In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In ... (show more)
Reviews (462)
Good read, not really applicable to people that don't work in the office setting, but I have managed to adapt it (hopefully) successfully to my needs. The best tip that was given for me is WRITE STUFF DOWN! Having something on paper does tend to avoid those 'standing around wondering why you're in Tescos' moments!
Now I understand the GTD underground. I bet most people don't implement 1/2 of what is preached, but using this book to re-think how your workflow / organization supports your objectives or not is valuable. And you'll surely pick-up at least one or two GTD hacks for your daily life.
Read part of this and it's very inspiring but not sure how practical it is for me. Calls for a dramatic change and approach to personal information management.
It took me over 6 months to complete this book, mainly 'coz it does take a fairly sustained change in behavioral patterns that one has picked up over the years and to put into practice the behavioral discipline outlined by the GTD system. Personally I find ZTD (Zen-to-Done) concepts to be more useful, which build on GTD with a greater focus on the 30,000-foot level goals in life rather than the runway-level goals that GTD skews towards. GTD is the foundation nevertheless.
I tried reading the book, but failed. Just a little too technical for my personality.
Great productivity ideas. You have to make it your own. I've been 'practicing' this for 2 years now and am still tweaking things. I highly recommend this book.
I got this book as an audiobook from iTunes and it was great to listen during my flight. It was very interesting and gives you some good suggestions. The question is would I be able to apply any of them in my life? Let's see...
I subscribe to productivity blogs that were inspired by this book, but had never read the source material itself.
The book is great, and David Allen's experience as a productivity coach means that he addresses (to an almost uncanny extent) all the traps that one can fall into when implementing his system. Parts of this book can't just be read. For example, in Part 2 Allen guides you through setting your system, and you need to be at your workspace.
The system is based on the maxim "what is the next action?", and seems effective, although I'd hesitate to call it life-changing so far.
