100 Steps to GTD Mastery

david allen's getting things done book

It’s probably safe to say that once you get on the GTD [Getting Things Done] bandwagon, it’s hard to get off. The key factor being the necessity to fine tune your processes.To make things a little easier, a 100 step guide to becoming a GTD Master has been developed.

From The Basics to Mastery, you can follow the checklist to make sure you’re on the right track and see where you sit in the grand scheme of organized things.

We begin at

1. I have read Getting Things Done from front to back.

and end with

100. Work–and life–is ecstasy, bliss, pure joy.

But a clear favourite [that I'm looking forward to reaching] is Step 69.

I get frustrated with people who drop the ball on things, because I honestly can’t understand their perspective anymore.

Well worth the read to see where you are at. The Basics section does well to prioritize the steps that will get hitting the ground running, very handy for those of us just starting out.

The GTD Mastery 100 – [Duff @ Zaadz]

  • http://www.nozbe.com Michael

    Oh yes, it’s hard to get off… this is why I developed Nozbe:

    http://www.nozbe.com

    My steps:

    1. Read the book twice

    2. Search for a GTD app to make the process easy and seamless.

    3. No app found. Go and develop Nozbe.

    100 :-)

  • http://gtdmastery100.com/ duff

    Wow! I made it on Lifehack.org! Cool!

    The hilarious thing is that I wrote up this checklist just a few weeks ago and only emailed it to my few friends and blogged in on my zero-readership blog…and now it’s everywhere!

    Since Google Docs probably can’t handle the bandwidth, I’ve put up a mirror site for the checklist here: http://gtdmastery100.com. I’d appreciate it if you’d update your link in your post!

    Thanks so much, and enjoy!

  • http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/ Matthew Cornell

    Great list! You might also enjoy my checklist/assessment, which I use with clients. It’s a bit more focused on the basics, for those who are overwhelmed with a larger set of changes:

    GTD Workflow Assessment/Tips Checklist
    http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/2006/06/gtd-workflow-assessmenttips-checklist.html