Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning

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...

Are you experiencing project blindness? It happens to all of us over time, our project list doesn't give us the perspective we need. Fortunately, there's a way back! Listen to this episode, where Morten and Lars talk about: - Their own experience with project blindness - How you might spot your own project blindness - Their strategies for how to deal with it ..and much more! We hop that this helps...

Is it hard to get started doing your Weekly Review? We recently got a listener email asking just this question, so in this episode, Morten and Lars talk about our strategies from some different perspectives, including: - How to play on the same team as your brain - How to reflect to find out what your actual obstacles are - Practical tips on how to get started ..and much more! Thanks so much to Al...

How could you track team progress with a team of GTD'ers? In this episode, Morten interviews Jonas Langeteig to learn more about he does just that, including: - How Leroy Seafood uses The Leroy Way as their business system - How Jonas tracks the team OKR's (Objectives and Key Results) - How the team uses GTD to track their Next Actions ..and much more! Even though Viva Goals will be sunset, we hop...

This episode contains an interview with Second-in-command in the Norwegian Naval Forces Band René Lie. We'll learn from René: - What was the process of getting certified like, and what challenges did you encounter with the bureaucracy along the way? - Do you think GTD can contribute to strengthening Norway's defence capability in the future? If so, how? ..and much more. You can find/connect with R...

Didn't you just talk about projects? Yes, but there's more! In this episode, Morten and Lars dive deeper into projects, including: - The smaller emphasis on projects in today's GTD seminar - The best phrasing strategies for project names - How we handle soft vs hard deadlines in our systems ..and much more, including Mortens stress test! We hope that this episode helps, or inspires you, in your GT...

Bonus episode: Join our Global Guided GTD Weekly Review! This episode is a very quick one, to let you know about 2 things: - The Global Guided Weekly Review happening on YouTube on December 10 - That GTD Summer Camp signups are opening mid-December So join Morten and Lars by signing up to receive your calendar invitation with information on how to participate in the Global Review! Sign up here and...