Chris, That certainly does make sense. Allen's "Four Criteria Model for Choosing Actions in the Moment" goes like this: 1. Context 2. Time available 3. Energy available 4. Priority
If you've got a ton of tasks where the first 3 are relatively equal, you can and should fall back on priority (before resorting to "gut feeling"). But I do personally agree with it being the last thing on this list. That's kinda why I don't spend too much time worrying about it (even though most task management tools, including ToDo, put it front and center). Best, Michael On Jan 21, 2:10 pm, hockey_magnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely - GTD is not meant to be 100% rigid, I think I interpreted > DA's concept around next actions as being combined somehow with > priorities . I also think it really makes a difference if you have a > lot of single tasks or a lot of projects with a lot of tasks. In my > case, if I have 10 projects that all have to get completed, it is > usually easy to decide NA's. The problem becomes if all the NA's have > the same or similar context and relative time limits, which one do I > choose? That's why I use priorities so that I don't have to spend so > much time re evaluating which NA to do next. Having said that > priorities do change and the one thing I've learned from GTD is if you > do not do the Review consistently, the system inevitably just turns > into a to do list and simply doesn't work properly. > > This is all just my opinion of course > > Chris > > On Jan 21, 9:18 am, mmorowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks very much, hockey_magnet. I can certainly see your point about > > priorities. I'm going to go back and read what Allen says about > > priorities, especially in the context of a Next Action list. > > Personally, I have a very hard time making a mental decision about > > priority when I'm processing a task. I generally just say, "I don't > > know! I just need to do it!!" > > > When I read GTD, priorities and projects were the two chapters/ > > concepts that I found least applicable to my personal style. My mental > > picture of my own tasks is a big bucket of stuff that all needs to get > > done: few goal-oriented projects and all tasks are important (with a > > few exceptions). In spite of that minor disconnect for me, GTD really > > works (now). I've found this to be the case with a lot of other GTDers > > that I've talked to: there are one or two elements of the overall > > approach that aren't effective. For some people, it's contexts, for > > others it's the tickler file. > > > This is one of the things that I like about GTD: it's a clearly- > > defined approach with just enough flexibility to allow for personal > > style. There are, of course, a few elements that I believe are > > critical elements (inbox processing, calendar management, task > > reviews). > > > jimmydolittle, I'm very glad you found it helpful. It makes the time I > > spent writing it up worthwhile to see that someone found it useful. > > > Best, > > Michael -- Learn more about Todo (task management made simple), Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Appigo Todo" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo?hl=en
