![]() ![]() The last thing that struck me was the downplaying of contexts. It gives the book even more gravitas since Allen now references almost 40 years of personal experience and knowledge. He writes more about being agile with your systems rather than being specific which helps with the longevity of the book but makes it less instructional than the original.Īnother big change is a new reflective tone in the book, that encapsulates the last 15 years of experience as the original book has grown into a movement. David Allen has tried to make this book readable for the next 15 years without another re-write so while there are references to "smart phones", "digital systems" and "social media" that is about as far as he goes. The first noticeable change in the rewrite is the removal of very specific tools and technologies. The core philosophies of course, have remained intact. The original content of the book have grown more and more dated, from references to PDAs to a lack of real digital task managers made people reading the book after 2010 feel a little lost. The 5 key concepts of capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage make up the pillars of the methodology and do produce results. In a quick nutshell GTD is about getting things out of your mind and into a system that alleviates stress and increases productivity. ![]() ![]() The book landed in my hands in 2004 after a bout with serious procrastination and some Google searching for "how to solve procrastination." The original reviews got me to read the book and I have never looked back. The original Getting Things Done was published in 2001 and started a productivity movement that grows by leaps and bounds. Here at Arkus, it is core to our organizational belief system so it is with great excitement that I get to review the re-written Gettings Things Done. Anyone who knows me for more than a minute knows I am huge fan of David Allen and practitioner (some say preacher) of the Getting Things Done ® (GTD ®) productivity methodology. ![]()
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