On Jan 23, 3:27 am, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think it is partly the GTD mindset that says (as far as I understand) > "don't bother with forward planning it is a waste of time.". This works > fine for things like household tasks where there are no particular deadlines > but is useless for you and I who have clients/customers who expect things > done by certain dates and, rightly, are not very happy when you miss those > dates. >
While I wouldn't claim to be a GTD expert, I do think this is a caricature of the GTD approach. In fact Allen says that one reason people are so enthused when they first start down the GTD path is that for perhaps the first time they actually see all the things they have committed to laid out in front of them. He then goes on to say that many people never do anything in the GTD system past the capture phase since this alone can make such a difference in their life. This seems difficult to reconcile with a claim that GTD rejects forward planning, but maybe its just me... And in fact GTD does recommend regular reviews of your immediate tasks, your projects, your longer goals, as often as you need to do so to keep on top of them. While MLO may not provide a mechanism for easily seeing conflicts or overscheduling in the way that Gantt charts, Microsoft Project, etc. do that is hardly something to lay at the feet of GTD. MLO is a tool for implementing a GTD approach, it is not GTD. As has been said, the map is not the territory. For many people MLO provides sufficient tools to implement a GTD approach, but for others it may not be enough (or even useful). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" 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/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
