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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
I liked the GTD method, I'm using it and I already feel a difference. The book, however, could have been structured in a better, more straightforward, way. 3 stars on the book, not the method.
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Easy read, good information, a bit repetative.
fast-paced
This book is fantastic. I like to consider myself an already very organized person, but like David Allen says: "the people who are most attracted to implementing Getting Things Done are usually already on a self-development track."
Allen's national-best-selling book is geared toward corporate leaders — CEOs, CFOs, lawyers, etc. — but he can, and does, relate his program to the "smaller" people. I found hundreds of applications for my life as a student and in my personal life.
What I really like about this book is that Allen incorporates studies of the brain and developed his program around how the brain naturally organizes. His slogan is to basically clear everything off the brain — kick everything out and file it into a system so that you only have to think about and process item ONCE, rather than every time that you come across it.
As I read it I implemented a few things here and there, mostly in my planner and my email system. But what I highly recommend (and what I am doing) is reading it in its entirety first so that you can absorb the system and the principles behind it before starting it in your own life. Then read it again as you set up your own system.
Allen's national-best-selling book is geared toward corporate leaders — CEOs, CFOs, lawyers, etc. — but he can, and does, relate his program to the "smaller" people. I found hundreds of applications for my life as a student and in my personal life.
What I really like about this book is that Allen incorporates studies of the brain and developed his program around how the brain naturally organizes. His slogan is to basically clear everything off the brain — kick everything out and file it into a system so that you only have to think about and process item ONCE, rather than every time that you come across it.
As I read it I implemented a few things here and there, mostly in my planner and my email system. But what I highly recommend (and what I am doing) is reading it in its entirety first so that you can absorb the system and the principles behind it before starting it in your own life. Then read it again as you set up your own system.
The first 1/3 of this book, give or take, seemed to set me on track for a different way of organizing. The rest of the book was reiteration. The process is drilled into the reader and the gain for continuing to read is minimal at best. I respect the process but perhaps I didn't need to read this as much as I thought I did—I found that I was already doing a lot of these things. The GTD vocabulary helped frame and define my process.
Allen explains, in rather extreme detail, his methods for attaining productivity without stress. His most effective and persuasive point is that you must get everything 'out of your head' and into a system in order to reduce the stress of 'knowledge work' (I hate that phrase).
The material is quite dry and could easily have been condensed into a pamphlet without a significant loss of information. After a few chapters of reading I opted for skimming the rest of the way.
This book helped me with the process of organizing my wedding and moving to a new job. Putting everything on a list ( I use google keep) really helped me relax and prioritize things. The first few chapters are interesting and the ideas can be applied easily in day to day life. However the book drags for the next chapters on the same ideas, just with different words. The main thing that I learned is to put all the things in my life on one list , review it periodically and solve the problems one by one according to the context I was in (office, grocery, wedding planning, buying stuff, etc). It sounds really basic but it's life changing. I stopped procrastinating things for weeks, months , years even.
A must read for any dis-organised person that wants to be organised ..... that's pretty much everyone.
Holds up to its reputation of being the handbook for productivity. There are definitely some really dry and boring sections, but the majority of the book is pure gold. Rather than teaching tactics, David Allen focuses on principles that can apply to any tool or app you're already using.