My inbox is overflowing! How do I create a sustainable GTD system? In this episode, Morten and Lars go through a listeners' reflections on using GTD to create a sustainable life: - How you can get started on that big backlog - The different causes of that backlog - How the different steps may cause challenges ..and much more! We hope that this episode helps you in your GTD practice and if you a question that you'd like us to pick up, be sure to send it to us at podcast@vitallearning.dk! Also, th...
May 22, 2024•39 min
Reflecting is so important! How can you become better? In this episode, Morten and Lars go through: - How you can use the Horizons of Focus to reflect - How the Weekly Review helps with reflecting - How Morten supports his coaching client with follow-ups ..and much more, including a few reflecting questions at the end, that you might want to incorporate in your Weekly Review? We hope that this episode helps you in your GTD practice and if you a question that you'd like us to pick up, be sure to ...
May 08, 2024•47 min
It's not just about GTD today! We normally talk about GTD, but recently a listener asked about the other vital skills we teach. So in this episode, Morten and Lars go through: - How GTD intersects with Crucial Conversations - What you learn in Crucial Conversations - What you learn in Crucial Influence ..and much more, including Lars' suggestion to use NPM with Six Sources and soon the Team-book! We hope that this helps you to get a better understanding of these methodologies and hopefully inspi...
Apr 24, 2024•54 min
It's time for another listener questions episode! In this episode, Morten and Lars go through three questions on - Using the Rocketbook (or reMarkable or others) for Capturing - Tips for implementing GTD as a habit - Making your Someday/Maybe list attractive ..and much more! We hope that this helps you, Christian, Griet and Kim, and everyone else listening and watching. If you have a question, be sure to send it to us at podcast@vitallearning.dk! Also, the number of available seats for the GTD S...
Apr 10, 2024•48 min
What do you do, when you have too much to do? In this episode, Morten and Lars go through what they would do, when you have too much to do. The case is Lars' very own work right now: Balancing becoming a father, part time paternity leave with a lot of work showing up. What do you do? - Revisiting your calendar to ensure that the right things are taking up space in your calendar - Revisiting your higher horizons to help you work on the right things and parking the rest - Reworking your lists to e...
Mar 27, 2024•44 min
How do you use GTD when travelling? In this episode, Morten and Lars go through what they use from GTD before, during and after vacations including: - Using the Natural Planning Model® to plan your trip - How they use/manage their packing lists - What apps Morten uses for his trips ..and much more! We hope that this helps you plan your next trip and if you have any questions for us, you can reach us at podcast@vitallearning.dk If you don't have any trips, perhaps you'd want to plan a trip to Den...
Mar 13, 2024•50 min
It's time for another Listener Questions episode! In this episode, Morten and Lars cover 3 questions regarding: - How you manage flagged e-mails/Microsoft To Do and the Action folder - How to communicate the value of GTD to ""non-organised"" individuals - How to manage a midlife crisis (or other crises) with GTD Thanks a lot to Jimmy, Hauke and Joost for their questions! If you have any questions for us, you can reach us at podcast@vitallearning.dk The music video Morten mentions is Talking Head...
Feb 28, 2024•37 min
Is Getting Things Done® (GTD) still relevant in 2024 (and beyond)? In this episode, Morten and Lars walk through why GTD is more relevant than ever, including: - How the amount, complexity and speed of change in the world impacts your in's - Why clarifying your inputs is more important than ever - Why awareness of your higher horizons is even more valuable ..and much more. Hopefully this adds perspective to your use of GTD - perhaps helpful to share with a friend who's fallen off the GTD wagon? ...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr
GTD is about personal productivity, but we're not alone. We all work with others, we learn from others and learn better with others. So Morten and Lars recorded an episode about this for the official Getting Things Done® (GTD) podcast from David Allen Company and we wanted to share this here as well! In this bonus episode, we talk about learning GTD/improving your GTD practices with others through: - The GTD Summer Camp - GTD Connect - The upcoming Team book We hope you'll make use of these when...
Feb 09, 2024•21 min
Are you sometimes struggling to stick to your GTD practice? Perhaps you'd benefit from implementing a daily checklist! Listen or watch as Morten and Lars walk through: - Things to consider doing as you start working - Things to consider as you're working - Things to consider as you leave work ..including lots of tips and tricks! And as we mention in the episode, be sure to tailor your personal checklists to your own personal needs. Also, the GTD Summer Camp 2024 signup is open! June 15-16 in Den...
