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RRoy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:18:25 +0000

Welcome to the seminar registration for GTD Mastering Workflow: January 14 2012

GTD Mastering Workflow (Only for NAA employees): London, January 14 2012 Registration

RRoy — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:42:25 +0000

This one-day seminar delivers a dynamic, systematic, five-phase approach to dealing effectively with the incoming “stuff” of our lives – e-mail, meeting notes, voice mail, ideas, to-dos, projects, reference materials, etc. – and provides a practical methodology for creating and optimizing systems to organize it all. Our ability to focus on our priorities is too often handicapped by the non-stop demands on our time – the new requests, decisions and actions that come at us all day long. Much of it seems urgent, but how much of it is actually important when considered in the context of what really
matters to us?

Based on the best-selling book ‘Getting Things Done’ by leading management thinker David Allen, the GTD Mastering Workflow seminar teaches a fundamental approach to thinking about work and life that participants can immediately apply to get a greater sense of control and perspective over what they have on. They will have greater clarity on what really is a priority, and an enhanced ability to focus their efforts and energies for maximum impact.

After the seminar, participants experience an increased sense of relaxed, focused control. In the course of the day, best practices for tracking projects, action steps and supporting information are clarified, along with the principles of creating a streamlined system that maximizes productivity. Throughout the seminar, key issues such as eliminating email overwhelm, tracking delegated tasks and projects, optimizing reference information, and staying on top of reading material are addressed with the benefit of a system developed during 25 years of working with the most successful and effective executives.

Any type of computer- or paper-based system can be used with the Getting Things Done approach, and the emphasis in the seminar is on offering the principles that allow customization of a practical, leakproof personal system for the individual.

COST: £ 1.10
GTD ALUMNI: If you have attended a GTD Seminar before, please contact us at info@next-action.eu for information about special discounts.

SEMINAR INCLUDES: morning coffee, tea, and pastries, buffet lunch, copy of “Getting Things Done” book, Workbooks, GTD System Guides and a one month subscription to “GTD Connect”, the online learning center

DATE: January 17, 2011

LOCATION: London

VENUE: London Hilton on Park Lane, 22 Park Lane, London W1K 1BE
TIME: 8:15am – 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 12:30pm GTD Seminar
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 5:00pm GTD Seminar

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Discipline doesn’t work (or why ice cream always wins)

Edward Lamont — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:44:47 +0000

Ed Lamont

At some point in nearly every seminar, someone will say some version of the following: ‘Okay, this all makes sense. I can see that GTD is the way that I should be working, but I’ll need a lot of discipline to keep it up’. Implicit in this message is that they have some prior experience (from dieting to exercise to learning a new language) that has them thinking that they don’t have that discipline, and so – no matter how much sense the GTD methodology makes to them – they probably won’t succeed in using it. I think that the key to their success – or not – lies in the way that they are thinking about the challenge of implementing a new behaviour. Over the years I’ve noticed that when people talk about ‘discipline’ what they generally mean is that they’ll struggle to get themselves to do something that they really don’t want to do. If that is the case, then I’m pretty sure they are right, they won’t manage to do that thing. I know from my own experience that once I tell myself that I need discipline to do something I’ve basically set myself up in opposition to myself. That is to say that there is a part of me that is saying ‘yes, you should do this, it will be good for you’, and there is another saying ‘yes, and broccoli is good for you too, but ice cream is waaaaaaaay more fun’. In my experience, over time, the second voice always wins. I can manage to get myself to do something that requires ‘discipline’ for a day, a week, sometimes even a month, but eventually, I’ll be found with my feet sticking out the top of a tub of Haagen Daz. Every time.

So, I don’t think discipline works all that well. Not for me, not when it involves trying to get myself to do things that I know will be good for me, but that I don’t really want to do. What does work, and has always worked, is getting very clear on the benefits of why I’m doing that thing. Not clear as in, ‘broccoli is good for me, and – apparently – great for my intestines’, but clear as in ‘I love the experience of living in a body that is able to run, jump and play because I eat more broccoli than brownies’. With GTD, I think I got lucky; this happened the first time I skimmed the book on a plane to New York. The idea of working with a ‘mind like water’ – more productively, with less stress – was so attractive to me that I can honestly say I’ve never had to discipline myself to do what is suggested to get there. That is not to say that I haven’t worked at it, or that sometimes I haven’t worked quite hard at it. It just has never felt like trying to get myself to do something that I didn’t want to do. The goal was so clear, and so attractive, it was what I wanted to do to get there. There is a world of difference between thinking, ‘I have to process my inbox because it will be good for me’, and thinking ‘I can’t wait to clear out my inbox so I can get back to that sense of relaxed control that works so much better than everything else I’ve experienced’.

