Comments on: GTD Sometimes Just Means Getting Started http://bettercloser.com/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/ Bill Rice on Internet Marketing, Social Selling Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Rice http://bettercloser.com/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-547 Bill Rice Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:30:35 +0000 http://bettercloser.com/2008/04/02/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-547 Ned, The last sentence means: Is a summary of the initial premise "GTD Sometimes Just Means Getting Started." Often we spend the majority of our time prepping projects and systems of organizing tasks. However, success is more often tied to getting started on project 1 and then getting started on project 2 and getting started on that first call and getting started on attending the local rotary meeting, etc. ...repeatedly executing the "getting started part of GTD." Ned,

The last sentence means: Is a summary of the initial premise “GTD Sometimes Just Means Getting Started.” Often we spend the majority of our time prepping projects and systems of organizing tasks. However, success is more often tied to getting started on project 1 and then getting started on project 2 and getting started on that first call and getting started on attending the local rotary meeting, etc. …repeatedly executing the “getting started part of GTD.”

]]> By: Ned Carey http://bettercloser.com/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-546 Ned Carey Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:39:15 +0000 http://bettercloser.com/2008/04/02/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-546 > but rather your ability to repeatedly execute getting started. I get the point to avoid over emphasis on metrics. I didn't understand the last part of the sentence. > but rather your ability to repeatedly execute getting started.

I get the point to avoid over emphasis on metrics. I didn’t understand the last part of the sentence.

]]> By: Jon Payne http://bettercloser.com/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-522 Jon Payne Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:29:01 +0000 http://bettercloser.com/2008/04/02/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-522 Amen Bill. At first I was happy to see the business world embrace metrics and tracking. But now its gone too far. I spend more time preparing reports for my clients than I spend doing the work that dictates what goes into the reports! If you can't effectively monitor the success of your business with less than 5 metrics, than you have big problems and need to focus. Doing work yields results. Tracking work does not. Amen Bill. At first I was happy to see the business world embrace metrics and tracking. But now its gone too far. I spend more time preparing reports for my clients than I spend doing the work that dictates what goes into the reports!

If you can’t effectively monitor the success of your business with less than 5 metrics, than you have big problems and need to focus. Doing work yields results. Tracking work does not.

]]> By: Lee http://bettercloser.com/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-521 Lee Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:35:47 +0000 http://bettercloser.com/2008/04/02/gtd-sometimes-just-means-getting-started/#comment-521 so what's your next action? :-P so what’s your next action? :-P

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