GTD Coaching Testimonials

She also helped me understand how to better process big decisions by understanding my cognitive preferences.  As a verbal processor, I understand by talking things through with someone else.  As a result of our work together, my runway has shrunk from 150 to 4, I’m doing regular weekly reviews and project reviews, and I discovered a desire to work from home more to improve my productivity by improving my work environment.  I’m feeling motivated again, and she even helped me define my vision of starting my own firm.  This time Meg Edwards coaching changed my life."

I was no stranger to GTD having read the book, attended their single day course and worked with the GTD system for nearly 8 years. Sensing a need to be even more productive, I began working with Julie Ireland and the GTD Coaching program in April 2011. Julie was able to quickly diagnose my ‘system’; with some tweaks and adjustment, I was able to realize immediate benefit. With time the focus of coaching has shifted from the runway to the higher altitudes; from improved productivity to life fulfillment. With Julie’s guidance, what started as a desire to ‘get control’ has turned into a journey striving to be more intentional and more balanced – both personally and professionally."

difference you've made in my life and work wellbeing through your coaching. Looking forward to meeting with you for our last session in two weeks."

manage my tasks and time. With the trusted system we’ve built together, I feel more in control of my ‘inboxes’, and the weekly reviews have become an invaluable part of my routine. They help me clarify action items and allow me to prioritize with confidence. Ultimately, I have seen this show up in my ability to deliver creative ideas.

Most importantly, I’m noticing the positive impact on my work-life-balance.

Thanks again for serving as my coach and a special thanks to Harriet and Jessica for recommending me.

I’m excited to keep building on this foundation."

my life through your guidance as my GTD coach. When I first embarked on this journey, I was struggling to find a sense of control over my highest priorities amidst the chaos of my daily tasks and the demand of ever increasing unplanned work. Your support and expertise not only helped me navigate through those challenges but also empowered me to cultivate a new found sense of clarity and efficiency. Through your coaching, I have gained a deeper understanding of myself and how to align my actions with my most important values and goals.

Your dedication to my success has been evident in every session and I am truly grateful for the patience, kindness and wisdom you demonstrated throughout our time together. (in addition to the movie ‘recommendations’ and stories of all the rock stars you have had dinner with)

Thank you for not only being a coach but also a friend. Your guidance has and will indeed be instrumental in shaping my journey towards personal and professional growth and for that I am immensely grateful."

Done and had tried to implement a few of the principles. But I'd recently been promoted and was starting to feel the pressure that came with my new role and responsibilities. My work with Julie took my approach to GTD to a level I didn't think was possible. Now I truly feel I have a "trusted system," which allows me to keep things moving at work but more importantly gives me peace of mind knowing that my work is under control and I can therefore give my undivided attention to friends, family and other interests when I clock out for the day."

role. I quickly realized that “what got me there wasn’t going to keep me there”. Kind of like switching from a Running Back to a Middle Linebacker, I really had to change my approach to stay on top of my game.

Little did I know that the coaching I received wasn’t just going to help me in my current role, it would also prepare me for my next role – something that I wasn’t even aiming for, and really wasn’t even on my radar.

The process is excellent, and I can’t say enough about how effective my coach was. Julie has an innate ability to meet you – right where you are. She helped me on the basic blocking and tackling of effective capture, email processing, and calendar management. She can also pivot to help you raise up and get a bigger picture of what you’re doing and making sure that it aligns with your long-term goals and principles. That alignment was very important in my case.

I reached out to GTD for additional coaching in 2021 and was fortunate enough to have Julie as my coach again. That was key, because she was able to provide some real continuity from my last coaching engagement. It wasn’t a rehash of what we did last time. It was just the right blend of fine tuning the tactical items and adding the right amount of strategic guidance to help me focus on the right things at the right level.

In these days of apps, hacks, and quick fixes, it is so refreshing to invest in yourself with real timeless principles.

For anyone who is not where they want to be, personally or professionally, I would encourage you to give this coaching an honest shot. If you’re wondering if it’s worth it, I can tell you that the return I’ve gotten on my investment has definitely exceeded my expectations."

But my interpretation of the practices in the book were too rigid. Meg's coaching helped me incorporate a kinder, more intuitive style of GTD into my life than the one I had developed from my own reading. Meg raised my focus from the project and next actions levels of my life, to the higher areas of focus and responsibility that really drive the quality of my life."

responsibilities. So, I engaged Julie Ireland as my GTD coach to help me refine my system and clear my runway. After two sessions, I found myself out of a job due to a company restructuring. I am so thankful that Julie was there as she led me through an intentional process of the GTD areas of focus and the natural planning model where I was able to get really clear on my priorities and what was important. I went into the coaching sessions thinking GTD was about control and managing actions but soon learned that the true power of GTD is clarity and focus. Julie was a wonderful, empathetic coach who has a contagious enthusiasm for the GTD methodology and lives by the principles."

continue my journey with Meg Edwards. It’s now been 16 years since I started in this journey, and the lessons and coaching Meg has provided for me still resonate with me daily. It has allowed me to build several multi million dollar companies, and much more importantly, design a life worth living by my standards. If you get a chance, even if it is just a quick call, to connect with Meg, you will perhaps have found someone who genuinely can help you design the life you so desire.”

specifics of my life. From each session, I walked away with tangible actionable changes that made my system work significantly better. The theoretical parts of GTD have become tangible with your help."

But the blind spots in my grasp of GTD were stumbling blocks that kept me from mastery for years. Finally, I reached out to the coaches. Julie Ireland, was cunningly adept at doing what I most desperately needed: she sussed-out my weak spots and got me moving on the right track. She helped me to grab the low-hanging fruit of GTD competence, which for me turned out to be the implementation of ground level next actions, and went on to resolving my real obstacles. I make this sound fairly straight forward, but it’s a hair-raising process best managed by someone who knows what she’s doing—and she does.

Although individual strengths and weaknesses vary, I believe that the stuck places of our lives warrant the attention of a coach who has a thorough knowledge of and a proven history with the application of GTD. It is not an overstatement that GTD and the virtual coaching changed my life significantly for the good: the time and resources I invested in this process have been more productive than could I have imagined or hoped, and I’m deeply indebted."

goals and projects for work and life. I could not recommend anyone more highly for someone looking to accelerate his or her personal productivity and meaningful goal-setting in life."

this stuff since long before either of us picked up the book). We worked together when I was just getting up and running at Wayfair, and I recommend doing exactly what she recommends without question...she knows her stuff and has definitely worked with bigger messes than you.

I was attempting to describe to Rob how working with Julie not only got my tasks, commitment, emails, and workload under control, but also got me thinking (and operating) at a much higher level about WHAT tasks, commitments, emails and work I actually wanted to let into my life in order to have the life I want. "Productivity Coach" is the most understandable way to describe what Julie does, but it's a massive, massive undersell of what you'll be able to accomplish if you take her advice if your experience is anything like mine."