I've been on a quest of late to find some tool that could help me manage my work, home and personal projects effectively. That search has led me to an excellent book and a useful (and free) software program.
The book is entitled “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen ($9.00 at Amazon.com). It’s been around for the better part of a decade, and has been a hot seller all the while, for good reason.
David teaches the reader that stress is caused (mostly) by our brains being full of those things we need to do but haven’t done yet. As a result, our brains become overloaded and eventually completely ineffective.
His solution is to empty our brains of these things regularly into a trusted system that can remember and organize them for us. The keywords and phrases in that last sentence are: “regularly,” “trusted system” and “organize.” David describes such a system and gives us the motivation to implement it in whatever ways suit us best personally.
The software program I found to go along with this book is called “Thinking Rock” by Avente Pty Ltd, an Australian software company. Click here to go to their website. Besides being free, its appeal lies in the fact that it very closely follows David’s model, and that it’s available for MS Windows, Apple OS X and Linux.
Even if you don’t make use of the software (and if you use computers on a daily basis, you should), you’ll benefit tremendously by reading the book. I highly recommend it, and look forward to hearing success stories from those of you who have or will do so.
Empty your brain, buy the book, download the software and get it done.
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