"Getting things done" par David Allen | Recension de T. Getting Things Done David Allen Changed my life in September 2005 During the early stages of my adult life, my time management was truly awful. I would waste time in complete idleness on a daily basis and spend other times simply struggling to know where to start with larger projects. I was fairly strong in a strictly professional sense because I had some natural vision, but in terms of managing my own life, I was abysmal and I knew it. I tried a number of personal productivity philosophies and nothing worked. I went to some seminars and they just didn’t click. I kept finding myself returning to the same old ruts of doing the same old stuff. In mid-2005, two things happened almost simultaneously that changed everything.
I didn’t know anything about GTD at the time, so I ordered Getting Things Done and read it. It did. What’s it about? This is the best capsule description of the book that I’ve come across, far better than anything I could have come up with. Get everything out of your head. Simple GTD Moleskine Hack. "Getting things done" de David Allen | Recension de Tr. Each Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity or personal development book. From my perspective, David Allen’s Getting Things Done is the book on modern personal productivity. It really has changed my life significantly, as I’ve written about in the past and alluded to a few times, but I’ve never really reviewed the book itself in detail. To alleviate that, I pulled out my well-worn and repeatedly hand-annotated copy of Getting Things Done and read through it again, trying to see it again through the eyes of someone who is unfamiliar with the philosophy.
What follows are my notes on this walkthrough, which hopefully will provide more than enough detail to get the general ideas in the book and also make up your mind whether or not it’s something that’s right for you. What’s The Basic Premise? A Stroll Through Getting Things Done Allen suggests a “test the water” exercise that’s worth repeating here. Process When you’re ready to start accomplishing, process your inbox. 5 Simple, Effective GTD Tools. Post written by Leo Babauta. Recently I posted my new twist on the excellent GTD system, Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System.
This is the fifth in a series of posts exploring each of the 10 Habits. Are you a fan of GTD? What’s your trusted system? Many followers of GTD get caught up in fiddling with the tools, with creating complicated systems, changing tools and systems every week or two, instead of actually getting things done. ZTD Habit 5: simple trusted system – keep simple lists, check daily. GTD asks you to place your tasks (“next actions”) in a series of context lists, such as @work, @phone, @home, @errands, @waiting, etc. That’s the easy part. Simple GTD: This is my favorite, and the one I use right now. Once you’ve selected a tool, set up your lists, and keep them simple!
The next part of this habit, and really the most important part (more important than the tool you use), is checking your lists every day. GTD on the cheap.