About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of categorizing GTD next actions by context to enhance productivity.

We explore how categorizing your GTD next actions lists by context will help you accomplish more with less effort. Context is critical, because it filters what you can do before you factor in time, energy, and priority. We discuss what contexts are, how they have and haven't changed over the years, misconceptions about contexts, and examples of ways people use them in today's world.

Topics covered

• GTD
• contexts
• next actions
• productivity
• time management

Keywords

• GTD
• contexts
• productivity
• next actions
• time management
• energy
• priority

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