I spent the morning listening to all the Productive Talks podcasts at 43 Folders, a series of dialogues between productivity gurus Merlin Mann and David Allen. They are excellent conversations on GTD philosophy and action, without much packaging fluff.
David has some hilarious ranting in the fifth episode about e-mail. Really, why are we still whining about e-mail? Another good moment came in a brief detour about kids being raised in a GTD household: “That’s great, Grandma, but what’s the next action here?” I love it. And then there’s this important philosophical bit to keep in mind: “Quite frankly, you shouldn’t be thinking about GTD.”

I’ve taken first steps to collect and process, and I can see how easy it is to get distracted by “perfecting your system,” when really it’s just another project to be evaluated and processed. Lastly, I love how fast they talk. It’s such a nice change from some other o-ver a-nun-ci-at-ed podcasts I’ve heard. Go listen, but you might want to read the book first.