Kolz Blog

This weekend, I received a link to an articleon Everyfing.com which gives some pretty good critique on the GTD system. It is a very good article and some of the points he makes resonate with me. Especially when he talks about how the book is written and how the chapters are set up. I agree, it could be shorter on some points. I do disagree with him on the implementation and use of the system. I get asked often about a sort of managementsummary of the system since people don't have the time to actually read it and implement the system. I had the same problem. untill I started to read and started to think about it. You can compare setting up your GTD system as learning how to walk. I have a baby daughter so I know I'm gonna see this happen real soon with her. When you see a young child learning something new, it always goes with errors, falling, learning, wondering, trying again. When I watch how my daughter first discovered her own feet when she was 3 months old. It was pure joy. She didn't understand those parts of her body and it took some time for her to connect. But you see how she learns. She tries new things. Like rolling over. She fails, cries, gets angry. And then tries again.Untill she gets the hang of it. The smile on her face and in her eyes (and her parents') is the best thing in the world. Same thing with GTD. It is hard. You will fail. You will fall of the bandwagon. I did. I still do. But you must know what lies ahead. If you just get the slightest sense of victory, try to keep that in mind. Try to keep that as a successfull outcome. And when you fail again, know that you can try it again. Just as you learned how to walk or sit or eat. And then try again. This post was influenced by a column from Danny Bader on the Davidco.com website.