GTD Philosophy – Effort

Today a friend of mine showed up unexpectedly and we came to talk about this blog project. I said something like “Optimization is really the word of the day around here.”, to which his reply was a simple “Why?”. This questioning brings us to the core of what GTD is about for me. Optimization for [...]

Go ambidexter!

How often do you use your hands in an average day? Quite often probably. Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to use both your hands equally well? Yes, and in addition to awesome it would be useful for optimzing certain aspects of life. Natural ambidexterity is very uncommon, but it is possible to exercise [...]

Thinking in Terms of Opportunity Cost

Opportunity cost is a key concept in economics. Being an economist myself and also being an active financial markets participant, I think in terms of opportunity cost everyday. However, it strikes me how few people actually know about this concept. Loosely defined, opportunity cost is a foregone alternative when a particular course of action is [...]

Physical GTD archiving and inboxing

No matter how you wish for a completely digital handling of stuff, you will always come across things that are paper-based, or simply physical objects. For example, many interactions with authorities are still sadly analog and sometimes stuff needs fixing, like replacing the battery in a watch. From a GTD perspective it is extremely important [...]