效率生活的基本功
作者
：
Todd Brown
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每年伊始之时，我都想提醒自己
GTD®
背后的核心理念
,
重申我对
GTD®
实践和系统不断完善的承诺。
请记住，
GTD®
中没有专为初学者设计的步骤。就像武术和芭蕾舞一样，作为初学者学习的每一步你都将在往后延续使用，而那些专家也一样在用着基本功。所以，如果想回顾
GTD®
基本功的话，你不必觉得害羞。
心态调整好了，那么以下是
David Allen
的一些伟大创意，我希望通过
GTD®
的帮助，提醒并激励您获得更多的自在生活：
如果事情积攒在你的脑海里，那就错了
这一点在
GTD®
的理论里没有比这更基础的了。我们的目标是清晰明了，如果您有未履行的承诺，这便无法实现，也就是说，在您的脑海中不断在循环着同一件事。请确保你的想法会从里脑中移出来，把它放在某个你知道你会再次看到的地方。如果有张纸，请将其写下并将纸放入托盘或文件夹中。如果你只有手机，请给自己发一封电子邮件。
这个说法的一个必然结果是，有时候如果你脑中有什么想法，你可能不会与你的系统达到最佳配合状态。电子邮件堆积在您的收件箱中？也许你的潜意识察觉到该要花一些时间来澄清和整理新接收到的信息。待办事宜清单变长了吗？也许该花时间做一些定义工作了。
如果你很有条理，那么事情便会得心应手。
一个好的整理体系具有清晰的优势。边缘表示意义的边界。要有正确的界限，你需要清楚哪些含义对你很重要。最终，将结论归结为：您是否愿意在有用的信息上下功夫，让你获得你想要的支持？准备好与您的直属见面了吗？您可能想快速的获得想要和直属讨论的事项清单和希望从他们那里得到的一些东西。
大多数人在他们的系统中没有足够的清洁边缘。他们的系统中有多种类型的东西混合在一起。一个常见的例子是邮件收件箱，其中包含一些可执行的邮件，一些是参考资料，另一些是垃圾邮件。另一个例子是一堆与你不相干的文件。要变得“有条理”的问题在于，要快速掌握有用的信息很困难。另一个问题是，当你使用这样的收件箱时，你必须（重新）评估这些信息的意义。最好先做决定，完成思考的过程，然后在某个清晰的地方设置一个提醒。
工作为了生活，生活却不是为了工作。
这是我经常发现需要提醒自己的事情，而且我发现很多成功的人也很难做到。通过你的努力，你的工作腾飞了，你可以强烈地认同你为了谋生而做某些工作，但你的工作只定义了你的一部分。你的生活中有的不仅仅是工作。
English Version
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Back to Basics with David Allen
by
Todd Brown
Around this time of year, I like to remind
myself of the core ideas behind GTD®, by way of reaffirming my commitment to
ongoing refinement of my GTD® practices and systems.
Keep in mind that there are no beginner
moves in GTD. Just like in the martial arts and ballet, the moves you learn as
a beginner are moves you’ll continue to use, even as an expert. So, there’s no
shame in going back to some of the things you learned on the first day of your
seminar or when you first read Getting Things Done®.
With that in mind, here are some great
ideas from David Allen’s work that I hope will remind and inspire you to get
more out of life with the help of GTD®:
If it’s in your head, it’s in the wrong
place
It doesn’t get more fundamental than this
when it comes to the philosophy of GTD. Our goal is mental clarity, and that
can’t be achieved if you have unfulfilled commitments, a.k.a. ‘open loops’,
pinging around in your mind. Maybe sure the idea gets externalised and that it
then ends up somewhere where you know you’ll see it again. If there’s paper to
hand, write it down and get the paper in your in-tray or in-folder. If you have
nothing but your mobile phone on you, send yourself an email.
A corollary of this is the idea that
sometimes, if there are things on your mind, you might not be engaged optimally
with your system. Emails piling up in your inbox? Maybe your subconscious is
sensing that some time spent clarifying and organising those inputs would be a
good idea. Action lists getting long? Might be time to spend time doing some of
that pre-defined work.
If you’re well organised, where things are
match their meaning to you.
A good organisational system has clean
edges. The edges mark boundaries of meaning. To have the right boundaries, you
need to be clear about what meanings are important to you. Ultimately the test
comes down to: can you put your hands on helpful information that supports you
as you want to be supported? Getting ready for a meeting with one of your
direct reports? You’ll probably want quickly to have access to the list of
things you want to discuss with them, and to the list of things you’re waiting
for them to do for you.
