Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen (Paperback, 2015)

Should be taught in school

TLDR: Our brain is not made for dealing with multiple complex projects or for keeping track of meetings, deadlines, to-do and shopping lists etc. To not get stressed or overwhelmed by modern life, you need to set up an "external brain": a system you can trust to keep all this info AND remind you of it when YOU need it to. The book helps you create such a system.

David's system lets you capture the dozens or hundreds of small and large to-dos going on in your life, decide what to do with them, review it from time to time and act based on them so that you can trust yourself that any moment you are doing what you should be doing (and not feel anxious about what you're NOT doing).

It's the kind of book one re-reads every few years to get more and more out of it. While he says the whole system takes a couple of years to became habitual in your life, you can get a lot of mileage from doing small bits of it right away. Frankly, I'm somewhat pissed it's not taught in school or that no one before had told me about it (it first came out around the turn of the century). Anyway, but it, read at least the first two chapters and start making it into a life habit as you read the rest of it.Read full review

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Best book in the subject

Being 40 with lots of work and home commitments this book allows me to change the way I organise myself. Simple things that no one really tell you but should be obligatory at school level to ease your grownup life Read full review

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One of the best purchases I made for my business

I bought this book because I share productivity and time management tips on my Instagram page @processtoolbox.

I thought I’ll only review the book and share the tips with my audience. But instead it inspired me to build a productivity system for content creators!

I’ll totally recommend Read full review

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Very useful for productivity

Liked the book. Find it very relevant to current digital trends and how to address the challenges

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Good stuff, very interesting book indeed

Good book , worth a read for sure

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Excellent reading!

Brilliant update to the first edition

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Great ideas

Great service and a great read

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All good

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Very happy with purchase

Brilliant book

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Loving it

Amazing read

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