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David Allen: Getting Things Done (Paperback, 2002, Penguin (Non-Classics)) 4 stars

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and …

Review of 'Getting Things Done' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars


This book is boring to read, though it seems helped lots of people. The concept of the book is well-known for many years and makes quiet sense. But the hard part is how to implement this system into the daily life.

- When to read this book?
When you have multiple projects going at the same time and tons of things have to be done, and when the complexity and priority of those things cannot be organized into a simple to-do list.

- What benefits you will get?
After getting all of the tasks out of your mind and writing them down, you would immediately be relieved from the feeling that too many thing have not done yet.

- And then?
Collecting to-dos is easy and creating a lot of good feeling, but getting things done is another thing. The system would collapse very quickly if it has not been maintained very well. It is so called "GTD bankruptcy".

- Does the book tell you how to get things done?
Definitely not! To get things done, you have to know the things you are passionate, to know how to prioritize the tasks you need to do, and most importantly, to do the job. This book would not teach you how to do that.

- One more thing
Is GTD killing creativity?