{"id":5842,"date":"2012-03-17T16:11:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T00:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2012\/03\/17\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:06","slug":"do-you-feel-more-productive-now-than-you-did-several-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2012\/03\/do-you-feel-more-productive-now-than-you-did-several-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you feel more productive now than you did several years ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s the question David Allen addresses in a feature article in the New York Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 16px; color: black; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 19px;\">When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized<\/h2>\n<p>By DAVID ALLEN<br \/>\nPublished: March 17, 2012<\/p>\n<p>HOW do you think most workers would respond if you asked them, \u201cDo you feel more productive now than you did several years ago?\u201d I doubt that the answer would be a resounding yes. In fact, even as workplace technology and processes steadily improve, many professionals feel less productive than ever.<\/p>\n<p>It may seem a paradox, but these very tools are undermining our ability to get work done. They are causing us to become paralyzed by the dizzying number of options that they spawn.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a way out of this quandary? Yes, but it\u2019s not going to come from the usual quarters. To be successful in the new world of work, we need to create a structure for capturing, clarifying and organizing all the forces that assail us; and to ensure time and space for thinking, reflecting and decision making.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/03\/nyt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5848\" title=\"nyt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/03\/nyt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the <a title=\"David Allen in the New York Times\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/18\/business\/when-office-technology-overwhelms-get-organized.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;ref=technology\" target=\"_blank\">complete article here<\/a>, or on page 1 of the March 18 print edition&#8217;s Business Day section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get 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