If you’ve been reading here long you’ll notice I mention “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. The book has become one of those cult type smash hits with the geek / office crowd and is quickly becoming a way of life, a philosophy.
“Getting Things Done” is a short and easy to read book and doesn’t try to lock you into doing things their way. You want to use index cards and paper clips, fine. You want to use manilla folders and a filing cabinet, knock yourself silly, big guy. But the idea of “Getting Things Done” is to develop a system that you trust to capture all the information you’ve got cluttering up your mind adding stress to your life. The goal is a stress free productivity that will help you get a handle on your life and reduce stress. The subtitle for the book says it all “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”.
The book focuses on how to capture input and sort it into “contexts” that make sense and then keep tabs on these items with the all important weekly review. I started reading GTD when my wife got sick. I was already a bit of a productivity geek and some of the things David Allen teaches (preaches?) in his book I was already doing, but David put it all together in a way that appeals to my need for reducing stress and keeping things organized and easy to deal with.
Don’t just take my word for it, Getting Things Done is huge. Check out these resources:
* 43 Folders Getting Started with Getting Things Done
* 43 Folders Wiki on Getting Things Done, probably one of my favorite GTD links!
* Office Zealot’s GTD page
* Wikipedia’s Getting Things Done page
* MineZone’s Wiki Notes from Getting Things Done
This week also happens to be Buy a Friend A Book Week so use this as an excuse to get your own copy and buy one for a friend in the office or within your group of friends and colleagues. If you only get one book on productivity and organization, make it his one.
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