{"id":2217,"date":"2009-09-29T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T20:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2020-01-05T15:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:40:47","slug":"getting-the-most-out-of-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/09\/getting-the-most-out-of-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the most out of Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The better you are at using a tool, and the more you love the tools you use, the more effective they will be for your GTD system.\u00a0 David Allen has said time and time again, learn at least the basic speed keys for the tools you use the most, so the tool is not slowing you down.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you on Gmail, here&#8217;s a handy guide from Google for <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/7029059?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting the most out of Gmail<\/a>. For our Google Apps setup guide, and all of the GTD setup guides, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.gettingthingsdone.com\/setup-guides-s\/107.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>One of the best tricks for enhancing your personal productivity is having organizing tools that you love to use.<\/em> &mdash;David Allen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The better you are at using a tool, and the more you love the tools you use, the more effective they will be for your GTD system.\u00a0 David Allen has said time and time again, learn at least the basic speed keys for the tools you use the most, so the tool is not slowing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/09\/getting-the-most-out-of-gmail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Getting the most out of Gmail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[32],"tags":[69,125,136,137,535,626],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-productivity-tips","tag-implementing-gtd","tag-tasks","tag-email","tag-empty-inbox","tag-gmail","tag-gtd-and-gmail","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Getting the most out of Gmail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The better you are at using a tool, the more effective it will be for your GTD system. 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