by Mohammed Ali Vakil | Jan 24, 2020 | GTD
Have you had thoughts like: “Why does this always happen to me?” “How dare he or she speak to me in this way!” “This is not fair.” “It’s not my fault, this should not be happening to me.” There are...
by Arif Vakil | Nov 18, 2019 | GTD
I hate Whatsapp! For a long time, I never had it installed. I knew that once I did I’d be obligated to respond to messages on this noisy medium. But I couldn’t avoid it forever. There were times that I needed folks to get in touch with me and they...
by Mohammed Ali Vakil | Sep 30, 2019 | GTD
Search for “how to increase productivity” on Google, and you’ll get a laundry list of different ways to be more productive What you need is not new tips and tricks, but new ways of thinking about work. Once you change the way you look at the world,...
by Mohammed Ali Vakil | Jul 1, 2019 | GTD
We just returned from the GTD Summit in Amsterdam. A heart-warming event that celebrated everything GTD and what Mind Like Water can accomplish. Practicing GTD for a decade and a half the Summit brought closure on several open loops on GTD. Arif’s top highlights...
by Mohammed Ali Vakil | Feb 17, 2019 | GTD
Getting Things Done® provides compounded returns. In short, the more you practice the 5 steps, the better you get at managing your attention and working on the tasks that actually move your goals forward. But GTD® mastery is a long road…. It takes a while. In this 10...
by Mohammed Ali Vakil | Feb 17, 2019 | GTD
What is allowed to occupy your mind? One of the basic tenets of GTD® is the concept of “emptying your RAM” or capturing what has your attention. But often a little bit of grazing can actually do you good. Watch David Allen share his insights into how much and how...