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Karly Edward
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Karly Edwards
是毕马威的高级秘书，她发现
GTD®
在公司具有促进内部主动性的作用。她很快就开始了
GTD®
的运用并且再也没有回头。
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我已在毕马威工作了
10
年， 担任高级秘书， 在期间，我为同一位搭档工作了
9
年，与他一起成长，同时也大幅度的改变了公司的结构和管理。
然而，
当我的搭档爬上职业阶梯时， 我也变得越来越忙， 、很快就意识到，我花了大半天的时间来追逐日历表，并纠缠在电子邮件中，从来没有真正去看收件箱或日历之外的事。就像其它任何工作一样，当你日复一日完成相同的任务时，它可以变得有些世俗和重复。你的注意力可能会下滑，有时看起来很小而不重要的事情会被疏忽。
例如，在个人层面上， 我会尝试把我所有的任务， 家务事和提醒都放在我的脑海里， 这些东西往往会被忘记或变得混乱， 最后让我感到沮丧和神经紧绷。 我会意识到我又错过了那个生日聚会， 或者回到家后发现我忘记在路上的时候去超市买某些东西。
同样的问题也适用于工作场所， 我们慷慨地形容为“有组织的混乱”。 我们在一定程度上有些整洁，但是有一点点碰运气。 尽管我们付出了所有的努力， 但有时候事情还是会被遗忘。 我们没有真正的日记结构，也没有定时跟进
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在紧凑的日记中，这些并不被视为优先事项。任何会议的准备总是疯狂的
/
最后一刻， 会议后似乎没有任何时间跟进行动。 我们做了一些后期的规划， 但它是有限的， 感觉很像我们在转圈圈，不知道如何打破坏习惯。
我们做的不错， 但我们可能会更好。 问题是我们不知道如何改进， 甚至是在尝试了很多其他的方法之后。 更糟糕的是， 我还意识到， 由于我在工作中致力于把事情保持在正轨上，所以我没有时间去思考工作内外的个人愿望。我越来越意识到自己对平日生活感到“乏味”。
我们正在寻找的变化来到了。
Nick
（我服务的搭档）和其他一些高级职员被介绍认识了
Next Action
协会的
Ed
，是他向他们传授了
GTD®
方法论。
当
Nick
开始将这个方法应用于他的工作时， 这改变了我们一起工作的方式。 我很好奇，因为它似乎创造了许多积极的新的工作方式， 但我并没有完全理解它如何可以帮助我在助理秘书级别使用
;
我认为这只对面向高级客户的员工有用。 过了一段时间，我们就这个问题进行了讨论，这使我决定参加
GTD®
的培训， 然后我们就可以从类似的方法中获得思考和工作的好处。 在第一次学习方法论并且看到能够帮助我的工作之后，我从未回头。
这个变化非常显着， 我现在与我的团队（已经增长到三个）之间的业务关系由于
GTD®
而受到了非常积极的影响。
尽管我们所有的工作都很忙， 但我却没它折磨， 我甚至现在每周只工作四天！ 我周四晚上离开工作的内容， 冷静和高兴地说， 我星期五不需要移交工作，因为我们现在组织得很好，所以我们很少需要额外的协助。
现在感觉我们团队完全无缝隙，一切都很流畅，我们彼此很同步，我们提前了
5
个步骤而不是
1
个。
还有，
GTD®
让我觉得自己像一个有价值的团队成员，因为我可以更好地了解会议为的是什么，它们需要什么。 我也有时间阅读文件和提出问题， 我完全理解为什么会议
/
出差是必需的， 他们会给公司带来什么样的价值。
现在我们不会再次在日历表中寻找空挡插入行程， 现在我可以快速有效地为内部和外部客户提供分配，从而提供更专业和更精美的服务和形象。
我现在也有更多的时间， 这使我能够在公司内部追求自己的一些创造性的想法。 其中之一是作为其他秘书助理的导师， 这给我提供了一个对方法论的洞察力，通过协助他们可能遇到的任何时间管理方面的困难。我很确定
GTD®
应该成为秘书入职计划的一部分，以及商业支持核心培训的一部分。
据我所知， 有些人可能会犹豫去学一些新的工作方式，尤其是那些有多年文秘工作经验的朋友，且有自己的一套工作体系。 但在自己亲自体验了
GTD®
以后， 我可以诚实地说， 对于秘书，这是一个奇妙的学习曲线
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无论他们的职业生涯在哪个阶段。
这是一个非常灵活的方法， 人们可以选取他们喜欢的部分或最需要改进的部分，他们也可以采取整体的方法。而且这不仅仅是针对那些“高层”。
GTD®
确实能够为所有人服务。
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Share your Story
Why
GTD is for everyone
by Karly Edwards
Karly Edwards is a Senior Secretary at KPMG, and discovered GTD® as
part of an internal initiative for partners at the firm. She soon adopted GTD®
herself and has never looked back.
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I have worked at KPMG for 10 years as Senior Secretary, and for nine
of those years I have worked for the same Partner – growing with him as his
career developed, while navigating myriad changes in the structure and
management of the firm.
However, as the partner I support climbed the career ladder, I too
became busier and busier, and soon realised that I spent most of the day
chasing diary dates and getting tangled in email strings, and never really
getting to look at anything outside of my inbox or calendar. Just like with any
other job, when you complete the same tasks day in and day out it can get a
little mundane and repetitive. Your attention can slip, and sometimes things
that may seem small and unimportant can be missed.
For example, on a personal level I would try and carry all my tasks,
chores and reminders in my head, which would often get forgotten or muddled, leaving
me frustrated and tense. I would realise I had missed that birthday yet again,
or would arrive home having forgotten to buy something during my grocery shop.
This same problem applied to the workplace too, in what we kindly
described as “organised chaos”. We were organised to a degree, but it was a bit
hit-and-miss; despite all our efforts, sometimes things would slip through the
gaps. We had no real structure to the diary or had scheduled catch-ups – these
were just not seen as a priority when juggling a very busy diary. Any prep for
meetings was always frantic/last minute and there never seemed to be any time
for follow up actions after a meeting. We did some forward planning but it was
limited, and it felt a lot like we were going around in circles without knowing
how to break bad habits.
We were good, but we had a sense it could be better. The problem was
that we didn’t know how to improve things, even after having tried lots of
other methods. Worse, I also realised that because of the energy and attention
I was devoting to keeping things on track at work I had no time to even think
about personal aspirations inside or outside of work. I was ever more aware
that I was in danger of getting ‘bored’ of my daily routine.
The change we were looking for then arrived. Nick (the partner I
support) and some other senior staff were introduced to Ed at Next Action
Associates, who taught them the principles of the GTD® methodology.
When Nick started to apply the method to his work, it changed the
way we worked together. I was intrigued as it seemed to create lots of positive
new ways of working, but I didn’t fully understand how it could help me at PA
level; I assumed it was only useful for senior client-facing staff. After a
while we had a conversation about it, and this led to a decision for me to have
a session on GTD®, so we could get the benefits of thinking and working with a
similar approach. After first learning the methodology and seeing how much it
could help me with my work, I have never looked back.
The change has been quite remarkable and the business relationship I
have with my team now (which has grown to three) has been extremely positively
impacted because of GTD®.
Despite all our busy schedules, I am unfazed by the workload, even
though I now only work four days a week! I leave work on a Thursday evening
content, calm and happy that my cover for Fridays requires no handover, as we
are now so organised that we rarely need extra assistance with our ongoing
projects.
It now feels like we are seamless as a team and everything flows,
that we are in sync with one another, and more often than not, five steps ahead
rather than the one step ahead that we used to be.
