Zen to Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity SystemThe Ultimate Simple Productivity System

- Small Notebook is the best way to capture things.
- Everything should be done as simple as possible.
- The best way to be productive is to find one single goal and do everything to achieve it.
- One habit at a time.
- Find passion. There is no other way to be happy with your job.

Minimalistic version of ZTD is amazing and really fits to my idea of life and to my new lifestyle desing. Amazing and short book. Much better to listen/read after GTD by David Allen.

I cannot tell you how much i have struggled to get my life organised. The flow of this system worked for me. I had read GTD before and totally agreed with it's premise but never really implemented it in full (and then gave up). ZTD simplified the system in a way that gels with my way of thinking and working. I now carry a notepad everywhere (I am on on step 3 now) and even doing that one step changed my entire approach. After listening to this book I felt entirely capable of making the changes. The steps outlined do not require an entire overhaul of your life. If you are struggling to get yourself in order - this is the system you should look into. Simple, straightforward and very effective.
Thank you.

This is GTD as it should be - and I have listed to both books and the ZTD approach works for me. I love how you can organise you life with a notepad, a pen and some simple inboxes. Thats it!

I was introduced first with GTD. GTD is excellent. But if I was to make a choice which product is more effective, simple, better result and succinct in delivering the goods... then ZTD gets my vote.

New or original content. Coherent structure, lack of annoying redundancy...

An unorganized rehash of David Allen, who does it better. Seems like a bunch of blog posts hurriedly turned into a book.

'Aside from the occasionally mispronounced word e.g. "moleskin" for "Moleskine"... he is an excellent and very professional narrator.

Might be good for someone unfamiliar with these concepts, but as another reviewer noted, it does assume a certain amount of familarity..

Skip this, go to David Allen.

It depends.. The speaker uses many acronyms and references to other goal-setting material, and the content assumes that the listener already has all of this knowledge. It takes perhaps halfway through the book before some of it starts to make sense. If someone had prior knowledge of some of these terms that the author uses (like GTD) then sure, I would recommend. But not for just picking up off the shelf.

It depends.. The speaker uses many acronyms and references to other goal-setting material, and the content assumes that the listener already has all of this knowledge. It takes perhaps halfway through the book before some of it starts to make sense. If someone had prior knowledge of some of these terms that the author uses (like GTD) then sure, I would recommend. But not for just picking up off the shelf.

The speaker's tone was soft and lilting, not high-performance nor energetic. I suppose this is to play on the "zen" idea, but if I am looking for goal setting motivation, I'd expect to hear energy and excitement in the speaker. His delivery was more spa-like.

I suppose. I will listen to it again for some of the nuggets that were worth learning.

Simplicity is key

Lively, yet serious reading style is sometimes unnecessarily theatrical

Babauta provides step-by-step instructions on how to develop a productivity system without becoming overwhelmed. I've only implemented a few steps and already see a difference in productivity!

No

Maybe if it was longer and it recieved good reviews

No. It seem artificial and unnatural

Irritation

In general this was just too short to be usefull. Every time it scratched at something interesting it jumped to a new topic...

The information was a nice amendment to the GTD system by David Allen.

I would recommend the book, but not the audiobook.

He sounded computer generated.

Sigh. No.

I loved the author's focus on changing your habits, and the step-by-step instruction is well-articulated. Found myself taking notes!

See above.

NA

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Listened to this organizational book during my morning commute. Very simple ideas. Loved the flexibility of this system.