The 7 Habits and GTD [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
Welcome to part three of the series on how to implement the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a Getting Things Done-style system.
For those of you who may not have read Stephen Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Today’s post will focus on how to implement the first two habits into your GTD practice. The first two habits are most powerful at the “runway” level of thinking and activity. This is where the action really takes place, where things get done. Being Proactive and Beginning with the End in Mind are the habits that are the building blocks of your workflow.
The third habit is a tool for higher-level thinking and planning, so we will examine the third habit, Put First Things First, later this week.
Your Workflow process
As a reminder, the Getting Things Done workflow is designed to be an overlay upon your own working style and methods. Utilizing the first two habits of highly effective people is essential to beginning the GTD workflow process.
Collect
Process
Organize
Review
Do
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Being proactive means that you observe your environment for contextual cues that aid you in deciding what you should be doing right now. As you can see in the diagram, “Stuff” enters your In-box, or is captured in some fashion, and these inputs need to be addressed.
Identifying the input is the first step, followed by “Is it actionable?“. This is where being proactive comes in to play. As you develop this habit, you will learn to assign a proper context to each input, whether the item is something that should be done at home, at work, in front of the computer, on the phone, etc. Once you have decided on whether or not to act on this input immediately, you move to step three.
Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
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