Comments on: Triage by Context, Time, Energy and Priority http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/11/06/triage-by-context-time-energy-and-priority/ Thinking beyond productivity Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:44:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andre Kibbe http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/11/06/triage-by-context-time-energy-and-priority/#comment-3111 Andre Kibbe Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:02:15 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=548#comment-3111 I totally agree. GTD can seem overengineered for newcomers because they're looking at one component at a time (unavoidable, since you have to read sequentially). Over time, the methodology becomes an integrated habit, and priorities start to become more self-evident. It's hard to convince those who haven't done the process for a while that it's not necessary to have a short list of top priorities if you're not keep your inventory of work in mental RAM. As you review your system regularly and keep it current, priorities are always close to the surface. I totally agree. GTD can seem overengineered for newcomers because they’re looking at one component at a time (unavoidable, since you have to read sequentially). Over time, the methodology becomes an integrated habit, and priorities start to become more self-evident. It’s hard to convince those who haven’t done the process for a while that it’s not necessary to have a short list of top priorities if you’re not keep your inventory of work in mental RAM. As you review your system regularly and keep it current, priorities are always close to the surface.

]]> By: Jay http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/11/06/triage-by-context-time-energy-and-priority/#comment-3092 Jay Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:01:20 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=548#comment-3092 "You’ve already narrowed down your options with the previous questions, so it’s likely that the priority choice at this point is a no-brainer. The choice may not be easy, but it’s probably simple." I've always struggled at first with prioritizing while integrating GTD at first, but when you really follow the methodology for a while, priorities become more and more apparent. And it doesn't just become easier to spot when using the 4 criteria when deciding what to do, but it also happens I think, in subtle ways, when your going through the the "5 phase workflow" of collecting, etc, and not so subtle when you start to look at the "next horizons levels". “You’ve already narrowed down your options with the previous questions, so it’s likely that the priority choice at this point is a no-brainer. The choice may not be easy, but it’s probably simple.”

I’ve always struggled at first with prioritizing while integrating GTD at first, but when you really follow the methodology for a while, priorities become more and more apparent. And it doesn’t just become easier to spot when using the 4 criteria when deciding what to do, but it also happens I think, in subtle ways, when your going through the the “5 phase workflow” of collecting, etc, and not so subtle when you start to look at the “next horizons levels”.

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