{"id":6238,"date":"2012-06-22T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T22:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2012\/06\/22\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:00","slug":"ten-ways-to-get-more-done-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2012\/06\/ten-ways-to-get-more-done-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Ways To Get More Done At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes people ask if David Allen&#8217;s <em><a title=\"David Allen's book Getting Things Done\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.davidco.com\/store\/catalog\/GETTING-THINGS-DONE-PAPERBACK-p-16175.php\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Things Done<\/a><\/em> is still timely, eleven years\u00a0after it was published. The answer is yes, absolutely, according to millions of people who have implemented GTD.<\/p>\n<p>And the GTD systematic approach is still timely according to <em>Forbes&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;<a title=\"Forbes' Ten Ways to Get More Done at Work\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbesentrepreneurs\/2011\/09\/22\/ten-steps-to-greater-productivity-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Ways To Get More Done At Work<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0which has a healthy does of references to David&#8217;s book.\u00a0 The article points out that real productivity is much more than organizing\u00a0and\u00a0time management tips.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s about freeing up time for deeper, creative thinking\u2013perhaps about new products or other ways to generate revenue (or to cut costs). Schedule stretches of creative time throughout the day\u2014mute your phone\u2019s ringer, close your door, avoid e-mail and think.<\/p>\n<p>Now, isn\u2019t that better?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/06\/forbes.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6241\" title=\"forbes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/06\/forbes.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the alert readers who\u00a0click through to that <em>Forbes<\/em> article, \u00a0you&#8217;ll notice that it&#8217;s also\u00a0still timely, a year after it was\u00a0published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real productivity is much more than organizing and time management tips. 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