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This book and the straightforward system it popularized may be your quickest path to getting organized and keeping things that way. You need little more than a scrappy notebook and a pen or pencil to put it to work, but there is an immense community of GTD'ers out there, and as a result, tons of free resources. Like the two free downloads below!
GTD Workflow - Advanced  321KB
The entire system on one sheet
GTD Workflow - Simple 147KB
Much easier on the eye and to the point.
Or just get the darn thing on Amazon |
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This book is full of Tim Ferriss' self-aggrandizing accomplishments, and a little heavy on the entitled white kid worldview. But it's equally full of great ideas to help you unhinge from your habits and tackle things in a new, more efficient, profitable and rewarding way. The fellow has done his homework.
Get it on Amazon if you like. |
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One of the things that keeps us from doing the things we think we want to do is habit. And how can you change your habits, if you don't know what they are and how they work? The Power of Habit explores all this, and in a practical way that you can apply to your actual life.
Get it on Amazon |
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43 Folders contains a wealth of information on organization and task
management. The name is a reference to the classic tickler file system, which is based on rotating tasks by
physically rotating folders, 31 for days of the month, and 12 for months of the year. |
The Noguchi Filing System is an even simpler version of the tickler file, and is obviously easy to personalize, since the basic idea relies on simple 9x12 or A4 envelopes. Ian personally uses a variation of this method, relying on little more than a clipboard! |
