Michael, I agree, with the understanding that of the 4 criteria, the first 3 are relative absolutes and only priority is subjective so it's fairly critical, at least to me, in the process. If I'm at the office with 8 hours of open time available and lots of energy, I would usually have a high number of "available" tasks, so priority becomes critical to my selection process.
Regards, Chris On Jan 22, 11:13 am, mmorowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