Jan 31, 2024•45 min
So you found your tool for your GTD lists - what else do you need? Calendar and Reference systems are vital to any GTD'ers practice, so listen along as Morten and Lars walk through: - How to use your calendar in GTD and what applications they use - What reference systems you will likely need and what they use - Tips and tricks for both, including shared calendars, templates ..and much more! Also, the GTD Summer Camp 2024 signup is open! June 15-16 in Denmark, head on over to www.GTDSummerCamp.co...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 6 min
What tool should I use for my lists in GTD? To learn more about that, Morten and Lars walks through some of the most commonly used tools: - Microsoft Outlook/To Do - Apple Reminders - Google Tasks/Keep ..and many more! It's a long list and we don't know all of them in detail, so we're looking forward to your comments on YouTube on what we've missed. Also, the GTD Summer Camp 2024 signup is open! June 15-16 in Denmark, head on over to www.GTDSummerCamp.com to learn more and sign up 🥳 Links: - GT...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 12 min
GTD is about personal productivity - what about organisations? To learn more about that, we are joined by Holacracy author Brian Robertson on today’s episode! Listen to learn more about: - What Holacracy is (and isn’t), also from a GTD’ers perspective - What advantages would you have as a GTD’er starting with Holacracy - Concrete tips for what you can try out in your teams, such as tactical meetings ..and much more! It’s a fun and inspiring episode, we hope you enjoy it. Also, the GTD Summer Cam...
Nov 22, 2023•50 min
For once, the purpose of an episode is NOT to help you learn GTD or become a better GTD'er :-) This is our 100th episode! So the purpose of this podcast is the "companionship", as described by a listener - to reflect back on the first 100, a quick quiz and to share the FANTASTIC listener texts, audio and video clips that you sent in! Thank you so much for all the congratulations, thanks for the spending the time with us and we look forward to the next 100(0) 🙏🏻 Links: - GTD Summer Camp 2023 vi...
Nov 08, 2023•44 min
In this episode Martin Haagen and Morten Røvik has interviewed Jason M Atwood. Jason is the CEO of the New York based SalesForce Consultancy Arkus and an avid GTDer. He talks about his personal journey with GTD and about how they have implemented GTD into the core of Arkus. He shares his thoughts on how to share GTD into your own company and his thoughts on how AI will play a part in the future Workspace. You can find Jason on X: https://twitter.com/JasonMAtwood And have a look at Arkus here: ht...
Oct 25, 2023•47 min
It's that time of year! It's time for the GTD Tools Check-in for 2023. In this episode, Morten and Lars go through all of their hardware and software uses including: - Their hardware at the office and on the go (spoiler: It's almost all fruit labelled) - Their different software uses, including where they differ - A lot of tips from Morten on helpful mini-app's ..and much more! Also, we'd LOVE to hear from you with a quick message, audio snippet or even better, a quick video regarding our episod...
Oct 11, 2023•56 min
It's time for another interview episode! In this episode Jukka and Morten interview DJ and musician Darude. As always, we hope that this episode helps you in your GTD practice and thanks so much to Darude for sharing about his GTD practise and creative processes. Check out Darude here: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU This song, Sandstorm, kicked off Darude’s career and is a great listen. See if you can sit still… - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9r597vJbSQ This is an interpretati...
Sep 26, 2023•46 min
It's time for another listener questions episode! In this episode, Morten and Lars go through questions from Alex, Jukka and Ivan covering topics such as: - Alternatives to using the classic contexts in GTD - Their experience with completely analogue GTD systems - How a simplified projects structure might look like ..and much more! As always, we hope that this episode helps you in your GTD practice and thanks so much to Alex, Jukka and Ivan for their questions. If you have a question, be sure to...
Sep 12, 2023•52 min
What is long term planning and how do we approach it with GTD? In this episode, Morten and Lars talk about how long term planning works in GTD, including: - Their personal approach to long term planning - What their experience is with GTD'ers when they "meet" the higher horizons - How their long term planning impacts what happens in the moment ..and much more! This is a broad topic and we hope that you'll find some nuggets in the episode to inspire your own long term planning. And if something c...
Aug 30, 2023•47 min
It's time for a listener feedback - not questions - episode! In a previous episode, we took on Gregory's question about having too many next actions. More clarify on higher horizons helped Gregory, as we suggested, but this also led Gregory to write a very thoughtful e-mail on how words matter regarding the Clarify questions: - How the wording used in the Clarify step has evolved - What Morten and Lars typically point out regarding the clarify questions - How the clarify step is now simplified w...
