Anticipating Getting Things Done

David Allen. Getting Things Done. Penguin Books. 2001.

"The Art of Stress-Free Productivity"

That sounds like exactly what I need. I learned of this book
serendipitously looking for a DokuWiki plugin. One of the plugins'
descriptions mentioned the "Getting Things Done" (GTD)
methodology. Googling curiously, I discovered a very interesting
method for organizing ones work and life, and the book Getting Things
Done.

What attracts me to the GTD method is that is sounds like an improved
version of techniques I have been experimenting with on my own in
desperation to improve my productivity at work. My opinion of
self-help techniques in general is that they consist of about 80%
obvious common sense and about 20% potentially useful insight the
applicability of which is greatly limited by the personalities of the
practitioner and those around him. "That's a great idea, but I could
never act that way/it would never fly in my office." GTD is probably
the same, but I am hopeful that this is one method that's a match for
my personality, and I'll be able to fruitfully apply at least
partially.

At 1333 JPY the book isn't a big investment. It arrived from Amazon
Japan yesterday. I put it in my brief case this morning and began
reading on my way in to work. I'll let you know how it goes.