I’m a big fan of personal development (Tony Robbins, Stephen Covey, Tony Buzan, Robert Allen, and Brian Tracy to name but a few), but after years of books and seminars, I had so much going on in my head that the ability to walk on hot coals unharmed (yes, twice) wasn’t great at helping me when drowning in e-mails.
The good folks at Nightingale Conant caught me at the right point in late 2002 (just after my job had been downsized), and I bought the Getting Things Done CD’s. These are the live recordings of a seminar by David Allen, and they have genuinely changed my life. (Read my comments from Spring 2003 on how I felt then).
I’ve lent the CDs to several friends who’ve been similarly impressed (and bought labelmakers too). For most people, e-mail inboxes are the sign of being out of control in the amount of input we allow into our lives. Julie Daniel – a GTD coach in the UK, has this to say about Keeping Your In-Box “Real”
