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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen
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📚 2025 #10: “Getting Things Done” by David Allen
⭐️💫 1.5/5: Warning: This is the salty review of someone whose corporate responsibility was basically to be digitally organized and well-documented. This book started as a solid 4 ⭐️s, then consistently declined as it went on and on and on...
First, this should be called "Getting Things Organized" because really the only advice for getting things done was to do the things you need to do. Yes, there was the 2-minute rule and the do/defer/delegate/delete of time management. The rest of the book was pretty much a drawn out explanation of how to intake, organize, and review your tasks.
Second, if your job requires the level of organization and task management outlined here, you should already be on top of 90% of what's in this book -- or have an assistant that does all that for you. Maybe I'm just crazy and the average person doesn't know how to properly use a calendar, CRM, or note-taking app, even if required to do so for their job.
Third, the long lists of examples and repetitiveness throughout were almost enough to drive me crazy. Having flashbacks of headset-wearing tech bros shouting "GTD!" was.
⭐️💫 1.5/5: Warning: This is the salty review of someone whose corporate responsibility was basically to be digitally organized and well-documented. This book started as a solid 4 ⭐️s, then consistently declined as it went on and on and on...
First, this should be called "Getting Things Organized" because really the only advice for getting things done was to do the things you need to do. Yes, there was the 2-minute rule and the do/defer/delegate/delete of time management. The rest of the book was pretty much a drawn out explanation of how to intake, organize, and review your tasks.
Second, if your job requires the level of organization and task management outlined here, you should already be on top of 90% of what's in this book -- or have an assistant that does all that for you. Maybe I'm just crazy and the average person doesn't know how to properly use a calendar, CRM, or note-taking app, even if required to do so for their job.
Third, the long lists of examples and repetitiveness throughout were almost enough to drive me crazy. Having flashbacks of headset-wearing tech bros shouting "GTD!" was.