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Summary: Freedom is frightening
Review: I like David's stuff. I first read about him in the FAST Company Magazine, which then lead me to his website and e-newsletters. I think he has a good insight, but it does require dicipline. The freedom one achieves from following his suggestions can be frightening and uncomfortable, and I can see why David's and other time management techiniques do not always work for people, like me, who can have a fear of success. Successful techiniques can lead to personal responsibility and the unknown, "If I complete XYZ, then what?", and "What would I do without the drama and chaos in my life about XYZ?". I have tried many organizational things in my life (at least 10 years of trying), but David's straight forward, no nonsense strategy is the best thing working for me so far. Check out the sample pages and give his stuff a test drive.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I had been a Franklin Planner junkie for many years. My life was starting to feel like it was no longer in control with all of the"incoming" (Voicemail, cell phone, email, internet, etc.)
This book "answered" many if not all of the issues I had been struggling with in my organization system. Very practical, useful stuff that you can use right away. I have not fully implemented the system yet, but have my "next actions" outlined. The book is very easy to read, but does seem to get a bit repetitive at the end
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Summary: For advanced time management
Review: I'm pretty organized and productive already. I had already implemented 7-habits, but that methodology was bursting at the seams with the workload I have. This book is great for advanced time management, but it's a little too rigorous for a beginner. Read it, did it, loved it.
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Summary: It Works!
Review: I've been looking to a way of making things happen, to feel that work flows and to feel like my brain can stay focused in what I'm doing, instead of all what I'm not doing. This book has been the answer (to almost all the questions), a system simple enough that can be implemented and complex enough that it works in real life. I'm recommending it to my colleagues and sharing what I learned with my team. I'm sure that if all of them catch it we will be leaving home earlier and achieve more. Thanks David!
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Summary: A converted skeptic
Review: I have tried so many time management systems over ten years and never changed anything. David presented some fresh, innovative ways to approach managing your time, and surprised me. But he goes far beyond prioritization or "sector 2" activities made popular by Covey. He is correct in the premise, that to perform well, you must be able to relax. You must be able to get in the zone. When you apply his techniques, you will always know that you are presently doing exactly the best thing to be doing right now. No background worry about all the other things to do. It is such a liberating experience! I feel more alive thinking this way.
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Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: The metaphor of the stress-free mind as a still pond encapsulates the message of David Allen's best-selling book. When a stone is thrown into a pond, Allen points out, the size of the ripples correspond with the size of the stone, and getting the ripples of your mind to correspond with the size of the tasks on your to-do list is the essence of stress-free living. But you don't reach Allen's placid pond via a quiet Zen-like path. Instead, you calm the waters of your mind by building and maintaining a rigid organizational system that's so efficient that you never have to worry about any task once it's been fed into the machine. The popularity of this book probably owes as much to the stress level of the book-buying public as it does to the level of innovation to be found in Allen's organizing machine. The actual time-management techniques offered up by Allen can get lost in fancy jargon and fall short of his general observations about stress, productivity and the mind. But we [...] recommend this manual for a productive life to anyone looking for help in dealing with stress - you're sure to end up with a fresh notion or two in your in-box.
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Summary: Plain, simple and very helpful
Review: I was a "Franklinized" person for years. The focus was great and all in one place. That was in the simple world of memo's and telephone messages. Seems like a century ago!It no longer worked in the multiple email, voicemail and some snail mail world. Things were sticking out all over. I needed a new system. Getting things done helped me re-focus again. I am learning (as it is a process) to reorganize both my thinking and organization. This will take time but with this easy to follow coaching tool, I will get there. Good Buy!
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Summary: New Begining
Review: My career has just begun again for the first time and "Getting Things Done" has played a major role. As a Corporate Entertainer / Speaker, I just relocated from Chicago to Phoenix and decided with a new begining, came a need for a new way of working. David Allen provided me with the know how to instantly become more productive in one month than I was in the first three years of my career! By employing David's "system", I complete more tasks and projects without having to think about them. The next action you need to take is order this book! Then write at the top of a piece of paper, "Waiting For". Under that write, "The delivery of Getting Things Done".
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Summary: Finally!
Review: David Allen has written what is probably the best and most practical book on the subject of self-management that I have come across so far. _Getting Things Done_ is unswervingly practical in tone, and addresses in a clear, coherent and comprehensive way the areas in which personal tracking systems seem to consistently fail. This book is a must for people who want to get on top of the things that need to get done in their lives.
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Summary: A system even ADD adults can use.
Review: For decades, as an ADD adult I have experimented with several systems for organizing my hectic life including making up some of my own systems. I have been using this system for 5 months now and know I will never have need of another system. At first glance, it seemed complicated. But as I read the book in a few hours, I became excited because I could see the flaws in the systems I used past and present. It took me only 5 hours to set up, rather than the 2 days it recommends in the book because I already had many elements of the system. It did not require buying anything new that you wouldn't find in a typical home office. The most useful elements for me was having one alphabetical file rather than several topic files; having not one huge list, but several lists depending on context ( list of people to call, list of chores requiring physical activity, list of things requiring mental activity, list of errands requiring a car, even a someday/maybe list to put all my dreams and ideas on); the importance of daily and weekly review of lists and projects. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has real difficulty remembering what he or she needs to do and is basically disorganized.
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