Product Description

The secret to getting more checks on that to-do-list …

As companies and workers are being pressured to do more for less, new ways of becoming more time-productive are essential. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Things Done gives readers the tools they need to increase personal productivity in the workplace, including how to visualize short- and long-term goals, tear down the walls of procrastination, manage energy instead of time, streamline work space, run productive meetings, work effectively with others, and more.

-Over the past 10 years, American productivity has risen 46% while hours worked have remained flat (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

-Books on personal productivity sell very well

-Author’s related book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time, is phenomenally successful

-Author is a nationally recognized speaker

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127564 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781592574216
• Condition: New
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About the Author
Jeff Davidson, M.B.A., C.M.C., is the author of over 25 books including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Stress. He is a nationally recognized consultant, educator, and public speaker, and the founder of The Breathing Space Institute, a firm specializing in time management for individuals and organizations.

Customer Reviews

Disappointed
I was excited about getting this book, but once I got into reading it, I was disappointed in the actual content. It promises quite a bit, and to me, seems to suffer from "breadth not depth" when it comes to most of the topics.

The introductory material is engaging, and I found myself identifying with much of what he says and being excited to move forward. But after the setup, the actual content was underwhelming.

For example, I was looking forward to reading about delegating & managing projects with other people on your team, but disappointed to find recommendations like "assign tasks to people with the best skillset for that task." I found lots of those letdowns throughout the book.

Others have obviously found it helpful, but for me, it tried to cover too much and ended up mostly stating the obvious.

OK, but not great
I was decidedly unimpressed when the author proudly proclaimed that he never read instruction manuals, then goes on to describe how he builds his own document on...get this...how to do specific tasks! Isn't that the purpose of an instruction manual?

Further, he prefers to burn the time of an "expert" in the area to get them to tell him how to do certain things.

I should add that this is after several pages of describing how a little time spent up front will make many tasks ahead of you go more quickly and smoothly.

I made the mistake of buying this book, and then buying "TCIGT Managing Your Time" before I noticed they were by the same author. Ouch.

I suppose if you have no clue about how to do the most basic of aspects of getting organized and managing your time, this book will probably do you some good. But I would recommend David Allen's book "Getting Things Done", which is full of much more detailed, and to me, relevant, information.

This book will help you
If you have read some of the other popular books out there on getting things done, and found that they actually increase your work load instead ofto streamline it, you might want to give this book a try. In a very methodical, easy to follow approach the author lays out a plan for you to be more effective and efficient. Each chapter focuses on a specific component of being more productive and each is relatively easy to get through. Even before I finished this book, I was eager to put some of the suggestions into practice.