GTD: Project Verbs vs. Next-Action Verbs | 43 Folders - The Diigo Meta page

• 25 Sep 16
  

  mz1388

  pms

• 03 Jun 16
  

  soundornoise

  GTD next-action

  • Project verbs

      

                                           

    Finalize	Resolve	Handle
    Look into	Submit	Maximize
    Organize	Design	Complete
    Ensure	Roll out	Update
    Install	Implement	Set-up

     

      

    Next-action verbs

      

                                           

    Call	Organize	Review
    Buy	Fill out	Find
    Purge	Look into (Web)	Gather
    Print	Take	Waiting for
    Load	Draft	Email

      
• 14 May 15
  

  studyalw23

  • Project verbs

      

                                           

    Finalize	Resolve	Handle
    Look into	Submit	Maximize
    Organize	Design	Complete
    Ensure	Roll out	Update
    Install	Implement	Set-up

     

      

    Next-action verbs

      

                                         

    Call	Organize	Review
    Buy	Fill out	Find
    Purge	Look into (Web)	Gather
    Print	Take	Waiting for
    Load	Draft	Email
• 11 Apr 15
  

  Roland Gesthuizen

  In implementing Getting Things Done, you're wise to understand that words are powerful things. And the king of words in GTD, as in life, is the verb.
  

  productivity GTD definition

• 18 Apr 14
  

  Max Marmer
  • but there's actually a lot more subtlety (and potential confusion) to it.
  • single-action verbs and the larger "look-into" style projects that may require sub-actions
• 31 Dec 13
  

  Maria McDermott

  GTD

• 05 Jan 13
  

  Alexandre Enkerli
• 30 Jun 12
  

  stuza1 .

  And the king of words in GTD, as in life, is the verb.
  Project verbs
  Finalize Resolve Handle
  Look into Submit Maximize
  Organize Design Complete
  Ensure Roll out Update
  Install Implement Set-up
  Next-action verbs
  Call Organize Review
  Buy Fill out Find
  Purge Look into (Web) Gather
  Print Take Waiting for
  Load Draft Email
  
  Get the distinction? Most all of those big verbs can and should be uncorked to reveal that they contain nothing but dozens of smaller verbs. And those little fellas are your physical next actions. That's your work.

  GTD

• 25 Dec 06
  

  iamcompucat

  productivity lifehack

• 14 Nov 06
  

  Jason Marotti

  Put simply, there are verbs that suggest a single physical next action, and there are verbs that suggest a desired outcome with more than one step. And these tables can help you see and understand that distinction immediately.

  gtd productivity tips

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