Would you like to have more energy, be more relaxed, and get a lot more done with much less effort?

Who wouldn’t?

If the answer’s “yes” then David Allen’s Getting Things Done systematic approach to the “game of work” and the “business of life” is for you.

When I first came across David’s work in 1987, he was still, I believe, refining the practices that he later synthesised into Getting Things Done which he published in 2001 and remains an international best-seller. In 2001 I bought the book and started implementing, or rather transforming, the time management system I was then using into what is now known as the GTD systematic approach.

It was 2006 before I was able to attend one of David Allen’s seminars, which by then had become the GTD The RoadMap. At this I met David and was pleased to find him friendly, approachable and inquisitive about how I came across GTD and how I’d implemented the system.

Since then David has published Ready For Anything (in 2003) and his latest book, Making It All Work, was published in 2008.

I’m going to explain how I implemented GTD and how my systematic approach had developed over time and how it continues to evolve. I’ll also throw in some other productivity tips I’ve discovered along the way.

Keep reading to see one person’s insight into the system that works even for the laziest people on the planet!