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Discussion Forum > "There's no such thing as interruptions, only mismanaged inputs!"

Great quote from David Allen on a recent NPR interview.

August 9, 2011 at 22:51 |

Seraphim

Needs elaboration. Fact: there are interruptions. If I'm focused on X, and event Y stops that focus for a while, X has been interrupted.

Does David interpret Y as an input? I guess to not mismanage Y means to be able to cleanly either set X aside, or capture Y and return to X.

August 9, 2011 at 23:17 |

Alan Baljeu

Seraphim:

I have to say, each time I listen to David Allen, I get an urge to return to GTD. He's that good. Unfortunately, GTD always felt, well, silly:

Hm, what's this? Oh, a phone. Let me see here.... calls, calls... oh yes, my sick mother. Whoo, thankfully my list reminded me of:

a. my sick mother
b. what to do when I'm near a phone.

August 9, 2011 at 23:44 |

avrum

My opinion: He's an excellent communicator. He nailed the core problem.

I fond his solution didn't work. Mind you, I've never found a working solution until I came here, and never looked elsewhere after, so I have a limited perspective.

August 9, 2011 at 23:58 |

Alan Baljeu

<<I've never found a working solution until I came here>>

For me, it's close...

<< and never looked elsewhere after>>

Ah, I keep looking. Reminding me of that U2 song...

Wishcraft was by far the most comprehensive, and effective, goal and task setting program. However, without any updates, apps and an audience that was often women, I found it hard to follow through with the program over time.

August 10, 2011 at 1:17 |

avrum

I found GTD before this forum and found that GTD had several good ideas. I just thought it got too complicated. I never felt like contexts were that helpful for me since I work in an office and always have a phone and computer in front of me. I felt the complexity led to too much time spent on the system as opposed to actually working. I found the filing system, and a few lists worked great. I stripped GTD done to a simpler system which was my first ebook and is now free.

http://www.simple-time-management.com

August 12, 2011 at 18:42 |

Gerry