The GSD framework focuses on getting important tasks done by identifying priorities and avoiding distractions. Key steps include: 1) Identify tasks that need to be completed, 2) Complete those important tasks, and 3) Repeat the process of focusing on essential work and ignoring unnecessary activities and meetings. The goal is to maximize productivity by limiting distractions and prioritizing what matters most.

1. GSD
Get Sh*t Done
A productivity framework for the Twenty-first Century

2. GSD is a framework for
people who need to
get shit done.

3. GSD will not help you
achieve self-
actualization.

4. You don’t need to buy
any books or tapes or
special software.

5. Here’s how it works:
1. Have shit to do?
2. Get your shit done.
3. Repeat.

6. Good examples of shit
you need to do:
Hit your
File your tax return Test the next deadline
development
iteration
Fix the glitch
Sleep
Respond to Make awesome
Fire the guy who spends
his workday reading
customer products
productivity blogs questions

7. Bad examples of shit
you need to do:
Meetings without
Anything that hard time limits
starts with Meetings without
“Facebook” ironclad agendas Check email...
again
Read the latest Tweet all day (Most meetings,
productivity blog
really)

8. Identify what you need
to do and what you
don’t need to do. Do
the former.

9. Now go get some shit
done already.

10. Credits:
Presentation by Ben Lopatin, © 2010
http://twitter.com/bennylope
Thanks to Julie for the term.