[[blog/video-scaling-yourself-scott-hanselman.md|Video_ Scaling Yourself - Scott Hanselman]] Read My rating: 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen 3.99 · https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done?from_search=true#https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done?from_search=true# https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done?from_search=true# Rating details · 104,416 ratings · 4,331 reviews 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 thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In Getting Things Done Allen shows how to: * Apply the “do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it” rule to get your in-box to empty * Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations * Plan projects as well as get them unstuck * Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed * Feel fine about what you’re not doing From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down. (less) Get A Copy AmazonOnline Stores ▾Book Links ▾ Paperback, 267 pages Published December 31st 2002 by Penguin Books (first published 2001) Original Title Getting Things Done: How To Achieve Stress-free Productivity . ISBN 0142000280 (ISBN13: 9780142000281) . Edition Language English . Other Editions (49) All Editions | Add a New Edition | Combine …Less Detail edit details Edit Audio CD review · Review Paperback · Switch to Paperback My Activity Shelves non-fiction, read edit Status July 29, 2015 – Finished Reading (Audio CD Edition)7 Show more . Friend Reviews (3) 3.00 average rating Jun 23, 2017 Sandro Mancuso rated it liked it Show its age. Maybe I should not judge a book from 2002 with the knowledge I have in 2017. If you are a software professional with experience with Agile and Lean methodologies, you will probably find more modern ways of prioritising, planning and tracking your activities. Still useful book though. flag Like · comment · see review Jan 06, 2014 Joris added it Like · comment Oct 09, 2012 Amedee Van Gasse marked it as to-read Like · comment Recommend This Book… . Reviews from People You Follow (1) Jan 25, 2009 Raph Koster added it Like · comment . Reader Q&A Ask the Goodreads community a question about Getting Things Done ![[./resources/book-getting-things-done-david-allen.resources/30721486.ux100_cr00100100.jpg]] Popular Answered Questions Does the book use a prose style of writing? or Does it introduce specific procedures to get things done? what I am looking for is to a book that gives me practical methods and programs to implement things and manage my daily duties. 4 likes · like · 4 years ago · See all 8 answers Brooks Rocco Here’s a good summation of the method: https://hamberg.no/gtd/ flag See all 4 questions about Getting Things Done… . Lists with This Book Best Business Books 695 books — 1,342 voters Motivational and Self-Improvement Books 1,625 books — 2,166 voters More lists with this book… . Community Reviews Showing 1-30 3.99 · https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done?from_search=true# Rating details · 104,411 ratings · 4,331 reviews ![[./resources/book-getting-things-done-david-allen.resources/loading-45f04d682f1e9151cf1e6fb18a1bde21.gif]] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done?from_search=true#Filter | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done?from_search=true#Sort order . Mar 20, 2008 Hannah rated it it was ok Recommended to Hannah by: professor from Leading and Managing Organizations class I like reading about organizing my life and being more productive, but I think the major lessons of this book could have been condensed in a page or two. Here are the things I remember: - 2 minute rule: if you remember to do something and it takes you less than two minutes to do it, just go ahead and do it - write things down in lists so that they don’t float around your head and nag at you all of the time - check your lists frequently and often, actually doing the things on the list (or delegating …more flag 183 likes · Like · 13 comments · see review Aug 15, 2008 Jamie rated it really liked it 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 place. What I real …more flag 140 likes · Like · 9 comments · see review Aug 20, 2007 Jonatron rated it did not like it Recommends it for: No one Shelves: own, self-help, scanned, never-finished I bought this book, and I read some of it. It sat on a shelf unfinished. I read some more. It sat in my car unfinished. I eventually made the decision to never finish it. I think this is self-explanatory. [Later…] Now I’m reading 26 Reasons Not to Use GTD, and it does a good job of articulating the “ehhhh"ness that I felt while reading this. [Even later…] And if you think GTD’s followers are a little cult-like (see, for instance, the comments on this review), check this out: When David Allen say …more flag 87 likes · Like · 32 comments · see review Jul 29, 2007 Melynda rated it it was amazing I’m a big geek, and here’s proof (if you needed it). I learned about GTD from Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders