Master Getting Things Done the David Allen Way with Evernote

We live in an ever-competitive world that sometimes simply seems to ask too much of the people. Yes, okay, maybe it's not the world who demands that but the employers, however, the fact remains that living in times of uncertainty, and in an insecure economic climate, can take its toll when it comes to our well-being.As someone who's spent her whole life working in advertising I know quite a lot when it comes to competition, tight schedules, nerve-wrecking situations and so forth. The clients always ask for the best, and they have every right to do so, and then the bosses pass on the pressure to the employees to produce the results they expect. The employees though, more often than not, are exhausted people, who have worked hundreds of hours too many, and whose energy levels don't always remain high. So what are they supposed to do? How are they supposed to deliver?These are just two of the question that the book at hand sets out to answer, and it does that in a convincing way. If I was to say that this book helped save my career I would be underselling it. When I first set my eyes on it, I felt spent, done for, and very close to resigning my job. But then I started reading, and following the tips and advice offered in here, and things changed. All of a sudden I found myself at the top of my game again. All it took was a little bit of time and the regeneration of my ability to believe in myself.

I read another guide by David Gold and decided against using Evernote as my GTD app. Then David Allen Co came out with the Evernote GTD user guide and I read it and reconsidered. I then re-read Mr Golds book and read this book as well as the web site called The Secret Weapon. I set up my Evernote using a combination of the various books I read and have decided to use Evernote as my GTD app after all. The main reason being the the various ways of getting info into Evernote. Email (in full - not just some hyperlink), voice notes photos etc all go to my Evernote inbox and I can then process it and use Evernote as a one stop shop. So far so good.I recommend reading this book as well as Mr Golds book as well as the Evernote user guide from David Allen company and finally The Secret Weapon web site. The alternative is to use an App already designed to use with GTD. However, using Evernote gives you 1) the ability to tweak it exactly the way you want it 2) one place to hold everything and not have to go back and refer to your e-msils in Outlook/GMail, etc 3) the same area where your reference material is stored.Between these short reads you can set up Evernote to be a one stop shop for you as well!

I was never a believer of the various how-to-guides, as I have always thought that I knew better how to do things. "What could a book tell me that I don't know already?" I kept asking my friends, who were suggesting this or that title to me. And the truth is that for most of my life I did just fine. It was always easy for me to get a job, it was easy to succeed and then move on to something different. However as time went by my luck or my skills have started to evaporate; or at least that's how I felt. It was as if I've lost my magic touch, like I could never become my old confident self again. And the thing is I'm still comparatively young, in my mid-forties.I can't even start to tell you have many times I have heard my friends and colleagues saying that probably I've suffered from a middle-life crisis. And I can't tell you exactly how agree I felt when I heard that. No, I wanted to yell at them, no, middle-life crisis doesn't suit me. It didn't. I have always been an energetic person and I thought that I would remain so until the day I die. "I must be sick", I thought, "I must suffer from something." But what?Well, I did what people of my generation know how to do best, I have searched the web. And it took me only a few moments to realize that I wasn't the only person with those `symptoms'. So I kept searching. I've visited webpages, blogs and forums, and I've followed dozens of links until I've reached my final destination: this book.It was the title that grabbed my attention; Getting Things Done, that's exactly the thing that I've always excelled in. I bought it and started reading it straight away, and soon enough I came to understand what my `illness' was. Yes, it had a name and it was called `routine'. I had to change myself, change things, and everything would go back to normal, or at least that was my hope.The author, who seems to have applied the methods and principles he suggests in his own life, says that: "The principles are based on basic, common sense procedures; by modifying old habits and implementing effective new behaviors, I was able to apply the methods in all areas of my life. It became possible to direct my attention, thus improving my productivity and eliminating stress. The results represented a significant shift that virtually simplified every aspect of my life."That was exactly what I wanted to do too. So I've started changing little by little, getting rid of some of my old routines and adopting new ones, adding a thing or two in my everyday life, and trying to believe with all my heart that sooner rather than later things would change for the better. As I was so used to my way of life it took me more time than I expected, but once I've reached the tipping point, well, I got an improved version of my old self back. I'd recommend this book to everyone who feels down and out, as they say, as it could really help them improve their lives.

Detailed instructions on how to turn Evernote into a task management tool, which is what I wanted to read about and why I bought the book. But there are so many good to do list and team management apps and programs that are more intuitive and natively designed to manage your tasks. I love Evernote and use it as my "second brain" - there is a good illustration in this book with a box which asks "Is it Actionable." Personally I feel Evernotes strength is in its ability to deal with things that aren't actionable, and use todoist or a similar task manager for the rest.The book is short but well written, but didn't provide the ah ha moment I was hoping for with regard to the way I use Evernote.

Good book which explains the best way to combine GTD with Evernote to further increase personal productivity.PLUS POINTS: short, hence a quick and easy read; easy to apply; easily searchable on Kindle or other e-readerDOWNSIDE: the book does give overviews of both GTD and Evernote, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to implement the practices in the book unless you have some prior experience of both GTD and EvernoteRecommended both for Evernote users looking to refine their personal productivity and GTD practitioners looking to move towards an electronic implementation (instead of paper based)

Don't get me wrong, it's not as bad as some low quality books I've read. You know the one where it's basically just and advert for the authors low quality premium service. But it just feels as it's a collection of blog posts supplemented by an eLance writer trying to up the word count on his book.Better of reading the original GTD book and using common sense to implement it on Evernote...

This is an excellent book even if you have not read Allen's original Getting Things Done (GTD). It is a clear and practical way to get into the system and more importantly, exactly how to set up Evernote in actually using the GTD system (or OneNote for that matter if you use that application) You will probably need to do more reading about the GTD system. This is fine, as it leaves the reader to decide whether they want to research further rather than be put off having to start a much longer book.I would probably have commented that you can use other applications - OneNote is the obvious choice because of its tight integration with the Outlook email and scheduling client.Well worth the money and you get a surprise download at the end of the book about overcoming procrastination.

I have been trying to find a task manager for a long time. Everthing i tried was not frexible enough. Evernote is very flexible but without knowing the way to setup the system it was hard to implement a task manager. This book showed me the wat.