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It changed my life
David Allen is considered to be one the top five Management consultants in North America according to a Forbes article. I now understand why. The basic concepts in his book are simple enough and are represented by a flow chart, but there are so many other golden nuggets of "best practice" information within this book that you have to study it to get them all...
Publié le Fév 27 2005 par D. Marchant
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7-Habits, then "First Things First", THEN this book
Strengths: How to manage the never-ending flow of taskings and redirected taskings for those who work in unorganized cultures. Fairly simple. Can be implemented without fancy tools. Weaknesses: Still essentially prioritizing emergencies. You may believe that if your in-box is empty you were effective today. To balance the weaknesses, read Steven Covey's...
Publié le Jui 29 2003 par Robert B. Towry
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It changed my life, Fév 27 2005
David Allen is considered to be one the top five Management consultants in North America according to a Forbes article. I now understand why.The basic concepts in his book are simple enough and are represented by a flow chart, but there are so many other golden nuggets of "best practice" information within this book that you have to study it to get them all. I've read the book and listened to his second (audio) book "Ready for anything" four times in a row just to reinforce the great points within this book. The result of implimenting his structure of workflow has suprisingly allowed me to act with more freedom and creativity in my job and a reduction in stress. I can even find stuff easily since setting up my folders and buying a label making machine (his recommendation). He's really on to something big with his "next action" thinking approach (chapter 11) and his two-minute rule. One of the best books I've read in the last three years.
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7-Habits, then "First Things First", THEN this book, Jui 29 2003
Strengths: How to manage the never-ending flow of taskings and redirected taskings for those who work in unorganized cultures. Fairly simple. Can be implemented without fancy tools.
Weaknesses: Still essentially prioritizing emergencies. You may believe that if your in-box is empty you were effective today. To balance the weaknesses, read Steven Covey's "7-Habits of Highly Effective People", and the book on Habit 3, "First Things First". The older, pre-Franklin-Covey merger book is better than the current offering. The weakness of the Allen book is that it does not force you to think about your roles and goals, leaving you in the trap of the urgent, being unconsciously unbalanced and never asking the question: How can I prevent these issues, how can I keep the main thing the main thing, and what about the long-term? The Covey offerings are a little weak (only a little) in handling the myriad and changing tasks that disorganized managers and organizations throw at you. Covey assumes you have a fair about of autonomy in your work life, that you are responsible for results, not for performing tasks. Bottom line: Read (in this order): "7-Habits", "First Things First", and then Allen. In a hurry? Read First Things First, then the others in the order indicated.
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Frustrated, Fév 24 2004
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The Amazon.com review said it well: convoluted, lots of fancy terms, subterms and sub-subterms for the simplest concepts. I find myself spending a lot of time figuring out what he's trying to say. The first three chapters are all theory, added perhaps to make the book respectably sized... much time is spent "telling us what he's going to tell us." I also find it difficult to take a couple of days (or more)to collect all the "to-do" actions in my life; a lot of bosses may have a problem with that, too. I'm still working with it, though, trying to see if I can get to the system that all these people are raving about.
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To Buy, To Read, To Do, DONE!, Janv. 19 2004
The Summary
Bottom line, read this book! Act on this book, its not as daunting as it sounds. Spending 2 days setting up this system could prove the most valuable thing you do! Make a resolution to get things done! It really is worth following the advice, even the small things which seem irrelevant i.e. buying an automatic labeler; it really does help when you want to file something! If you are a procrastinator you NEED to read this book, it will explain to why you have had so much stress in your life. Also for all those people out there who consider themselves creative and hence feel that time management and organizational system aren't for them because they fear it will stifle their creativity, well read this book and try it!! I really feel more creative since I got all this unimportant stuff out of mind!!The Why
OK All procrastinators out there, this book really works! Let me tell you a little about myself and then you might understand why this book has been so important to me. I am a world class procrastinator, or should I say was! I had every excuse in the book for why I felt time management systems, to do lists, organization methods just don't work. I am a creative guy and I always felt that getting organized would some how decrease my creative thoughts and ideas. Some of my best ideas came from the mess of papers and books around my study and I thought if I got organized that this would somehow stifle my creativity. The other aspect that always held me back was I didn't want to waste lots of time implementing a system and then just keep maintaining the system and not have time to do the "real" work. Even though I have all these excuses, I knew deep down they were just excuses. I could not work out why I had such a barrier to these systems. I have looked at and half heartedly tried many different systems, Franklin Covey, Time Manager, I have many different organizers and PDA's that I just don't use. I didn't realize it until I read this book, but a lot of my fear stemmed from that I always felt that there was so much that these systems wouldn't catch and I would lose ideas. Most systems don't seem to cope well with unstructured ideas, thoughts, magazine articles etc... And they don't seem to mesh electronic information and paper based information. I wasn't interested in just another system that managed my schedule and to do lists, I needed something that would cope with the way that I worked and wouldn't stifle my creativity! Getting Things Done! Managed to develop a system that incorporated everything and I felt that things weren't getting lost! Wow! It feels good! The How
I committed to read it and start taking action on January 1st (like all good procrastinators, New Years resolutions are plentiful and always ambitious. We all have good intentions!). Well this is a resolution that I kept. I first worked through my home office and piled up everything that needed to be looked at into the "In Basket" (or pile(s) as it turned out). It took half the floor space in my study. I had purchased the labeling system; I had files, file drawers, staplers, paper clips etc... I had it all together, and I started processing. I finally had all my work papers processed. I then started in on my work email; I had a backlog going back to Nov 2002. By the time I had finished I had my Inbox down to zero!! It took 14 hours! I had purchased the Outlook Add-on that helped me setup my Outlook Folders and it even gives you an easy toolbar to process all new email. My next task was processing all Non-work stuff, which included all creative projects. This took another 8 hours over 2 days, but I finally got it processed, filed away and task lists setup! I have only been back at work for a week, but I have kept processing all incoming messages and with a little work I have kept my email inbox empty and I have all the important tasks and projects setup. This is a major accomplishment! It really has freed my mind to concentrate on creative projects, be able to tackle my work better. My worst fear of being organized has not been realized, actually the direct opposite, I have had more creative ideas since I started than I had before! My mind is clear and free to roam! It feels amazing to know everything you are supposed to be doing (and also to know everything you don't need to be doing), and it's amazing to know that something is captured and even if I don't do this now, I have an action to do it; this means my mind doesn't feel shackled.
