Just Read: Gettings Things Done, By David Allen
Getting
Things Done by David Allen is one of
those stereotypical books sitting collecting dust on the CEO's office shelf. Or
so I thought when someone recommended it to me. As it turns out, it actually has
a good system for a certain group of people for (ahem) getting things
done.
First massive generalization about this book: for people who have procrastination as a problem, this book will be a godsend. It forces you to get all of your projects (defined as anything with more than one step) together and write it all down and organize your information. From there, the system described makes you define "next actions" that need to be completed to move forward on those projects.
Second massive generalization: for people who can't prioritize, this thing is useless. For all the good the system does for getting organized, it really doesn't help with what to do first. It mainly claims to rely on your intuition to define your "next actions." Fine for some people, but not others.
Because of these two generalizations, this system seems to be well received by geeks in general, who have trouble with keeping too much state in their heads but can generally prioritize their tasks once they have the whole picture. For more information and a great resource for OS X users of this system, check out 43 Folders, a website that has lists of tools and common experiences of it's users.
First massive generalization about this book: for people who have procrastination as a problem, this book will be a godsend. It forces you to get all of your projects (defined as anything with more than one step) together and write it all down and organize your information. From there, the system described makes you define "next actions" that need to be completed to move forward on those projects.
Second massive generalization: for people who can't prioritize, this thing is useless. For all the good the system does for getting organized, it really doesn't help with what to do first. It mainly claims to rely on your intuition to define your "next actions." Fine for some people, but not others.
Because of these two generalizations, this system seems to be well received by geeks in general, who have trouble with keeping too much state in their heads but can generally prioritize their tasks once they have the whole picture. For more information and a great resource for OS X users of this system, check out 43 Folders, a website that has lists of tools and common experiences of it's users.
Posted: Sat - October 2, 2004 at 08:07 PM
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