to go.

If you think about GTD in terms of ROI, the payoff doesn’t just come from being able to tick a higher density of things off your to-do list. It also comes from the cumulative effect of day after day, after month, after year of doing those things. If it’s not taking you anywhere that feels meaningful and fulfilling, you’ll likely come up empty.

Good reminder that it’s not just the micro-view that counts.