site, and became an instant convert. Because I love folders, lists, diagrams, flow charts, of course, but most of all because with GTD, you have to have a labeller. I love my labeller. I love making labels for my files, and admiring them in their serried ranks, all neat and labelly. And I do actually seem to be getting more done, even when I factor in all the time I spend labelling. flag 60 likes · Like · 1 comment · see review May 27, 2009 Saud Omar rated it it was amazing بالنسبة لي, هذا الكتاب هو ثالث أفضل كتاب قرأته في مجال تطوير الذات, بعد العادات السبع, وإدارة الأولويات لستيفن كوفي. في الحقيقة اني ترددت قبل كتابة هذه المراجعة, وسبب ذلك اني طبقت أفكار الكتاب لفترة ليست بالقصيرة ( وليست بالطويلة أيضاً ) وأود أن أشارك القراء الكثير من الارشادات والتنبيهات والحيل لتطبيق هذه الأفكار, وكتابة مراجعة في” قود ريدز" ربما لن تسمح بكل هذا .. لذلك قررت أن أكتب هنا عن هذا الكتاب باختصار, وان اضيف المراجعة المفصلة لا حقا في مدونتي. في البداية دعوني أنبّه أن للكتاب ترجمة عربية …more flag 49 likes · Like · 3 comments · see review Jul 09, 2013 Bria rated it it was ok Recommended to Bria by: Michael Raimondi If you find yourself turning a little moist and your pulse quickening with pleasure when you read words and phrases such as: -High-performance workflow management -Family commitments -Priority factors -The ability to be successful, relaxed, and in control during these fertile but turbulent times demands new ways of thinking and working -key work tool -assembly-line modality -workforce -values thinking -desired results -ups the ante in the game -deal effectively with the complexity of life in the twenty-fir …more flag 41 likes · Like · 7 comments · see review Sep 11, 2007 Jarrodtrainque added it · review of another edition With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, “flow,““mind like water,” and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you’d almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance./ Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-do’s clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists–all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever …more flag 39 likes · Like · 1 comment · see review Apr 18, 2007 Sarah Heffern rated it it was ok Recommends it for: disorganized people with too much free time Shelves: self-help This book should have been a 3,000-word article. It was full of useless details (e.g. listing the types of materials out of which an inbox might be made), redundant to the point of making me crazy, and overflowing with multi-step systems for this, that, and the other (seriously, keeping the 3- or 4- or 6-step filters straight would require flashcards). While it had some useful tips, I can’t imagine anyone having the free time to implement the system fully. Clearly, though, I am wrong in this, jus …more flag 36 likes · Like · 3 comments · see review Aug 21, 2007 Letitia rated it it was ok · review of another edition David Allen’s smirking white male face on the cover of this book may convince that he’s successful…but the man should reserve his smirk for one on one business dealings. The biggest issue with this book is, I couldn’t get it done. Getting Things Done is written for a non-existent audience: a procrastinator with enough motivation to actually plow through Allen’s dry instruction manual. flag 34 likes · Like · 12 comments · see review Oct 19, 2016 Michael Finocchiaro rated it it was amazing Shelves: self-help, non-fiction Probably the best self-help book I ever read - in any case the one I most adapted to the organization of my life. It does not have an annoying religious aura to it like 7 Habits or the selfish haberdashery spirit of How to Win Friends and Influence People, but is down to earth and highly practical. I was able to get to Inbox Zero and have held on to that principal for years now. If folks are interested, I can repost here my own adaptation of the techniques. Still for me a reference! flag 30 likes · Like · 6 comments · see review Jun 16, 2008 Josh rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone I have not had much success applying strategies from productivity gurus. I am referring to books like “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Steven Covey, and other books which share use top-down strategies to order our lives. There are two reasons why these have not worked for me. The first is technical: day-to-day life happens on the level of “stuff”. The myriad of small tasks of varying importance and in multiple contexts hampers the effectiveness of top-down approaches. The second …more flag 28 likes · Like · 3 comments · see review Apr 11, 2011 Tracy Miller marked it as did-not-finish I’m listening to this because I need to get a grip on my life. I can’t even focus enough to listen about how to get my life together, much less do it. flag 24 likes · Like · 1 comment · see review Nov 05, 2015 Emma Sea rated it liked it · review of another edition Shelves: non-fiction, productivity, audiobook, auckland-library 2.65 stars. I’ve used a mutated version of this for years, but thought