At some point a few months (years??) ago I decided I wasn't productive enough and I read David Allen's Getting Things Done. Great, I thought. I'll just implement this system and I'll be on my way. Well, I never managed to keep up with it. It was just too much.

I'm actually using Forster's new system Autofocus, but this book provides related information. I've only just started using it (2 weeks), but so far it's been great. It's so simple and I am being insanely productive.

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While I personally really enjoyed the content of the book and some key points were real eye-openers for me, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for anyone.

Some of it might seem extremely basic to already decently organized people. I was not one of those however and I've gotten some really good advice to apply in my own life.

Reading productivity books is so much better than getting actual work done. From this one I picked up: don't take on too much, don't rush after the most recent inbox entry (unless you really have to), keep a "backlog" list and pick one "stalled" thing to be your focus, i.e. first thing you work on each morning.
Didn't bother with the exercises, but.

Best, simplest system for being productive. Helped me get the better of resistance. Has now been bested by Forster's new, even simpler method, discussed here .

Skimmed some of it but will think about the ideas and may revisit it later.

Its a good book. The most simple of the productivity books I've read but it also means a very simple system. You either do stuff or you don't, so for him one's things to do list is binary and there is no need to prioritize per se. The title comes from the fact that one of the main points of the book is to push off any non-emergency activities to the next day. In so doing it frees up your day to do things that you planned the day before which gives you much more room to be realistic about how much work you do during the workday and limits the interruptions that will limit your ability to focus.

The "quizzes" in each of the chapters is also a nice touch to drive his point home. Very good read.

Я не понял, откуда такая повальная любовь к этой книге. Автор уныло и надменно толкает свой подход. В нем есть норм моменты, есть безумные моменты, но нет системности. Фостер всё время говорит про важность принципов, но в самой книге их то ли нет, то ли он не может их нормально объяснить.

Система у Фостера довольна простая:
* Have a clear vision
* One thing at a time
* Little and often
* Limits
* Closed lists
* Reduce randomness
* Commitment v. interest

Две самые полезные идеи про то, что закрытые списки мотивируют лучше (привет Платина в играх на PlayStation) и что почти все входящие задачки можно отложить в бэклог до завтра (но я и сам так делаю интуитивно).

А вообще, претензии мои будут примерно одинаковые к любой книге про тайм-менеджмент:
* К чему вообще этот пере-угар по эффективности и таскам? Суета какая-то. Буддисты бы не одобрили.
* Работать будет почти любая система (как в терапии любой вид структуры дает эффект после хаоса). Так что нет большого смысла залипать в детали конкретного метода. Лучше бы авторы описывали принципы эффективной работы, предлагали что-то типа конструктора, из которого каждый может сам себе собрать систему.
* И в целом, мне не нравится фокус на перфекционизм у таких авторов. "Задача должна быть сделана хорошо или даже не стоит за нее браться." Лучше бы принятию поучились.

the Book talks About the Latest tips of Managing time and Its Very Helpful in deed

Very easy to follow book. There are a lot of techniques and tools to improve your work.

Best productivity book I've read. 100% recommended.

TL; DR: worth reading.
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