Making it All Work is David Allen's latest work. If you are only getting one book on organizing. Purchase this one. It is much less about the specific "how to" of organzing and more about the why. It enables you to construct your own customized system for making everything in your life work. ( )

I've read Getting Things Done and it appealed to the right brain in me. Making It All Work spoke to me on a more emotional level. I like that he approached the subject from a different angle. It helped me realize some of the different ways I could think about an approach the many things I'm trying to manage and accomplish with my life. ( )

I've read Getting Things Done by David. It was life changing for me. This book is not. The only thing I find useful is the slightly expanded chapters on the different horizons, which is renamed perspective in this book. Reading GTD again may be more useful. This book is useful if you have trouble applying GTD to your life. It'll give you more examples how on to use them. But ultimately, the process and principles do not change. It's the actions you take that'll change your work, your life. :) ( )

each time I pick up one of David Allen's book I feel so understood. ( )

For those who have read and/or familiar with Allen's Getting Things Done, this is a great follow-up. If you like Allen's strategies for organization and general productivity, but occasionally find yourself "falling off the wagon," this book will help.

The book elucidates the major mindsets crucial to GTD, but sometimes gets too wrapped up in its philosophical approach. The "horizons of focus" will cloud your system if you worry about implementing them as actual co...more For those who have read and/or familiar with Allen's Getting Things Done, this is a great follow-up. If you like Allen's strategies for organization and general productivity, but occasionally find yourself "falling off the wagon," this book will help.

The book elucidates the major mindsets crucial to GTD, but sometimes gets too wrapped up in its philosophical approach. The "horizons of focus" will cloud your system if you worry about implementing them as actual components, rather than a way to encapsulate the entire GTD process. If you are interested in GTD as a system, I recommend that you start with the book of the same title, rather than this one.

The book contains some very helpful appendices, including a "project planning trigger list" to make sure that your mind dumps are complete, leaving no stone unturned.

Allen uses this book to address his critics, and does an admirable job. Much of the criticism of GTD has been aimed at purists or those who take Allen's ideas to an extreme. Allen allows for a certain amount of flexibility and custom-tailoring (indeed, mandates it) and this book will help you do that. ( )