The basic purpose of Getting Things Done workflow-management process is to facilitate good choices about what you’re doing at any point in time. You can move from hope to trust in your actions, immediately increasing your speed and effectiveness.
Three Models for Making Action Choices
1. The Four-Criteria Model for Choosing Actions in the Moment
- Context
- Time available
- Energy available
- Priority
2. The Threefold Model for Evaluating Daily Work
- Doing predefined work
- Doing work as it shows up
- Defining your work
3. The Six-Level Model for Reviewing Your Own Work
- 50,000+ feet: Life
- 40,000 feet: Three- to five-year vision
- 30,000 feet: One- to two-year goals
- 20,000 feet: Areas of responsibility
- 10,000 feet: Current projects
- Runway: Current actions
Mastering the flow of your work at all the levels you experience that work provides a much more holistic way to get things done, and feel good about it.
* Source: Getting Things Done by David Allen