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From Chaos To Order..., Déc 19 2007
I used to be all over the place. My desk was a mess, papers piling upon books piling upon stacks of scribbled notes. My desktop PC had icons covering the whole screen with documents and using the search feature in Windows to find a document was the only way I could find anything.
Then I discovered GTD. Within two weeks of applying the system, my life has completely transformed. Result? I was able to literally increase my productivity in my personal life and career by at least 5 fold.
I am not a naturally very organized person so this was a godsend. Before this I tried Franklin Covey, Brian Tracy and Anthonny Robbins Time Management stuff and none of it has worked for me.
This is the only system that has worked for me consistently, that fits the natural process of organizing.
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Best Personal Productivity Book., Aoû 15 2009
I have searched for this book for a long time. After finding it, I reread it several times. It definetely changed my life for the better and I highly recommend this book for everyone who wants to manage his or her time more effectively.
It has a bottom-up approach therefore more practical than top-down approaches such as Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" in terms of time management and personal productivity. David Alan states that clarifying our values in fact up the ante in the game of time management.
The book is very detailed and this is the strength of this book over the others. The author coaches the reader one-on-one in great detail about the techniques proposed. After reading it, I managed to reduce clatter in my life leading to a stress-free productivity on a daily basis.
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Another GTD disciple..., Juil 16 2009
After wondering why I was so cynical about this book, I decided to jump in with both feet and see what happened. That was 6 months ago. All I can say now is I'm a convert, preaching the gospel of GTD to anyone who cares. It completely changed how I approach my life and business. For those of us who feel overwhelmed, frantic, and default to working long hours, I recommend joining the fold. Put away your cynicism for 1 week: spend 1 day reading the book, 2 days reorganizing your life, and 4 days trying it. If you're like me, it'll be the first week of a whole new way of life.
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Fantastic Read, Jui 27 2008
This book is fantastic!
It helped me improve my organizational skills and paved the way for better time management.
As a Software Engineer and Interweb Guru, the constant bombardment of "stuff" in my life was in desperate need of cleansing and restructuring.
Thanks to David, I have effectively implemented a system that keeps my information clutter to a minimum and helps keep my mind clear to work on more useful tasks.
A must read for professionals today.
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get things done, Déc 6 2006
Does David Allen's system really differ from other "time management" systems? I would say an unqualified yes based on my experience with the GTD process so far. In the one week since the book's been out I have made more progress with regard to collecting my stuff than previous attempts I have made in the past 6 years. I have actually started a filing system. More importantly, I am starting to deal with the "stuff" in my life faster and more efficiently. Just learning how to deal with "stuff" is a pretty big deal to me. My problem is that I have obsessive compulsive disorder, and it shows up in my life as compulsive hoarding. Couple the hoarding with attention deficit disorder and you have the ingredients for potentially disastrous living. In short, I have a damn difficult time staying on top of things and tend to struggle at times. David's method offers a practical yet elegant solution to staying on top of things. It starts with collecting the stuff, or as David calls it the "incomplete" and getting them out of your head into an external system that can be trusted. Then you process what's collected and then you organize it.
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Practical, Actionable Help Has Arrived, Mars 30 2006
This is one of those books that is bound to end up "dog-earred" on your desk or nightstand. In my current workgroup, we have started a "book club." Each member reviews two chapters of the book and then we look for ways to implement the ideas in our personal/professional lives. It is amazing how well received the book has been and the creative ways people have come up with to improve their own time/project/work management. One of the top 10 books on our reading group list! Two other recent top 10 books (which are great companions) are:
THE WORLD IS FLAT (Friedman) and
THE BLACK BOOK OF OUTSOURCING (Brown & Wilson)
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