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brianzhamilton's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Perhaps the best productivity book I’ve read. The concepts described have a level of clarity to them that makes their benefit self-evident, to the point that I began implementing Allen’s suggestions as I went through the book. I’m very close to a full implementation of what he advises (I bought a filing cabinet because of this book, and my desktop has remained clean ever since because of it).
GTD is thorough enough to be helpful on a precise level, but broad enough that everyone is empowered to implement GTD in his own way without feeling overly constrained to a particular system or way of thinking/operating. That may not be the opinion of everyone who reads this book, but I have been thoroughly encouraged in my own ability to get things done, just by having a well-designed system provided to me. I have yet to see if this is just a fad in my life or if it’ll stick, but I’m very hopeful and optimistic about its success.
If you want to be more productive, but have difficulty envisioning how to go about doing so, this is an excellent book to get started. My productivity has already had a significant boost, and while I’m still working on proper implementation, my mind is already at ease about several of my life obligations.
4.5 stars for now. I’ll come back to this some time later, and if the methodology has stuck, I’ll change it to 5 stars.
GTD is thorough enough to be helpful on a precise level, but broad enough that everyone is empowered to implement GTD in his own way without feeling overly constrained to a particular system or way of thinking/operating. That may not be the opinion of everyone who reads this book, but I have been thoroughly encouraged in my own ability to get things done, just by having a well-designed system provided to me. I have yet to see if this is just a fad in my life or if it’ll stick, but I’m very hopeful and optimistic about its success.
If you want to be more productive, but have difficulty envisioning how to go about doing so, this is an excellent book to get started. My productivity has already had a significant boost, and while I’m still working on proper implementation, my mind is already at ease about several of my life obligations.
4.5 stars for now. I’ll come back to this some time later, and if the methodology has stuck, I’ll change it to 5 stars.
signorponza's review against another edition
2.0
Il metodo GTD® (che sta per “Getting Things Done”, ossia “fare le cose”) che viene illustrato in questo libro è uno degli approcci più celebri nell’ampia letteratura degli ultimi anni sui temi della produttività e dello sviluppo personale. Si tratta di un manuale che ha l’obiettivo di fare aumentare la nostra capacità di organizzarci e diminuire l'ansia che ci portiamo dietro. Nonostante gli sforzi nel rendere attuale il testo, il fatto che si tratti di un saggio concepito originariamente nel 2001 e aggiornato nel 2015 si sente tutto: l’approccio consigliato si basa su uno schema logico valido in teoria a prescindere dagli strumenti utilizzati, ma nelle pagine di Detto, fatto! si parla poi molto di avere archivi fisici, cartelline, post-it, documenti riposti in ordine alfabetico... Lo so che per qualcun* questa è ancora la realtà quotidiana, ma io l'ho trovato davvero anacronistico e forzato. Inoltre, molti dei concetti illustrati erano per me già noti, essendo un frequentatore assiduo di articoli e libri su questi temi. Dunque ricapitolando credo sia un libro comunque ancora molto valido e utile per chi ha bisogno di ripensare dalle fondamenta il modo di approcciare questioni lavorative e personali; lo è meno per chi non parte proprio da zero.
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maggiesasha's review against another edition
3.0
The government should read this instead of tweeting what they plan to do.
yodamom's review against another edition
2.0
I'm sure this would work for many but it is not something that would work for me.
yukarin's review against another edition
3.0
Too long and too obvious in some aspects. If you have read some productivity, self management books, you can skip this one and save yourself some time.
Also the german translation pushed even more prose in this book than the original version has.
Also the german translation pushed even more prose in this book than the original version has.