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Organize IT recap for 07th March 2008

• It’s on! A few weeks ago I asked you, my loyal readers, to share what you felt was wrong about GTD, and what you didn’t like about it. Now it’s my turn. As promised, on Monday I will publish my own thoughts. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out!
• In preparation for me bringing out my overly-critical side, LifeDev has a nice, friendly collection of reasons why you should adopt GTD in your life.
• David Allen has released a new audiobook. It’s a three CD set covering the weekly review. Its length is three hours… what can he possibly say about the weekly review that could last that long? David’s site has audio previews to check out, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
• In what will be a good news for all simplicity fans everywhere, USA Today has a post discussing how due to the slow economy people are increasingly cutting down on small pleasures. It’s now cooler to not spend, apparently. Agree?

Another month has gone by and it’s time to showcase some price slices of Organize IT content to dip into. As ever, if you’ve missed any of these posts please do check them out. I always like to read comments and feedback! Don’t forget to subscribe if you want to keep up to date with the latest content.

• 8 Reasons Why You Should Start A Blog Today
• The Organize IT Habits: Always Ask Why And How
• The Art Of Conversation: Main Topics Of Conversation
• Self-Help Myths: Expand Your Comfort Zone
• Ask The Readers: What Don’t You Like About GTD?
• When Productivity Becomes An Habit

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In a recent recap I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Then yesterday I came across a similar post, claiming that the pursuit of productivity has ended up out of control. It seems that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives. Who needs productivity when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half?

Organize IT recap for 29th February 2008

• It’s interview central at the moment. Firstly Zen Habits has an exclusive interview with Stephen Covey of 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People fame. Next Web Worker Daily has an equally impressive three part discussion with David Allen, who you will no doubt know as the man behind Getting Things Done. Both links will make for fascinating reading.
• It’s all the rage in the business world nowadays to do more with less. That’s all well and good until you find yourself having to serve five impatient customers at once or trying to juggle between an handful of high priority projects at the same time. I’m seeing ripples of discontent towards this attitude at the moment and a lot is being written dismissing it. Lifehack.org has one such article worth checking out. What are your thoughts on current business trends?
• 7P Productions has a very good primer on Getting Things Done. In a recent post asking what readers disliked about GTD, many of you commented on its complexity and how difficult it was to implement it, so posts like this that distill GTD down are always very useful.

I’ve been reading, practicing and blogging about productivity, GTD and various related topics for around two years now. I wish I could remember more clearly what set me on this road, there was certainly no major epiphany or one big moment. I probably came across an interesting article on lifehacking and GTD through Digg or some similar site. It sounded intriguing and useful so I continued to read into it more. I do remember buying Getting Things Done at the airport as reading material for the flight and holiday ahead though though :)