{"id":5556,"date":"2011-12-12T16:38:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2011\/12\/12\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T21:34:19","slug":"gtd-best-practices-doing-part-5-of-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/12\/gtd-best-practices-doing-part-5-of-5\/","title":{"rendered":"GTD Best Practices: Doing (Part 5 of 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An easy way for me to explain the &#8220;Doing&#8221; phase of GTD is to simply say &#8220;trust your gut\/butt\/intuition\/hunch\/heart.&#8221; There is gold in that, and ultimately that&#8217;s what it will come down to. But how do you even get to the point of trusting whatever part of you makes a trusted decision? Here&#8217;s where the &#8220;ecosystem of GTD&#8221; starts to make more sense:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Capture everything that has your attention <strong>(Collect)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make decisions about what it means and what you are going to do about it <strong>(Process)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Park those decisions in trusted places <strong>(Organize)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step back to reflect on those choices from a clear, current, and creative place<strong> (Review)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So that you can make the best action choice <strong> (Do)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2011\/10\/KellyWorkGTW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"kelly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2011\/10\/KellyWorkGTW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Just joining this series? Read <a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/10\/18\/gtd-best-practices-collect-part-1-of-5\/\">part one on Collect<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/10\/25\/gtd-best-practices-process-part-2-of-5\/#more-5414\">part two on Process<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/11\/01\/gtd-best-practices-organize-part-3-of-5\/\">part three on Organize<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/11\/21\/gtd-best-practices-review-part-4-of-5\/#more-5487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part four on Review<\/a>. There&#8217;s also a fantastic &#8220;Road to Black Belt&#8221; webinar series I did with Coach Meg Edwards on these best practices that&#8217;s available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtdconnect.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTD Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Forrister is a senior coach &amp; seminar presenter with the David Allen Company<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An easy way for me to explain the &#8220;Doing&#8221; phase of GTD is to simply say &#8220;trust your gut\/butt\/intuition\/hunch\/heart.&#8221; There is gold in that, and ultimately that&#8217;s what it will come down to. But how do you even get to the point of trusting whatever part of you makes a trusted decision? Here&#8217;s where the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/12\/gtd-best-practices-doing-part-5-of-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GTD Best Practices: Doing (Part 5 of 5)&#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":[22,29,69,46,100,109,110],"class_list":["post-5556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-productivity-tips","tag-getting-things-done","tag-gtd","tag-implementing-gtd","tag-implementation","tag-tips-and-tricks","tag-gtd-best-practices","tag-gtd-coaching","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- 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