{"id":16831,"date":"2018-07-09T08:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=16831"},"modified":"2021-05-23T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T22:59:42","slug":"marxs-gtd-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2018\/07\/marxs-gtd-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Marx&#8217;s GTD Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16920\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/marx2-300x239.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/marx2-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/marx2.png 411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Your name\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nMarx Acosta-Rubio<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do for work?<\/strong><br \/>\nI own several companies and coach entrepreneurs how to be successful and happy.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWhere do you live?<\/strong><br \/>\nNear Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you hear about GTD?<\/strong><br \/>\nA friend recommended the book and then I hired David Allen to be my first consultant for my first company back in 2001, and I was HOOKED!<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHow has GTD made a difference in your work and life?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is hard to describe what a difference GTD has made in my work and life (<em>and aren\u2019t they both the same?). <\/em>I can tell you that I could NOT imagine my life without GTD. GTD allows me to be highly ambitious while at the same time fully relaxed, present, and moving forward in the right direction(s), while deliciously following my intuitive choices. There is a certain \u201csmirk\u201d that permeates most all GTD enthusiasts \u2013 as we have a secure sense of being able to handle anything, and not be stressed about it. Truth is, things take a lot less effort and can be done in a much faster time than people realize. After all, as David says, \u201cThere are no problems, only projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What areas of GTD are you doing really well (or at least better than you used to)?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nKeeping my head clear, and following my intuitive choices, is something I have focused on and can finally say, I am pretty good at it \u2013 most of the time.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWhat areas of GTD would you like to get even better at doing?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would love to be able to move more quickly, and effortlessly, up and down between the levels of the Horizons of Focus.\u00a0<em>(And yes, it is a current project.)<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWhat is one piece of advice you would give to someone just starting out with GTD?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nBest advice I got, from David, and I think I would pass this along as the best piece of advice I would give to anybody wanting to start, or already doing GTD. Doing GTD 100%, is light years better and significantly different than just doing it 99%.\u00a0\u00a0You won\u2019t believe how much better and incredible it is \u2013 and unfortunately, the only way to understand this advice, is to experience it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your name\u00a0 Marx Acosta-Rubio What do you do for work? I own several companies and coach entrepreneurs how to be successful and happy. Where do you live? Near Dallas, Texas. How did you hear about GTD? A friend recommended the book and then I hired David Allen to be my first consultant for my first &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2018\/07\/marxs-gtd-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marx&#8217;s GTD Story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[697,736,1,32],"tags":[69,677,680,781],"class_list":["post-16831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-stories","category-educational-tools","category-featured","category-productivity-tips","tag-implementing-gtd","tag-gtd-stories","tag-gtd-community","tag-gtd-mastery","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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