Getting Things Done - by David Allen | Derek Sivers

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Classic book with near-cult following. How to manage every last itty bitty tiny thing in your life. Keep your inbox empty. Re-read 16 years later. Still great. TWO KEY OBJECTIVES: 1 - Capture all things into a logical and trusted system 2 - Make decisons about all the inputs you let into your life, so that you will always have a plan for next actions Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen. If you could keep life in general more in check — no residence moves, no relationship changes — you might be able to create a rhythm and system of managing it that would allow for some relaxed stability. We’re allowing in huge amounts of information and communication from the outer world and generating an equally large volume of ideas and agreements with others and ourselves from the inner world. Distracted by your mind wandering to other things going on in your life, impelled to check e-mail for potentially

TWO KEY OBJECTIVES: 1 - Capture all things into a logical and trusted system 2 - Make decisons about all the inputs you let into your life, so that you will always have a plan for next actions Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen. If you could keep life in general more in check — no residence moves, no relationship changes — you might be able to create a rhythm and system of managing it that would allow for some relaxed stability. We’re allowing in huge amounts of information and communication from the o

Getting Things Done - by David Allen | Derek Sivers

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