by Robert Peake | 24 Jun 2019 | Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
My client was on the verge of tears looking at his projects lists. It was time to have “the conversation”. The one about being one person, and trying to live the lives of seven people all at once. I asked him to consider that everything in his system was...
by Robert Peake | 22 May 2019 | Clarify, Engage, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries, and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.” -Blaise Pascal What if nobody likes this blog? What if I’m all out of ideas about GTD®? What if I go to write and nothing shows up?...
by Robert Peake | 28 Mar 2019 | Clarify, Engage, Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Weekly Review |
Boxer, the horse from George Orwell’s classic text Animal Farm, had one answer to adversity: “The solution, as I see it, is to work harder.” It is a poignant allegory for Stalinist exploitation of working-class Russian revolutionaries. But it is also...
by Robert Peake | 26 Feb 2019 | Capture, Clarify, Engage, Robert Peake's Blog |
Growing up on the US-Mexico border, a feature of my childhood friends’ birthday parties was the piñata. For those unfamiliar, it is a colourful papier-mâché figure, ranging from a traditional donkey to a popular cartoon character, stuffed to the crêpe-paper...
by Robert Peake | 13 Dec 2018 | Leadership, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing, Todd Brown's Blog |
In this episode, Todd Brown and Robert Peake explore how GTD® can help with the “bigger picture” of where we want to go and how to get there. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast Transcript [music] 00:06 Todd: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the...
by Robert Peake | 11 Oct 2018 | Capture, Clarify, Engage, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
‘Seriously? They’re posting business-critical information as a reply to a private Facebook thread?’ I was as incredulous as my client at this lack of basic ‘communication hygiene’ – expecting colleagues to find what they needed to...
by Robert Peake | 25 Sep 2018 | Leadership, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing, Todd Brown's Blog |
In this video, Todd Brown and Robert Peake talk about what is meant by “clean edges” in the GTD methodology, and why they are so important to stress-free productivity. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast Transcript [music] 00:06 Todd Brown:...
by Robert Peake | 15 Aug 2018 | Engage, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
“Sweet dreams are made of this / who am I to disagree? / I travel the world and the seven seas / everybody’s looking for something.” -Eurythmics Sleep means energy, and energy is precious. Just ask any new parent, shift worker, or long-haul pilot. In...
by Robert Peake | 14 Aug 2018 | Leadership, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing, Todd Brown's Blog |
In this episode, Todd Brown and Robert Peake talk about how GTD can help you manage your personal and professional relationships clearly and effectively. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast Transcript [music] 00:06 Robert Peake: Welcome everyone to...
by Robert Peake | 18 Jul 2018 | Capture, Engage, Horizons of Focus, Organise, Planning, Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
“All that is very well,” answered Candide, “but let us cultivate our garden.” -Voltaire I was fuming. I could feel the blood surging up to my head, fuelling a litany of judgmental thoughts. Brexit. Trump. That maniac on the M1. Something had...
by Robert Peake | 21 Jun 2018 | Capture, Clarify |
If you want to know what clean edges in a system looks like, take a peep through a microscope. Life, in its simplest form, is about integrity. When the walls of a cell break down, the cell is finished – returning to the primordial elements that once made it up....
by Robert Peake | 24 May 2018 | Capture, Clarify, Organise, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
A striking advertisement for dental hygiene depicts people whose eyes are bleeding, pointing out that if any part of one’s body besides one’s gums were to bleed, they would seek immediate medical attention. Likewise, I believe that if people were able to...
by Robert Peake | 29 Mar 2018 | Creativity, Engage, Organise, Planning, Robert Peake's Blog |
Toni Basil. Los del Río. Baha Men. You may not recognise these band names, but if you lived through the 80s, 90s, and 00s, you are almost certainly familiar with “[Hey] Mickey”, “Macarena”, and “Who Let the Dogs Out?” All of these...
by Robert Peake | 13 Mar 2018 | Organise, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Talent development, Todd Brown's Blog |
GTD is different than other approaches to personal and professional development in some fundamental ways. Join David Allen, creator of the methodology, in conversation with Todd Brown and Robert Peake. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the...
by Robert Peake | 1 Feb 2018 | Capture, Clarify, Organise, Planning, Robert Peake's Blog |
In their newfound enthusiasm for discovering the freedom and relief of getting everything out of their head, journeymen GTD® practitioners can fall into the trap of believing that small lists are inherently bad. Indeed, David Allen, creator of the Getting Things Done®...
by Robert Peake | 11 Jan 2018 | Clarify, Creativity, Engage, Leadership, Organise, Planning, Robert Peake's Blog |
I have a confession to make. I have been routinely engaging in conflict-resolution sessions with a group of creative, talented mid-career professionals. We have been collaborating on solutions to complicated, high-stakes problems by drawing on the unique strengths and...
by Robert Peake | 21 Dec 2017 | Creativity, Horizons of Focus, Organise, Planning, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
There comes a time in one’s life to put away childish things. But there also comes a time to take them out again. After a 25-year hiatus, I took a risk and asked some of my smartest, funniest, most creative (and, naturally, busiest) friends if they would like to...
by Robert Peake | 12 Dec 2017 | Organise, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Todd Brown's Blog |
In this episode, Todd Brown and Robert Peake answer questions from listeners about the nuts and bolts of making the GTD methodology work for them. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
by Robert Peake | 23 Nov 2017 | Horizons of Focus, Organise, Planning, Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
As cold, wet weather and grey skies descend on the British Isles, out come the scowls. A particularly cheeky response to encountering a dour-faced stranger is the peculiarly British quip, “Cheer up, it might never happen.” Obviously, there are situations...
by Robert Peake | 7 Nov 2017 | Organise, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Todd Brown's Blog |
In this special episode, music producer Jimbo Barry talks with Robert Peake about how GTD supports a successful creative lifestyle. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
by Robert Peake | 24 Oct 2017 | Organise, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Todd Brown's Blog |
In this special podcast, GTD creator David Allen joins Todd Brown and Robert Peake to discuss how GTD supports wellbeing both in and outside the workplace. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
by Robert Peake | 10 Oct 2017 | Organise, Podcast, Robert Peake's Blog, Todd Brown's Blog |
In part two of this two-part series, Todd and Robert delve deeper into the practical aspects of supporting teams with GTD best practices. Click to play this episode Click here for Part I Subscribe to the Podcast
by Robert Peake | 27 Sep 2017 | Horizons of Focus, Organise, Planning, Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing |
Being often in a hurry, millennials love to abbreviate. One of my favourites is “tl;dr” (too long; didn’t read). In case you’re a millennial reading this now, here’s the “tl;dr” version of this article: if you’re afraid...
by Robert Peake | 31 Aug 2017 | Reflect, Robert Peake's Blog, Stress and Wellbeing, Weekly Review |
“Honey, I just realised – nothing is going to try to kill me out here.” My wife and I were ambling along one of England’s many public footpaths through gentle countryside. I agree it may sound like an unusual observation. But having come from...
