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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our... (more)

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jmadigan
  • Rated 5 stars

Ironically, looking in to the GTD (Getting Things Done) system has been bouncing around in the back of my head as something to do for quite some time now. This approach to maximizing productivity is popular among the nerdegalian, probably because of its minimum bullshit approach to actually processing, classifying, and executing what the author David Allen calls "stuff to do." This book discusses the GTD system in its entirety and, more importantly, teaches you how to put it in...

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Michelle C
  • Rated 2 stars

I never finished this book. I've tried twice now, and something about it just doesn't get me all the way through it. Maybe I'm just too much of a Covey-ite. I did use *some* of his principles to develop a to-do list in a spreadsheet, with multiple tabs for the various roles or projects. I'm still not good about working all of the lists, but I do have them.

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  • pramod m

    pramod m said:

    good

    posted Saturday, March 29 2008
  • Bryan Moats

    bryan moats said:

    I think I'm overdue to put this book on my Amazon wishlist. Seems everybody has been reading it. Oddly enough, I use software inspired by David Allen and his book but have never read the book itself.

    posted Tuesday, November 27 2007

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