I’d try the original text. I was disappointed. I felt it gave equal weight to parts of GTD that are a cakewalk (emptying your mind onto a page) with parts that sound easy but are complex (deciding on next actions). Also I thought the weekly/quarterly review needed more focus. Allen talks about the 20,000/50,000 foot view, but without enough detail on how to accomplish these. I’d recommend reading through a summary instead of the …more flag 20 likes · Like · 4 comments · see review Dec 29, 2016 Peter rated it it was amazing Shelves: personal-development, top-20-business Time-Management This is the best Self-Help Productivity book ever written. Well, I think so and I’ve been using it for 13 years. It has had such a profound impact on my working life that to this day, it is a part of my daily practice. I have the GTD apps on my phones and tablets, and it is a default webpage I load automatically in my browser. The greatest fear we have when we’re dealing with so many projects or issues or people is that item that we forget because our brain is maxed out with every …more flag 19 likes · Like · 2 comments · see review Dec 27, 2008 Ruben rated it really liked it Shelves: 2009 I’m really glad my wife and I read this book together. It’s already been very helpful in getting us to look at the reason so many things never get done on time or sometimes not at all. The book is well written. The writing is very clear, with lots of examples, though it’s a bit dry in the middle and a little flowery on the ends. (That sounds like a description of a scone or something.) We’re still working on getting our system set up (I mean filing cabinets for reference material) so I might nee …more flag 17 likes · Like · 3 comments · see review May 14, 2007 Elizabeth added it · review of another edition 3 highlights I need all the help I can get! flag 15 likes · Like · comment · see review Aug 18, 2017 da AL rated it it was amazing · review of another edition nicely done & read - wish he’d bring out an updated edition … flag 15 likes · Like · comment · see review Mar 03, 2012 Jan-Maat added it · review of another edition Shelves: 21st-century, business-management-pm This is one of those optimistic books in which YOU THE READER can gain control by your own unaided (well almost unaided, you are meant to delegate) efforts, and which doesn’t take account of that your workflow might very well be determined by things entirely outside of your control. Not to mention if your working space isn’t under your control at all (for example with hot desking) or is very limited (if you are in a drone-zone) then physically some of the ideas here will be impossible. And of cou …more flag 14 likes · Like · 2 comments · see review Jul 17, 2012 Josh rated it it was amazing Before I justify the five-star rating, there are a couple of qualifications: 1. This book is written toward a certain audience: well-to-do people, mostly business executives, mostly men, mostly older. The large majority of examples mentioned are male corporate leaders. There is the occasional nod to a housewife using the system to get her chores done (I kid you not), and a single reference that I can remember to someone whose work is purely creative. I feel that if you know this coming in, it wil …more flag 14 likes · Like · 1 comment · see review Feb 09, 2009 Dianna rated it it was amazing Recall the last time you went on a significant vacation from work: before you left you cleared all your to-dos, emptied your inbox, tied all the loose ends, and organized the things you’d tackle when you came back. Felt pretty good to leave that last day, right? David Allen teaches you how to live your life this way: take all your to-dos, projects, etc. then organize them out into Projects, Next Actions, Someday/Maybe projects, Read and Review, and more if you want. Take the Next Actions and eith …more flag 14 likes · Like · comment · see review Oct 23, 2016 Douglas Wilson rated it really liked it Shelves: personal-development A bit too detailed for my taste, but there are some magnificent principles involved here. I learned a lot. flag 13 likes · Like · comment · see review Jun 25, 2008 David rated it liked it Shelves: nonfiction I’d heard about David Allen and his “Getting Things Done” system in the past, but I never paid it much attention. I decided to investigate further a little while back, and finally picked up the book two weeks ago. And now I’ve read it; and I expect I’ll go back and re-read this book in a couple months. I may revise my rating at that time. The things that irritate me in this book are exactly the things I expected might irritate me. There are plenty of the obligatory breezy anecdotes about the clie …more flag 12 likes · Like · 1 comment · see review Nov 07, 2009 Chad Warner rated it really liked it · review of another edition Recommends it for: productivity nuts, Type A, entrepreneurs Shelves: non-fiction, self-help, business, favorites This is my go-to productivity book. Since reading it a few years ago, I’ve followed GTD in much of my professional and personal life. I