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GTD, writer's block and learning a language
Laura M. | May 25 2006
I'm studying Portuguese and, with the course soon finishing, our teacher had this "brilliant" idea of having a two-parts exam: for the written part we would submit a composition (theme of our choice) of about half a page and for the oral part, we would present the theme in front of our class. Taking into account that we're not an advance class, writing more than a few lines is enough of a challenge, now imagine the torture it was for me who has enough problems to overcome writer's block in any language. 7 Comments
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Hello, Laura! This is my...Submitted by Natalia on May 25, 2006 - 8:15am.
Hello, Laura! This is my first post around here. As a matter of fact, I was just waiting for a good opportunity to register myself on this board. Now I had the perfect excuse: I am really implementing a serious version of GTD this week/weekend, and I just saw you post. I am Brazilian, by the way. So, first of all, congratulations on your composition! It is impressive, very well written. Also, I ams sorry to say I have not found many websites or blogs in Portuguese that talk about GTD either, but I know there are some people here aware of it. The book was translated first with the title "Produtividade Pessoal", but now there is a new edition called "A Arte de Fazer Acontecer": I bougth this new version a month ago, read it, and finally understood the difference, for instance, between project planning and next actions. I was tempted to buy the version in English, because I was already used to the terms by reading 43folders, and the price was about the same. I went for the Portuguese one, however, in order to be able to lend the book to more people. Anyway, if you want me to look up any expression for you on this tranlated version of the book, just tell me. I don't have my copy with me right now, but I think "tickler file" was turned into something funny. Tell your teacher that "GTD ? tudo de bom"! (That is a new expression around here. I wonder how it became so popular, it gets on my nerves. ;) ) » POSTED IN:
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