Snippets from yesterday's GTD seminar at UCLA
- Susan Kitchens totally awesome digital pen and notebook with paper play, pause and stop buttons!
- Running into and catching up with Jillian.
- Seeing the fabulous team at David Allen's Company - including David himself.
- Meeting the CEO
- Sitting in the makeup chair
- Time in the spotlight, trying not to act nervous or stumble over my words
- Trying to forget my massive back pain
- Asking David to sign my GTD notebook, instead of one of his books.
Yesterday I attended a workshop where David Allen talked about his upcoming book. I had agreed to stay later so they could film a testimonial - but I had no idea what it was for. Well, it turns out that he is making an infomercial! And your purple, pink and turquoise haired author just may be one of the testimonials.
Of course I would do anything to promote David Allen's GTD. Using his system has helped me optimize my life and helped me make ALL my dreams come true - not just some of them. But, I really didn't realize how professional and serious it was all going to be until I was sitting in the green room and I noticed the make-up chair. Other "normal" looking folks were sitting in it, having makeup put on. I though with a bit of trepidation and excitement, will I have to sit there? I had brought my own makeup to touch up if needed, but it wasn't - as a few moments later, I was sitting there myself.
I calmed myself by reading Jonathan Carroll - completely sucked into his marvelous world. Sipping on tea and not thinking about anything in particular. I was a little concerned - I had no script, they were just going to ask me some questions and I was just to talk away about my experience with GTD. (Not hard once I get started.)
Afterwards a strange thought popped into my head - what if they really used something I said? Then my talking head would be in an informercial! Of course, GTD is something I completely believe in - so I don't feel weird about evangelism the awesomeness of the system. But what about those people who may recogonize me from the late night running from from high school. That's what I'm really concerned about. Or what is kind of exciting too.
The other really cool thing, was watching the production company and how they ran things. How everything was set up. Who did what? It's good to stalk the way other people do things, before you start doing them on your own. :P
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