If you’ve ever glared at your to-do list and thought, “I don’t care anymore,” you’re not alone. When you’re burnt out, bored, or exhausted, even the simplest tasks may seem monumental. Unfortunately, ...

Being indecisive "breeds doubt, uncertainty, and even resentment," says Scott Mautz, who's spent 30 years studying mental ...

<p>David Allen's Getting Things Done time-management system is based on some pretty esoteric concepts ("knowledge work," "distributed cognition," the "ready state" of martial arts, and so on), but ...

Do you feel overwhelmed? Too much to do and not enough time? Help is on the way! In this seven part series, you will learn the time and productivity system Getting Things Done (GTD) by David Allen ...

Most of us make to-do lists but often find it hard to check everything off. Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman interviews Ayelet Fishbach, author of “Get It Done,” about finding a framework ...

If you're into productivity, then you must have at least heard of David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity opus. Let's take a look at how to a ...

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A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 6, 2020, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Stop Procrastinating: Six Tips to Getting Things Done in 2020.

One example has to do with people who consistently fail, rather than succeed, to get things done. When a deadline passes, failure is not simply a result of procrastinating.

David Allen can sound something like a guru. The author of the productivity bible Getting Things Done likes to talk about "mismanaged inputs," the things that "pull on your psyche" and the nirvana ...