David Allen's GTD system owes much to the simple, straightforward work of Ed Bliss. That said, if you're looking for a soup-to-nuts system, David Allen's Getting Things Done should be your first (and possibly only) stop; if followed with fanatical adherence, it produces fantastic results. Or so I hear from my friends who have been able to achieve this mythical state. And yes, I half-hoped that reading this book would Change My Life, and no, of course it didn't. What book can, right? Or at least, what book about productivity?

Great!

Although dated a bit in some parts regarding paperwork and written communication (as we live in the age of email now), the book has still given me many important distinctions and timeless principles that I will be incorporating in my daily routine to make it even more productive.

Waste of time:(

I tend to read a lot of books about motivation. This one is different because it focuses on the goal of the project, not the motivation to do it. I loved this easy read.

Read the book back in the days before email, when the computer age was in it’s infancy. Good ideas on time management.

Reread, was surprised I hadn't marked and rated it before. Easy to read and implement approach which also works well in adding to existing system that you are using. Tips are quite useful.

A wonderful time management book - it talks about all the different ways a person can save time by prioritizing tasks and handling them in ways to reduce time consumption. It addresses topics like procrastination, meetings, paper work, etc. The only downside of the book is that it was written in a pre-Internet era and hence does not talk about time management issues around email and other web-based distractions of the modern workplace.

I picked this out of the pile of rubbish in the tea room at work and it's taken me 2 years to get around to reading it....

I read the 1991 edition and it's quite amusingly dated. It's also full of trash, but I think I have (temporarily?) benefitted from it.

Full of great tips though it is dated - you can easily make the conversion from mail to emails, paper files to efiles. Time management is something I am currently working on and this book gave me some excellent and useful nuggets. It's worth the short 200pg read.

Set of straight to the point tools and tips on time management. Very generous for 2 hours lecture. Copy I read was from 1992 so some of the things seem to be a little outdated but most of the content is still applicable.

Really nice practical overview of time management practices, informative as well as motivating.

A bit out of date, of course, deals with paperwork rather than computers and emails but the core principles are still valid - you just need to add a finishing touch of Randy Pausch or sth to be well equipped with time management techniques for the 21st century