Aug 16, 2023•35 min
You probably read that wrong in your head - it's pronounced ku-NEV-in (kəˈnɛvɪn) :-) In this LAST episode before our summer break, Lars talks to Danish longtime GTD'er Dann Bleeker Pedersen about his GTD practice and experience using the Cynefin framework. We'll dive into: - How Dann uses GTD, both as a father and in his role as Head of TECH in Retail for the fashion company BESTSELLER. - What the Cynefin framework describes and how it relates to projects - How the Cynefin framework impacts your...
Jun 21, 2023•45 min
It's time for another Listener Questions episode, this time with with questions on: - Morten & Lars' experiences on how GTD can help people diagnosed with ADHD - How GTD might help with addictions such as alcoholism Thanks so much to the sender for submitting such deep questions for the podcast - if you have questions for us, big or small, e-mail us at podcast@vitallearning.dk. Also, one last reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023. All tickets have been sold, but get on the waiting list by ...
Jun 07, 2023•40 min
Morten has interviewed Martin Haagen. Martin is GTD trainer and coach in Sweden and a father, husbond and an explorer of the Wilds. And he has worked for years as a Saleforce consultant. He talks about his journey with GTD and the benefits he feels GTD gives him. We talk about GTD and Saleforce and his idea for an integration of GTD in Salesforce. Also, our usual quick reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023. All tickets have been sold, but get on the waiting list by emailing Lars (lars@vitallea...
May 24, 2023•50 min
It's time for another Listener Questions episode! Listen to this episode with questions from Poland and the US on: - Using hashtags to link projects with next actions - What to do when you have 250+ next actions - How much detail should you have on your Horizons of Focus? ..and much more! Thanks to Mariusz, Gregory and Ivan for their questions! If you have questions for us, e-mail us at podcast@vitallearning.dk. Also, our usual quick reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023. All tickets have been...
May 10, 2023•53 min
How do you use reference systems in GTD? Listen to this episode to learn more about referencing anything with GTD, including: - What are the items that should be referenced - The different systems that you might need for digital and physical reference - Morten and Lars' slightly (?) different approaches to digital reference ..and much more! Thanks to Hauke from Germany for reminding us to do an episode solely about this topic. Also, our usual quick reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023. All ti...
Apr 26, 2023•50 min
How will AI impact your Getting Things Done® (GTD) practice? Listen to this episode to learn more about what Morten, Lars and our special guest Paul Vahur from Vital Learning in Estonia think about GTD and AI, including: - How do they currently see AI perhaps helping in your GTD practice - Where AI still doesn't help - What they hope to see in future AI when it comes to GTD ..and much more! Also, a quick reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023. All tickets have been sold, but get on the waiting ...
Apr 12, 2023•50 min
What does Apple Reminders look like as a GTD system? And how does it feel for someone moving from either Omnifocus or Todoist? Listen to this episode to learn more about how Morten and Lars have migrated/are migrating from those platforms into Reminders, including: - What lists they each use in Reminders - What their pro's and con's are for switching - How #hashtags can be used in a Weekly Review ..and much more! Also, a quick reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023. All tickets have been sold, ...
Mar 29, 2023•48 min
How do you design the ideal GTD workspace? Listen to this episode to learn more about how Morten and Lars would approach designing such a workspace, including: - Ingredients in a GTD workspace when you work in an office with free seating - The components of Morten and Lars' own desks - Archiving when multiple people use the archive ..and much more! Also, we would normally give you a quick reminder about the GTD Summer Camp 2023, but it's sold out since we recorded the episode! But we might be ab...
Mar 15, 2023•59 min
How good a GTD'er are you? Or more interestingly, where might you be able to up your GTD game? Listen to this episode, where Morten and Lars walk you through one of the GTD Practitioner evaluations used in coaching and GTD Level 2 seminars. Reflect on your experience using the five I's with statements such as: - Regular Weekly Reviews - Regularly recalibrate project inventory - Ability to navigate change ..and much more! This one's for all you seasoned GTD'ers out there :-) Also, a quick reminde...
Mar 01, 2023•38 min
How do you make the Weekly Review work for you? In this episode, Morten & Lars go through how they adapt their GTD Weekly Reviews, including: - Apps used for their checklists - How their lists differ significantly - How Lars splits his checklists in weekly, monthly and quarterly sections ..and much more! Also, a quick reminder that GTD Summer Camp tickets are on sale now! June 17-18 2023 is when the GTD Summer Camp 2023 will take place - we hope to see you there and be quick to book your ear...
Feb 15, 2023•44 min
