====== getting things done ======

David Allen. Getting Things Done. Penguin Books. 2001.

//"The Art of Stress-Free Productivity"//

That sounds like //exactly// what I need. I learned of this book serendipitously looking for a DokuWiki plugin. One of the plugins' descriptions mentioned the "Getting Things Done" (**GTD**) methodology. Googling curiously, I discovered a very interesting method for organizing ones work and life, and the book //Getting Things Done//.

What attracts me to the GTD method is that is sounds like an improved version of techniques I have been experimenting with on my own in desperation to improve my productivity at work. My opinion of self-help techniques in general is that they consist of about 80% obvious common sense and about 20% potentially useful insight the applicability of which is greatly limited by the personalities of the practitioner and those around him. "That's a great idea, but I could never act that way/it would never fly in my office." GTD is probably the same, but I am hopeful that this is one method that's a match for my personality, and I'll be able to fruitfully apply at least partially.

At 1333 JPY the book isn't a big investment. It arrived from Amazon Japan yesterday. I put it in my brief case this morning and began reading on my way in to work. I'll let you know how it goes.


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