Getting Things Done
Has anyone read Getting Things Done? Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you!
- By Neshema_1 at 1 Oct 2006 - 9:39pm
- Procrastination Books
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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
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"Getting Things Done" by David Allen
I'm not familiar with the book by Edwin Bliss. I've been reading "Getting Things Done" (http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/01...) by David Allen. I'd like to get organized to a point where I could implement his system. But first I have to clean my apartment and designate office space. That is quite a mountain to climb! Also, he tells people to get at least 4 drawers worth of filing cabinets to store info and projects in. I live on the third floor of a building with no elevator, so I'm not sure how I'd do that. His target audience is business executives. He helps them get their offices set up for max efficiency.
I like the idea of having one folder for each active project. I always lose things on paper. The other important thing is having the master list of projects handy, to work on during un-scheduled time.I started to do one on my computer yesterday, but got tired looking at it.
It's fab!
No time to post a detailed reply now, but I found it really helpful - especially in helping me overcome feelings of being overwhelmed that were stopping me making progress on anything (of course you've still got to implement the techniques!).
Edwin Bliss?
Do you mean Getting Things Done by Edwin C. Bliss?
I have it, it's really good. His writing is firm and terse, as are his ideas. Very simple elegant stuff.
As with everything, the challenge for me is in actually following the advice
Some excerpts are here:
http://www.refresher.com/!chhtime.html
Is this the best book of
Is this the best book of all?
no such thing
There's no such thing as "best book of all". It addresses some things well, but not others. It really doesn't deal with procrastination at all. It's about how to use time efficiently. There is an extensive summary of it somewhere on the forum.
I'll post more of a review when I'm more awake (just woke up).
Best book
The best book for you won't necessarily be the best book for me, and the best book for you now won't necessarily be the best book for you next week. You just have to go with what you're drawn to. I have to disagree with pro who says this book doesn't address procrastination - I can go with 'it didn't help pro address procrastion', but it does help many people with it, including me.
Normy...
You just like disagreeing with me. ;)
Ooh - I don't know about that
;)
