geokat's review
5.0
Re-reading for the 3rd time. This is the BEST book about productivity I have ever read, bar none.
katyjoturner's review
DNF @23%.
Too out of date. System is still good, I’m sure, but I’ll just rewatch a Skillshare class on this that includes technological tools.
Too out of date. System is still good, I’m sure, but I’ll just rewatch a Skillshare class on this that includes technological tools.
cfred70's review
4.0
Good ideas. A little overwhelming to think about all that is required to change habits and become organized. But the point of the book is that I don't have to tackle habits. Instead I can tackle one action at a time. It will be interesting to see how I have progressed in six months or so.
mugunthkumar's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Should have been a blog post. For the content presented, the book is too long
kerrym33's review
4.0
I listened to this on audio and it seems to lay out a good, common sense method for organizing and tackling tasks and projects both personal and professional. I have just started implementing the approach but I would definitely recommend the book to any busy professional.
shikogo's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Perhaps the best productivity book out there, with a surprisingly human outlook that goes against today's toxic "hustle culture".
sherryl's review
2.0
Even the revised edition of this is outdated. It really is organization 101, for those with zero idea how to organize a to do list. I was hoping for a little motivation and psychology behind productivity but this book focuses on filing systems. Paper ones at that. My only take away from this is that if a task takes less than 2 minutes then do it right away. Also write everything down you need to do so that you're not always trying to remember things. Nothing new there.
danielmbensen's review
5.0
--a terrifying whirlwind that organizes your office. Or if you prefer, "the Konmari method for calendar nerds."
The basic idea is that you are besieged by thoughts when you fail to "capture" them in a system that you trust to deal with them. The voice in your head saying "buy bananas" won't shut up until you write "buy bananas" on your shopping list. But exactly what should that list look like? How you should use it? How does it connect with other organizational systems you have running?
This book is very dense. I listened to Getting Things Done as an audiobook and the mood it put me in ranged from "frenetic" to "frantic." I'm going to have to order the physical book and read through it slowly because there's so much here. I'm looking forward to it.
The basic idea is that you are besieged by thoughts when you fail to "capture" them in a system that you trust to deal with them. The voice in your head saying "buy bananas" won't shut up until you write "buy bananas" on your shopping list. But exactly what should that list look like? How you should use it? How does it connect with other organizational systems you have running?
This book is very dense. I listened to Getting Things Done as an audiobook and the mood it put me in ranged from "frenetic" to "frantic." I'm going to have to order the physical book and read through it slowly because there's so much here. I'm looking forward to it.