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Whats you "Trusted System"

Hello all. I am brand new to the GTD system (Started one week ago). I am haveing some problems finding a good trusted system. I asked Merlin for advice and he directed me to you the reader for help. I am looking for suggestions on how to get this system into my life. thank you in advance for your answers and suggestions. Have a Very Merry Christmas

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The single most useful/revolutionary part...

spanishben wrote:
The single most useful/revolutionary part of my developing system is a 50 cent 3.5 x 5 inch spiral bound notepad, and a pen, that live in my pocket whenever I leave the house, and on my desk while I work. Everything goes out of my brain into there. Then when I organise things into lists in text files later, the used pages get torn out and thrown into the paper bin leaving a nice empty pad to start fresh with.

I got a slimline filofax for the same reason. It's easy to carry around, looseleaf so I can remove pages easily, and smart enough to drop on the table in any meeting. It's filled with plain, unlined white pages - I originally got colour ones but the fountain pen I like to write with doesn't write so well on the coloured paper. For more formal meetings I use an A4 sized notepad, just to have more space to write, but I usually keep the filofax handy as well for other thoughts that come to mind that aren't related to the meeting.

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Definitely though, I think the key to this is keeping the system as simple as possible.

I couldn't agree more.

 
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