Reviews - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity

I didn't really find the book stress-free. It was difficult to read/focus on because of the pages layouts - most pages had several sidebar inserts of quotes or tips to the point where it was visually overwhelming to try to digest all of the information. It was geared more toward a business audience and prioritizing and less toward the audience of people with emotional or motivational problems. If you have the time to read and decipher all of the information in this book, then you probably already have enough time and energy to get all your things done without it.

mslauraeb's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the general zen approach - the way to get things done is to stop having your brain crowded with everything you need to do. Put them in their place (a list, calendar etc) and then move on. Work on things that only take two minutes and get rid of them. Stuff like that. I'm intrigued to start implementing some or all of this at work and see how it goes...

sugarcainn's review against another edition

2.75

informative inspiring fast-paced

becky_reads2much's review against another edition

1.0

I don't know how I ended up rereading this, despite (as I now see) having already given it a one star rating in a different edition. It's gratifying to realize my opinion hasn't changed. This is a needlessly complicated version of organizing ones life. Overwhelming in fact. Only two things I come away with. The first being an obvious tip (though I always appreciate the reminder) the second being one of those pretty insightful though in hindsight quite obvious why-did-I-not-think-of-it-that-way tips.

1 Write all your projects down.
"Purge unnecessary belongings from life"
2 Consider very next physical step in the project.
"Donate copy of Getting Things Done"

Not worth the price of reading.

taoufiqqaba's review against another edition

2.0

I do not like this book because it did not game me anything new to improve my life. Almost everything in this book is already discussed in a bunch of other self-help books. This is my opinion, you have to respect it.

slackfive's review against another edition

5.0

It was very insightful. Some parts were hard to read and required reading over a few times. I'm excited to try out these methods.

leeannewomack's review against another edition

3.0

It has some good information at the beginning. By the third portion of the book, the author keeps repeating himself, talking about his successes, and comparing his way with others. The last portion of the book didn't add anything to the understanding of his process.