Getting Things Done Book Fosters Online Craze

Posted on July 27, 2005

Wired reports that the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen has fostered a cult-like productivity craze online. Wired reports that blogs like 43 Folders and web "tags" on del.icio.us, Technorati and Flickr have been created by people following the book's productivity principles. A webpage on the David Allen Company website briefly explains what GTD is.

Simple yet profoundly effective, it embodies the radically common sense notion that with a complete and current inventory of all your commitments organized and reviewed in a systematic way, you can focus clearly, view your world from optimal angles, and make trusted choices about what to do (and not do) at any moment.

GTD includes an easy, step-by-step, highly effective method for achieving this relaxed, productive state. It includes:

Capturing anything and everything that has your attention

Defining actionable things discretely into outcomes and concrete next steps

Organizing reminders and information in the most streamlined way, in appropriate categories, based on how and when you need to access them

Keeping current and "on your game" with appropriately frequent reviews of the six horizons of your commitments (purpose, vision, goals, areas of focus, projects, and actions)

Author David Allen also has a blog which has more GTD tips and advice.

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