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For advanced time management   November 10, 2001

Read it, did it, loved it.


It Works!   October 20, 2001
  8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I've been looking to a way of making things happen, to feel that work flows and to feel like my brain can stay focused in what I'm doing, instead of all what I'm not doing. This book has been the answer (to almost all the questions), a system simple enough that can be implemented and complex enough that it works in real life. I'm recommending it to my colleagues and sharing what I learned with my team. I'm sure that if all of them catch it we will be leaving home earlier and achieve more.

Thanks David!


A converted skeptic   October 13, 2001
  17 out of 17 found this review helpful

I have tried so many time management systems over ten years and never changed anything. David presented some fresh, innovative ways to approach managing your time, and surprised me. But he goes far beyond prioritization or "sector 2" activities made popular by Covey. He is correct in the premise, that to perform well, you must be able to relax. You must be able to get in the zone. When you apply his techniques, you will always know that you are presently doing exactly the best thing to be doing right now. No background worry about all the other things to do. It is such a liberating experience! I feel more alive thinking this way.


Highly Recommended!   September 27, 2001
  16 out of 17 found this review helpful

The metaphor of the stress-free mind as a still pond encapsulates the message of David Allen's best-selling book. When a stone is thrown into a pond, Allen points out, the size of the ripples correspond with the size of the stone, and getting the ripples of your mind to correspond with the size of the tasks on your to-do list is the essence of stress-free living. But you don't reach Allen's placid pond via a quiet Zen-like path. Instead, you calm the waters of your mind by building and maintaining a rigid organizational system that's so efficient that you never have to worry about any task once it's been fed into the machine. The popularity of this book probably owes as much to the stress level of the book-buying public as it does to the level of innovation to be found in Allen's organizing machine. The actual time-management techniques offered up by Allen can get lost in fancy jargon and fall short of his general observations about stress, productivity and the mind. But we [...] recommend this manual for a productive life to anyone looking for help in dealing with stress - you're sure to end up with a fresh notion or two in your in-box.



Plain, simple and very helpful   September 18, 2001
  8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I was a "Franklinized" person for years. The focus was great and all in one place. That was in the simple world of memo's and telephone messages. Seems like a century ago!

It no longer worked in the multiple email, voicemail and some snail mail world. Things were sticking out all over. I needed a new system.

Getting things done helped me re-focus again. I am learning (as it is a process) to reorganize both my thinking and organization. This will take time but with this easy to follow coaching tool, I will get there. Good Buy!