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My Favorite Productivity Expert Speaks at Google


I am a major fan of David Allen‘s Getting Things Done, and credit his work for helping me achieve so many of my goals. It is one of the finest systems I am currently aware of for helping you to get organized and clear your mind.

David Allen‘s approach to managing yourself and your world may be amongst the best productivity advice you ever receive, too. It is profoundly practical, realistic, hands-on, and superbly focused with hundreds of tips, tools, and techniques for improving your personal productivity.

Getting Things Done has turned out to be one of the most important books I’ve ever read in my life.

But if you don’t entirely trust my exuberance for Getting Things Done, just read the nearly 400 reader reviews at Amazon, which are overwhelmingly five-star reviews. In particular, check out the review from Don Mitchell, an Amazon Top-Ten Reviewer, who gave it his highest rating and provided an in-depth overview of the book, including stating that:

"The process advocated by this book is described with lots of systems flow charts that will appeal to all of the engineers and left-brained people. The right-brained people will find lots of discussions about emotions, feelings, and stress. So both types of thinkers should do well with this material."


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Posted On Jan 14, 2008
Vital Votes, as we speak, is actually doing the opposite for me!  Instead of getting things done, I'm on here - I swear I'm addicted to this thing! 


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Posted On Jan 14, 2008
New to Natural:  You are getting things done. 

You are learning vital life-saving information, networking with other people interested in healthy life styles, and enjoying the discussion.

That is what I tell my husband, anyway. :))

That is my story, and I am sticking to it!

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I totally agree! I can't get enough of this stuff. It's endless! I wish I had more time!

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Posted On Jan 11, 2008
Vital Votes helps 'get things done', faster, in terms of daily updates on vetted health information.

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Posted On Jan 11, 2008
Boy is this the truth.

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Posted On Jan 11, 2008
Thanks for the advice.  I am going to check it out!
Pepsi taught me to be a "list queen" so I am always looking for new, and brighter ideas.

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Posted On Jan 14, 2008
I cannot recommend Getting Things Done too highly or thank Dr. Mercola too much for alerting me to its existence.

There are few books that have the power to significantly change one's life for the better. Getting Things Done is such a book. Another one is The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns.



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