Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning

Why do I seem to check off more things at work than at home? We're back with another listener questions episode! Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - How to get started with GTD when you don't have the time - How a work GTD system differs from personal GTD systems - Why your progress may differ in work and personal GTD systems ..and much more! We really enjoyed making t...

Why am I stuck on my next actions list? That's what Shay emailed us about and we thought we'd make an episode about it! So, listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - How you'd get stuck even with well-defined next actions - How your tools can get in the way - How emotions might be playing a role ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. And th...

Make The Someday/Maybe List Great Again 😉 We're once again getting back to basics, this time with the Someday/Maybe list. Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - Why the Someday/Maybe list is necessary in a GTD system - Why many people fail with the Someday/Maybe List - How the Someday/Maybe list plays a key role in any GTD system ..and much more! We really enjoyed making...

How have we not done an episode on the Waiting For list before now!? It's time to get back to basics with the Waiting For list. Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - Why you need a WF list - Different ways to use and structure your WF list - How to handle items that get stuck on a WF list ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you ha...

In this episode we're celebrating the 25 year anniversary of GTD 🥳 David Allen joins Morten and Lars for a Q&A about GTD, including answers to questions such as: - Which of the stoic principles are you most font of? - What's on your Someday/Maybe list for GTD? - What do you want people saying about GTD in 25 years? ..and much more! We really enjoyed making this episode and we hope you enjoy it. A...

How are you doing with these 5 GTD habits? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on Morten's 5 tips after 20 years of GTD, including: - What to watch for when you capture EVERYTHING - How Morten and Lars use their Waiting For lists slightly differently - When and where to make use of checklists ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you have a question fo...

You do GTD but still feel overwhelmed? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on adding another perspective from the Horizons of Focus, including: - How to know what to do, really - How the AOF perspective helps with your overall GTD practice - How to know when to say no ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you have a question for us - perhaps to be pick...

Bonus episode: Let's hang out live on YouTube from the GTD Summer Camp! We really want to share that Summer Camp feeling with you all, so we - Morten and Lars - along with some Summer Camp participants will be streaming an episode of the podcast LIVE from the GTD Summer Camp 2026. Join us and chat and hang out with everyone virtually on Saturday June 13 at 5-6PM CST! Hope to see you there! Morten...

Are you spotting the friction holding you back in your GTD practice? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - How to notice what's off in your systems and practices - What to look for in your personal GTD practice - Specific recommendations for software types that might help ..and much more from Morten's 2 decades - or was it centuries?! - of GTD experience 😁 We hope that...

How do you get really good at GTD? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - Various triggers they use to help with better habits - How "putting things in front of your door" helps - How the principles of Deliberate Practice might help in sharpening your skills ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you have a question for us - perhaps t...

Do you have to do a FULL Weekly Review every week? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - What happens if you don't do your Weekly Review - How you can overwhelm yourself with Weekly Reviews when time is tight - How they do their mini-Weekly Reviews when needed ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you have a question for us - perhap...

Why is Clarify so important in Getting Things Done® (GTD)? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - How they see people experiencing the Clarify step in trainings - How unclear things (or things on the wrong list) increase procrastination - Why Lars doesn't teach drag-n-drop in list managers ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you ha...

Why are sharp edges crucial in your GTD practice? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - Using your inbox as a storage unit - How unclear practices impact system trust - Where you may be missing aspects of GTD in your practice ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you have a question for us - perhaps to be picked up in a future liste...

What happens when you mix your old practices with GTD? Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on this, including: - Mixing capture with organization - Keeping parallel systems - Treating the Weekly Review as optional ..and much more! We hope that our responses help you on your GTD journey. If you have a question for us - perhaps to be picked up in a future listener questions episode - be sure...

It's time for another Listener Questions episode! Listen along to get Morten and Lars' takes on questions from Evelien, Zach and Ivan covering topics such as: - The template and details for a daily GTD checklist - Someday/Maybe adjustments - Aligning your day-to-day system with your HoF in another system ..and much more! We hope that our responses help the listeners who sent in their questions and...

Scan-di-navi-an 🫣 In this alternative episode, Lars has come up with a GTD quiz for Morten! So this episode gives you a chance to learn a bit more about Morten (and Lars') GTD practice and systems, including answers to the questions: - Which list do you struggle most to keep updated? - If you could only keep one GTD list forever, which would it be? - If you had to run GTD entirely on paper, which...

In this episode, Lars and Morten speak with GTD enthusiast and Microsoft employee Stefan Pilo. What does a day look like for a GTD'er with all the cool Copilot/agent tools available now? Listen to this episode to learn from Stefan, including: - How Teams has functionality to lead your meetings - How Copilot assists you in Outlook - How specialised AI can help you prepare for meetings ..and MUCH mo...

In this episode, Morten and Lars give their yearly update on the tools they use in their GTD practices. They'll highlight the changes in their systems over the last years, including: - What's new from a hardware and software perspective - How Morten is liking the new Remarkable and some Apple devices - How Lars is playing with both AI and paper in his practice ..and MUCH more! We hope that this he...

In this mini episode, Morten and Lars share the details on the upcoming event: Their Global Guided GTD Weekly Review! This even streams live on YouTube and it's of course free to join us. You can find links to sign up below, we really hope to see you there! And as always, we'd love for you to follow or connect with us on LinkedIn! We always like to connect with GTD'ers from around the world, you c...

In this episode, Morten and Lars provide their perspectives on a question from listener Ida and also revisit some of their key memories from GTD Summer Camp 2025, including: - How to introduce GTD to someone close to burnout - Some tracks from the 2025 Summer Camp that stood out for Morten/Lars - How Lars' GTD practice is different following the GTD Summer Camp ..and more! We hope that this helps...

How does GTD impact your life - both as an entrepreneur and in life in general? Listen to this interview episode with Peter Gallant, Professor of Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Smith School of Business, Queen's University, in Kingston, Canada. In this episode, you'll learn more about how: - How Peter’s journey with GTD and how it has shaped him as an entrepreneur and in life overall....

It's time for another listener questions episode! In this episode, Morten and Lars provide answers to questions from listener Kei, who asked about: - Adjusting context lists - How to avoid getting caught in the latest and loudest - Why not clarify when you capture ..and more! We hope that this helps you in your 'GTD journey' and thank you so much to Kei for their questions! If you have questions f...

Could you use some inspiration for a bigger review this summer? In this episode, Morten and Lars provide reflections, which were also shared at their GTD Master Class Retreat. They include: - Approaching your Horizons of Focus bottom-up and top-down - Reviewing/aligning your Horizons of Focus with your life partner - Tips for seeing what you're not seeing ..and more! We hope that this helps you in...

How do you use Getting Things Done® (GTD) when it comes to digital decluttering? In this episode, Morten and Lars approach the topic with different perspectives, including: - A Natural Planning Model-approach for digital decluttering - Their specific advice and thoughts on specific areas such as digital files, photos - Their generic recommendations on email folders ..and much more, including learn...

How do you use Getting Things Done® (GTD) when it comes to vacations? In this episode, Morten and Lars revisit the topic of GTD and vacations for 2025. Some things have changed since last time, so listen to this episode, where Morten and Lars talk about: - Their use of the Natural Planning Model for vacations - Their use of travel checklists - Their current thinking on how to do your GTD practice...