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Review: Ready For Anything, 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done by David Allen

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Review: Ready For Anything, 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done by David Allen.

ISBN-10: 0143034545
ISBN-13: 978-0143034544

PROS:

  • Advice is presented in intense, “bite-sized” sets of tips that make for easy reading.
  • Little wasted space
  • Stories help illustrate the points.
  • Comes with insightful exercises to get the most out of the advice – and shock you into awareness.

CONS:

  • You really have to read “Getting Things Done” to get the most value out of the book.

SUMMARY: An indispensable, insight-filled companion to “Getting Things Done” – just read that book first.

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Take A Look at ‘The Flaw’

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I know a lot of you would really like to understand how the economic meltdown happened. Well, OK some of you, as we’re not all econogeeks like yours truly. It’s kind of hard to wrap your mind around everything that happened.

May I then recommend The Flaw which is available at Netflix? Weirdly it’s tag “what happens when the rich get richer” doesn’t really sum up the film’s scope, but I suppose it sells well.

It’s an interview-based documentary on the economic meltdown of 2008, told via interviewing people in the middle of it, analyzing it, and involved in it. Stringing together these interviews it creates a smart narrative – and does so without a lot of doomsaying and drama. It’s an oddly human take on a horrible occurrence, which is one of its strengths.

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A Fantastic Review of “Quest For Employment”

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Over at Cosplay With a Brain, Yunie has produced one of the most detailed reviews of Quest For Employment I’ve seen.  It’s so detailed, I may need to refer to THIS when I speak on the book (which is coming up by the way).

This is a fantastic review as it seriously, seriously explores what the book is about (gods knows what she’d do with a larger book . . .).  It’s also very well-written.  If you’ve read the book – or are thinking of getting it – go here.

Also you know, this is pro-level writing, maybe someone should offer her some opportunities . . .

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.