emstr 's review for:

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

5.0

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I liked this edition (2002) as an intro because it was super condensed on 3 hours of audio and listening at 1.75x speed, it was more the length of a podcast. I plan on reading/listening to the updated edition which accounts for how digital our lives have become since.... the Palm Pilot(!). But this was a good intro/overview. His organization system is appealing to me because it accounts for human psychology (why we worry about to-dos and common pitfalls of perfectionist/sensitive/smart people) and the goal is to move tasks “out of your head” so you can really enjoy the fun stuff.