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June 6, 2017 at 5:15PM • 1 hour 26 minutes
TOPIC: She was only 15 years old!
This week kicks off with some thoughts on yesterday's WWDC Keynote and some potentially promising signs for Apple's future.
Dan declares YouTube videos from The Trip to be the greatest thing Merlin has ever shown him, and he is correct. Merlin is infatuated with Nebo.
Then, the boys answer listener questions about calendars, GTD and Buddhism, and how to choose a browser.
September 3, 2013 at 3:30PM • 1 hour 20 minutes
TOPIC: Joss Whedon GTD; Meeting Redux
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about getting specific with your productivity and why every meeting needs an agenda.
Now, take a drink.
January 3, 2013 at 2:30PM • 1 hour 29 minutes
TOPIC: Yes. The caller is there.
This week, in celebration of their hundredth episode, Dan and Merlin do the first call-in episode of Back to Work.
A bevy of the beloved jackals and nerds ask questions about GTD, creative autonomy, sleep and energy, interpersonal work communications, moving up at work, self-publishing, finding your rabbi, Marines, X-Men, and more.
December 21, 2012 at 7:30PM • 1 hour 35 minutes
TOPIC: Troubleshooting for Saner GTD
This week, Dan and Merlin wrap up their epic summer crossover series on David Allen's book Getting Things Done, focusing on the trouble spots, hang-ups, and occasional rat holes that people often encounter in implementing and maintaining their GTD system.
December 18, 2012 at 4:15PM • 1 hour 36 minutes
TOPIC: Working Getting Things Done to stay current, complete, and creative.
This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen's Getting Things Done system.
Learning how to leverage GTD's modality to firewall time for guilt-free creative work.
December 11, 2012 at 4:00PM • 1 hour 44 minutes
TOPIC: Using GTD to sanely and intelligently decide what to do, and when, and where.
This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen's Getting Things Done system.
Hopping over the basic workflow and setup (you'll definitely need the book for that), this is all about doing—leveraging the horizontal and vertical axes of GTD to intuitively choose exactly the right task at any given moment.
Regardless of interruptions, regardless of unexpected change, and regardless of what you're mindfully not doing.
David Allen calls GTD, "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity," and this is the episode where you'll find out how having put this system in place can yield astronomical improvements in how your actual things get done.
Also included: a teaser for January's "iTunes management" series, plus recommendations for the three best comic series Merlin read this week.
November 27, 2012 at 2:30PM • 1 hour 30 minutes
TOPIC: Intro to David Allen’s “Getting Things Done”
This week, Dan and Merlin start a long-overdue three-part storyline on David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done.
How do you unwad that giant crapball of stuff you call a life? The answer is simple, but it’s not so easy. You need a trusted system in which to collect, process, review, and—yes—do all the things that matter.
Getting Things Done is inarguably one of the best and most influential self-help books of all time for a good reason: it’s a candid, realistic, and painfully honest way to get out of your hole, and then stay out.
This week, we start with the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of GTD, as well as the myriad and thorny problems it can help you address.
So, pick up your own copy of GTD, read it through, then join us for a detailed tour of the system that changed Merlin’s game and helped jumpstart his online career.
September 28, 2012 at 5:00AM • 36 minutes
It's usually very easy to maintain a productivity system at our desks with all of our fancy tools. But sometimes us home workers need to leave the office, and when we do, we need to get things done on the go. Dave and Aaron talk about mastering the art of GTD on the road, and how they manage to stay productive when they aren't at home.
