--- title: Getting Things Done (GTD) description: This topic covers the five-step workflow of the Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity methodology. Learners will understand how to capture, clarify, organize, reflect on, and engage with tasks to reduce mental clutter and manage commitments. category: personal-development subcategory: personal-development difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/getting-things-done-(gtd) --- # Getting Things Done (GTD) This topic covers the five-step workflow of the Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity methodology. Learners will understand how to capture, clarify, organize, reflect on, and engage with tasks to reduce mental clutter and manage commitments. ## Where to start Start with the Todoist GTD Guide, a free walkthrough of the five GTD stages that shows how to turn capture, clarify, organise, reflect and engage into a working inbox, project and context setup. If you only use one resource, make it GTD Fundamentals, the official course from the David Allen Company. For setting priorities across projects, goals and long-term direction, continue with David Allen's Making It All Work. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 1 Courses • 4 Websites ## Websites ### 1. Todoist GTD Guide Walks through the five GTD stages, capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage, then shows how to build the corresponding inbox, project and context structure inside Todoist. Useful for turning the method into a working setup. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/getting-things-done **Tags:** gtd, productivity, task-management, todoist, workflow ### 2. GTD Forums Official David Allen Company discussion boards where practitioners debate methodology questions, context lists, weekly review habits and project definitions, and compare software setups. A searchable archive of thousands of threads covering implementation problems the books leave open. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://forum.gettingthingsdone.com/ **Tags:** gtd, productivity, community, forum, task-management ### 3. Reddit r/gtd Subreddit where GTD practitioners post about stalled weekly reviews, context list design and app choices, with critiques of the method alongside advice. Useful for seeing how the system fails in practice and what people change. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/gtd/ **Tags:** gtd, productivity, community, reddit, task-management ### 4. gettingthingsdone.com GettingThingsDone.com is the official hub for the Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system by David Allen. It features explanations of the GTD method, practical how-to articles, podcasts, and access to books, training courses, and events to help you implement the approach. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://gettingthingsdone.com **Tags:** websites, personal-development, life-skills ## Courses ### 1. GTD Fundamentals Master GTD fundamentals with this official course from David Allen Company! Learn the essential principles for stress-free productivity. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://gettingthingsdone.com/gtd-fundamentals/ **Tags:** gtd, productivity, workflow, david-allen, task-management ## Books ### 1. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Revised Edition) **Author:** David Allen David Allen's revised 2015 edition of the GTD method: capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage. Covers inboxes, next-action lists by context, project lists, someday/maybe and the weekly review, so readers can build a trusted system for managing commitments. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143126563?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** gtd, task-management, workflow, weekly-review ### 2. Making It All Work **Author:** David Allen David Allen's follow-up widens GTD from task processing to deciding what deserves attention, using the perspective and control axes and six horizons of focus. Explains how to set priorities across projects, goals and long-term direction. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0749941030?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, personal-development, personal-development --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/getting-things-done-(gtd)