After 7 years of working with the methodology, that thought is what has driven every single enhancement to how I work. From the first hesitant – and somewhat backwards – implementation of the book, through my first, second and third seminars and on to getting coached and learning to teach the methodology everything has been about getting more of the relaxed productivity that is offered. I’ll still be more likely found consorting with a tub of Haagen Daz than a salad on any given day, but – in that domain – there is still more to learn.

Register for a complimentary introduction to Getting Things Done!

RRoy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:59:51 +0000

Enter your email address to register for the FREE introduction to Getting Things Done.

As part of this introduction you will receive a series of emails, a rich mix of videos and GTD essentials that will help you get started in the journey towards stress free productivity.

An opportunity to experience The Getting Things Done Methodology

On this page we’re giving away free access to ‘Introduction to Getting Things Done!‘, a 3-part GTD Methodology Starter Email Kit containing essential tips to start being more productive with the GTD methodology.

So if you’re curious to find out exactly what The Getting Things Done can do for your life, we highly recommend you give it a try.

Just sign up here, follow the simple instructions, and prepare to make the rest of your life, more productive and less stressful!

Why are we giving away this Starter Kit for free?

The introduction to Getting Things Done is an easy-to-use introduction to the world of Getting Things Done® — and many people who try it decide to continue their training with us by getting in touch with regard to our coaching services or attending our seminars. It’s a win-win situation for both parties, which is exactly why we don’t charge for it.

What is Getting Things Done®?

Getting Things Done® is the groundbreaking work-life management system by David Allen that provides concrete solutions for transforming, overwhelm and uncertainty into an integrated system of stress free productivity.

GTD Mastering Workflow: London, March 1

Edward Lamont — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:23:17 +0000

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COST: $695.00 (approx. £480)
GTD ALUMNI: If you have attended a GTD Seminar before, please contact us at info@next-action.eu for information about special discounts.

DATE: March 01, 2012

LOCATION: London

VENUE: THE PARK LANE HOTEL Piccadilly London, W1J 7BX
TIME: 8:15am – 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 12:30pm GTD Seminar
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 5:00pm GTD Seminar

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GTD Mastering Workflow: Boston – January 31

RRoy — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:09:49 +0000

Where it will be held:
The Westin Boston Waterfront
425 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 532-4600
Westin Boston Waterfront

James Layfield, CEO of Central, shares his thoughts on our GTD: Mastering Workflow seminar

CRamsay — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:07:54 +0000

James Layfield, CEO of Central, talks about his experience of the GTD: Mastering Workflow seminar, held at the London Hilton Park Lane, on November 30, 2011.

Kindly note that this video has been taken by a hand-held camera at the venue and so the video quality is not high.

A New Member joins the Next Action Associates Family

Todd Brown — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:02:10 +0000

Linda Roser is our new business administrator. Originally from Germany, Linda has a Bachelor’s degree in international business and has traveled widely including in the United States where she grew up. She has a passion for acting, film and production. She will be working closely with Todd and Ed on keeping us ahead of the curve, and with the rest of the team to help support our growth and keep our client service standards high.

If you are a GTD enthusiast and want to join our team, we would like to hear from you!

Todd Brown, co-founder of Next Action Associates, talks about Getting Things Done on Monocle Radio

RRoy — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:25:27 +0000

A terrific interview on a wide-range of Getting Things Done (GTD) and productivity best practices. Todd talks about challenges people face today and how GTD can help. Recorded by Monocle radio, November 30 2011.

Register for a complimentary introduction to Getting Things Done!

Todd Brown — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:13:54 +0000

Enter your email address to register for the FREE introduction to Getting Things Done.

As part of this introduction you will receive a series of emails, a rich mix of videos and GTD essentials that will help you get started in the journey towards stress free productivity.

An opportunity to experience The Getting Things Done Methodology

So if you’re curious to find out exactly what The Getting Things Done can do for your life, we highly recommend you give it a try.

Just sign up here, follow the simple instructions, and prepare to make the rest of your life, the best of your life!