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August 24, 2004

"Stuck" vs. GTD - Keith Yamashita and a FastCo poll

Was just browsing the new Fast Company mag tonight and saw them publish the result of their reader poll they took about the most challenging state of "stuck" - inspired by Keith Yamashita's consulting and writing about getting un-stuck (p. 14). 41% said "directionless," 24% said "overwhelmed," 17% said "battle-worn," and 16% said "alone." Noteworthy that the two biggest stucknesses are generally cured by a sufficient dose of GTD. Fun to note, too, that Keith is a GTD champion (he took a seminar in Boston with me years ago), helped us get a look-and-feel for my first book, and is one of the most creative and intelligent folks I've ever run across. He puts that to good use in his work with corporate culture (like, the real thing). His new book, Unstuck: A Tool for Yourself, Your Team, and Your World is a great read and manual.

Posted by David at August 24, 2004 05:23 AM

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David, while knowing that this comment doesn't replace an email, I know from experience I often notice comments on my blog more than a random email :)

I had the wild and exciting adventure of listening to the audiobook version of 'getting things done' and all I want to say is... "get out of my head"!

What an out of body experience as I heard you describe what and how I have been handling personnal organization for the past 28 years... Engineering school didn't do to me what I have just realized in the past 3 hours.

Outside of clogging your blog's feedback space with my comments, I'll just say in closing that... "wow"... no silly "7 habits", no "ordering your private world", no buying Palms (I'm on my 4th generation), no installing personal webtools for task management, no amount of piles of stuff have done to me what I've just realized in the past 3 hours of this audiobook.

Thanks just doesn't quite do it.. but... Thanks.

If by some wild chance you feel compelled to respond, I'm at elias@epinto.com (AIM:eliaspinto)

See you online. I'm a believer...

Posted by: Elias Pinto at August 28, 2004 05:30 AM