Very often we are trying to "make it all work". But how? How much time do you have to waste before you will find the right method? Let's keep it simple - Get Things Done Philosophy is about making it all work. It’s concentrated on self-management, because as we all know everything starts with you.

1. How to make it all
work in a startup?
Karol Pokojowczyk from Colibri.io

2. • Someday I read very interesting
article called “get shit done” and it
reminds me about David Allen’s
Get Things Done philosophy.

3. • GTD is about making it all work it’s
concentrated
on
selfmanagement, because as we all
know everything starts with you.

4. To “make it all work” you
have to focus on two
areas:

5.  Control

6. • The main aim of taking control is to
get rid of everything what distracts
you and disturbs you. Don’t waste
your time on things which gives you
more troubles than profit.

7.  Perspective

8. • Here you should ask yourself two
things: “what’s next?” and “what to
focus on?”. If you have the right
mindset you will have no trouble
with answering.

9. • It’s a super effective to prepare it
in this way for a busy week – list
things which you want to do, think
of distractions, eliminate them and
later, peacefully focus on your
tasks.

10. Applying “control” area to
a startup culture

11. • The GTD philosophy defines 5
stages of taking control which in
my opinion are the best steps how
to organize culture at startup.
These are:

12. 1. Capturing

13. • This is basically about capturing an
idea. Listening your coworkers,
reading articles and case studies,
talking with customers, observing
competition – these are the best
sources of an ideas.

14. 2. Clarifying

15. • Don’t leave room for doubts. Be
prepared to answer every question
and be sure that everyone gets
what this is all about. It’s also the
stage when you validate your idea
and make it perfect thanks to the
feedback from coworkers.

16. 3. Organizing

17. • This is a simple stage where you
have to identify tasks and delegate
them. As a CEO or manager you
have to consider which skills are
needed and choose right person to
do it. It’s tricky but I’m sure you
know your team good enough :)

18. 4. Reflecting

19. • This is the last moment when you
can rethink the whole undertaking.
During planning the process you
can miss something – it’s natural.
Take a moment, take a distance if
it’s possible and catch small things
which you can improve.

20. 5. Engaging

21. • This is the last stage of taking
control. And the hardest one. You
have to engage your whole team to
this concrete idea. Attempt
requires positive attitude for every
member.

22. • This system is perfect for startups
– small/medium-sized teams.
I would only add one step – from
my experience it’s an important
one – checking.

23. • Organize a short meetings and be
updated what causes troubles,
what went wrong, share small
successes. It’s the best way to
support your team and motivate
them to keep going.

24. • It would be also nice to have one
location where you can access all
of your data at one time to check
the progress.

25. • Colibri is a tool to measure the
effectiveness of your efforts to get
insights and improve your goal
conversions.

26. • Briefing personally every member
of project won’t do the trick – you
have to remember about the
engaging
stage,
while
it’s
considering as a one step. In real
it’s an ongoing in background
process.

27. By the way, it sounds familiar, doesn’t
it?

28. • That’s because you have heard
about growth hacking already. This
is where it starts – in our heads.
The best growth hacks are often
simple ideas but with special touch
and careful process of preparing.

29. This article was originally
published on Karol’s blog.
Find out more:
How to make it all work in a
startup? The GTD philosophy.

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31. Author: Karol Pokojowczyk
CEO Colibri IO
@KarolPokojowczy
@Colibri IO