Getting Issues Achieved: The Artwork of Stress-Free Productiveness
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The e-book Lifehack calls “The Bible of enterprise and private productiveness.”
“A very revised and up to date version of the blockbuster bestseller from ‘the private productiveness guru'”—Quick Firm
Because it was first revealed nearly fifteen years in the past, David Allen’s Getting Issues Achieved has develop into one of the vital influential enterprise books of its period, and the last word e-book on private group. “GTD” is now shorthand for a complete approach of approaching skilled and private duties, and has spawned a complete tradition of internet sites, organizational instruments, seminars, and offshoots.
Allen has rewritten the e-book from begin to end, tweaking his traditional textual content with necessary views on the brand new office, and including materials that can make the e-book recent and related for years to return. This re-creation of Getting Issues Achieved will likely be welcomed not solely by its lots of of hundreds of current followers but in addition by an entire new era desperate to undertake its confirmed rules.
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Writer : Penguin Books; Revised ed. version (March 17, 2015)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143126563
ISBN-13 : 978-0143126560
Merchandise Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.48 x 0.76 x 8.35 inches
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Clients discover the recommendation in Getting Issues Achieved helpful and sensible. They describe the system as easy but profound, making it simple to implement. Many discover it stress-free and efficient for decreasing stress. The e-book is described as an up to date model that provides readability and refinements to the earlier version. Nevertheless, some readers really feel the e-book might be shorter. Opinions differ on the wordiness, with some discovering it clear and concise, whereas others think about it too lengthy.
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SideEye –
Useful and well written
I feel like everyone I know would benefit from the practical advice in this book. Got five copies for stocking stuffers (I’m sure people will be thrilled with this when they open their gifts haha). But it’s so useful! I had all these lightbulb moments while reading. Immediately practical with uncomplicated solutions that help you see how to tackle any problem by thinking about it the right way, getting ideas out of your head and actually doing stuff by taking simple steps instead of putting up a goalpost and then pretending you don’t have to run across a minefield to get there. This is how you navigate the minefield, any minefield. Even for a person with ADHD this is brilliant.
Canadian eReader –
This is the go-to book for the GTD methodology
Self help is not a genre of books I read very often, but I made an exception for David Allenâs Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. One of my goals for 2017 was to become better organised and to be more productive. I first learned about the GTD methodology through Carl Pulleinâs YouTube channel that I follow. Iâve been working on this for around six weeks now, so itâs too early to tell, but Iâm happy with what Iâve learned so far.Getting Things Done, or GTD, is a productivity methodology based on a few deceptively simple concepts. Now, Iâm still very new to GTD, but this is how I see it. One of the fundamental ideas behind GTD is that the human brain is excellent at processing ideas and being creative, but not a great storage facility. A key part of GTD is getting all ideas, projects and commitments out of your brain and into a trusted system or external brain.There are five activities to GDT: Capture, Clarify, Organise, Reflect and Engage. If I can take from the GTD website, this translates to:Capture: Collect what has your attention. For me, this means adding all my ideas, commitments and to-dos in my list manager application of choice, Todoist. I really love this application and regret that I donât have it at work. I try to capture everything from my doctorâs appointments, to buying cat food for Lushka to a reminder to ask my husband if we have picture hooks. Iâm planning a trip to Europe this summer, so any time I think of something like oh, I must remember to get Swiss francs, into Todoist it goes.Clarify: Process what it means. Here I canât be any more concise than or as clear as the workflow diagram on the GTD website:GtdHonestly, if I take away nothing more from my experience with GTD than the two minute rule (if you can do it in two minutes, do it now, otherwise delegate it or defer it) and the discipline to define the next physical action to move a task along it will have been worth it.Organise: Put it where it belongs. This is probably the area of GTD thatâs least intuitive for me â Iâm not very organised! At the very least, I try to put any appointments on my calendar, any tasks in the appropriate section of Todoist, and potentially relevant non-actionable information in Evernote. One interesting aspect of GTD is the use of contexts. This means organising your tasks not by priority but by the tools, location, and/or person you need to be able to complete them successfully. So, for example, in my Taxes 2016 list I have an item; pick up tax receipt from pharmacy. I tagged that as âpharmacyâ along with other items like pick up Polysporin and drop off new prescription. So when I go to the pharmacy I just check that tag to be reminded of all the things I have to accomplish while Iâm there. Similarly, while planning my trip to Europe I have a context of Susanne, the friend Iâm visiting. Any time I think of something I need to ask her, I add it to that list of things to discuss next time I call or email her.Reflect: Review your to do list and calendar frequently. The idea here is to keep your âexternal brainâ current with everything that you need to accomplish. If you donât add to it or clear our stale items, your real brain will no longer trust your system and it will break down. Most GTDers do a review at least once a week.Engage: Simply do. Pick the tasks that are available to you based on your contexts and get cracking!The book itself is very well written and the edition I have was updated in 2015 to include discussion of new technology (not specific applications) and how it impacts the GTD workflow.if you are interested in improving your productivity and generally getting things done you could do a whole lot worse than to check out this book.I gave Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free productivity five stars out of five.
Canaille –
Insightful, but for different reasons
Agree with the other reviewers that David Allen must have been afflicted with dysentery while writing this book as his verbal diarrhea is strewn throughout. Nonetheless one can still pluck out some valuable … nuggets here and there.Nugget #1 – the Informal Planning method. I agree with him that all of us would benefit from more informal planning. It seems to occupy a realistic space between no planning and ridiculous overly complicated formal planning (Microsoft Project, Gantt charts, etc). Unfortunately his examples of informal planning (like all his examples, frankly) are so pedestrian that they fail to illuminate its usefulness as a method.Nugget #2 – Outcome focusing. Dave likes his buzzwords and his verbal vomit, but I found his comments on outcome focusing to be fairly articulate and sensible. As he states, a lot of times people get caught up in the form of what they are doing rather than focusing on what they are really trying to accomplish, which ends up trapping them in an inflexible approach that often leads to project failure.Nugget #3 – write things down on pads using pens. A lot of people here have mocked David for this this and poo-poo this low tech approach, but I find this the best way to feel truly free to think and doodle. Iâm tired of computer screens and apps and I much prefer this (or whiteboards) for generating new ideas.As for the GTD organizing system – I never even bothered trying to set up that OCD monstrosity – lists and filing trays and filing cabinets … are you kidding me. Just the kind of busyness nonsense that would confuse someone into thinking that acting productive was the same as being productive.
Amazon Customer –
Great Process
This book is a keeper. Love the practical suggestions of ways to get things done. I will be implementing the GTD over time and thatâs what I love most about it the assurance in the last chapter.
Avid Golfer –
Es un muy buen libro
Gigi –
Si possono trarrexda questo saggio un intero sistema di riorganizzazione della proprio lavoro e della propria vita, così come indicazioni spicciole molto efficaci. In entrambi i casi vale la pena di leggerlo.
Andonette Wilkinson –
Getting Things Done by David Allen offers a solid method for organising tasks and managing productivity, but it does feel unnecessarily wordy at times. The core ideasâcapturing everything, processing it into actionable steps, and regularly reviewingâare genuinely useful, especially if youâre committed to sticking with the system. That said, youâll need patience to wade through the extensive explanations. If youâre up for the challenge, the payoff is there, but it could have been delivered more concisely. Worth reading if youâre serious about getting organised and donât mind some repetition.
alok pole –
Excellent read for every professional
Praveen K. –
Excellent Book to develop a working system to help support your mind. Like everything good if the system is implemented religiously and consistently, it may greatly help once productivity. Buy the book if you are either very hazy in the mind or are extremely busy and being overwhelmed.