highly recommended it to those who want to regain control of their time and become efficiently productive. It teaches how to be “maximally efficient and relaxed” by avoiding “the so-called urgent and crisis demands of any given workday.” Allen says that “if we planned more about our projects and lives, we’d relieve a lot of pressure on our psyches and produce eno …more flag 11 likes · Like · 2 comments · see review Apr 10, 2018 Saeed Ramazany rated it it was amazing خیلی خوشم اومد. از اون کتابایی بود که میگفتم کاش زودتر میخوندم. ایدهی کتاب رو چند روزیاه شروع کردم به پیادهسازی و واقعا دنیا شفافتر(: و سادهتر شده. ذهنم راحتتر شده و سریعتر کارها رو انجام میدم. البته ایدهی کتاب خیلی فضایی و جادویی نیست. صرفا میگه که همه چیزها رو بنویسیم. همه کارهایی که قراره بکنیم، همه اونایی که قرار بوده انجام بدیم و ندادیم(حتی مثلا ۱۰ ساله هی بعضا میاد تو ذهنمون که انجام بدیم) و همه اون کارایی که شاید یه روزی انجام بدیم. همهی اینا باید تو سیستمی باشه که مطمئن باشیم بهش سر میزنیم …more flag 10 likes · Like · comment · see review Jan 30, 2009 Michelle Powers rated it did not like it Tried the print and the audio and just couldn’t grasp the system which would enable me to get lots and lots of stuff done in an easy manner without struggle. I guess once you get through the book, nothing else seems like as much of a struggle. I should have known it wasn’t for me, when the author said “stop making to-do lists.” I mean, really, what would I do with all the cute sticky note pads I have? flag 11 likes · Like · 3 comments · see review Dec 27, 2018 Bibliovoracious rated it really liked it I don’t know how I missed this productivity classic in all the years since it was published. Turns out there’s a GTD cult to go with the book, it’s SO popular. The book is all practical, all realism. It has nothing to do with thinking about your goals; it leaves that up to you. It’s all about how to organize your stuff and your lists to get them done. It’s been criticized for being both too general and too detailed, but the generality accommodates complexity, and the details are an essential comp …more flag 8 likes · Like · comment · see review Nov 23, 2014 K rated it really liked it Recommends it for: People seeking ways to get organized at work Shelves: professionallit A colleague recommended this book to me because I was seeing an adult client with ADHD. He also shared that he used the principles in this book to run a skills-teaching group for teens with ADHD, and that he uses this system himself. This recommendation came at a time when I was feeling particularly overwhelmed and overloaded at work, so I figured I would try to see if there was anything here that I could adopt so as to better inform my client about how it works while engaging in my own self-imp …more flag 7 likes · Like · 1 comment · see review Apr 04, 2017 Dillon rated it really liked it · review of another edition 67 highlights Five stars for the content, two or three for the way it was delivered. But I suspect the purpose of this book wasn’t to write beautiful prose, so I’ll cut it a break. Since this is a book about an organizational system I’ll talk a little bit about what I’ve tried to incorporate and how mine works. Hopefully doing so will help me to become more conscious of how I can improve it. In a former life - a stupider one, I tried to capture everything in my head. This had results ranging from moderate succ …more flag 7 likes · Like · 4 comments · see review Sep 05, 2012 Amy rated it did not like it Recommended to Amy by: Author was quoted on the back of another book I was reading so I thought I’d check it out. Shelves: business, non-fiction Oy, this guy. If you are a disorganized mess, his book does not have enough step-by-step to help you. If you have a hint of what you’re doing, he is quite vague with no actual hands-on tips. Here are his main ideas: -- Your mind is always keeping a running to-do list in the background while you’re doing other things. This noise distracts you from what you’re doing and makes you feel worried that you should be doing something on that list. Shut out the running to-do list and you can focus on one thi …more flag 8 likes · Like · comment · see review Feb 15, 2016 KatieMc rated it liked it Shelves: librarybook If posting your colonoscopy video on social media was a thing, I could really prove to you how much I got done by reading this book. (view spoiler) Instead, I will just say that I have made some progress in processing through some really stale piles of guilt and I am embracing the “next action”. This is a good system for dealing with all the minutiae that make up all that we …more flag 8 likes · Like · 5 comments · see review « previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next » . new topic Discuss This Book topics started by posts views last activity Organízate con eficacia Mercedes 1 (1 new) 1 Nov 20, 2018 01:00PM Time management Kirra 1 (1 new) 24 Jan 10, 2018 05:49PM New version - Worth It? Dave 2 (2 new) 47 Dec 20, 2017 06:54PM What is your take-away? 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