Book Recommendations for Getting Things Done

[Hideo]

Is it ok to post on these forums a list of books, which might be of use for GTD users? Is it considered "advertising", which this forum prohibits?

[John Forrister]

Hi Hideo,

It's fine, and a great idea. We just try to avoid having individuals promote their own products and services, so we keep the discussion around GTD.

-- John

[Hideo]

Here we go. These books form the cornerstone of my Life Management System. Getting Things Done is great, however, there is much more to life, that simply staying on top of a daily office grind. These books helped me a lot to build my life acumen and organize myself throughly.

• "Life Management System" - Paul Miller
• “Ready for Anything” – David Allen
• “Creative Visualization” – Shakti Gwain
• “Imagination First” – Eric Liu and Scott Noppe-Brandon
• “Flow” - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• “Creativity” - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• “The Thinker’s Toolkit” – Morgan D. Jones
• “How to solve (just about) any Problem” – Greg Z. Fainberg
• “Unlimited Power” – Antony Robbins
• “Maximum Achievement” – Brain Tracy
• “Goals” – Brain Tracy
• “The Success Principles” – Jack Canfield
• “The Twelve Universal Laws of Success” – Herbert Harris
• “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” – Steven R. Covey
• “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – Robert Kiyosaki
• “Cashflow Quadrant” - Robert Kiyosaki
• “Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing” - Robert Kiyosaki
• “Think and Grow Rich” – Napoleon Hill
• “Power Networking” – Donna Fisher and Sandy Vilas
• “Conversationally Speaking” – Alan Garner
• “How to Win Friends and Influence People” – Dale Carnegie
• “People Skills” – Robert Bolton
• “Messages” – Matthew McKay, Marta Davis and Patrick Fanning
• “The Seven Pillars of Health” – MD Don Colbert
• “Eat, Drink and be Healthy” – MD Walter C. Willett

[Cpu_Modern]

I think it is Brian Tracy, not Brain Tracy, but this is forgiveable I guess.

[TesTeq]

Should I read books about making my life richer or should I make my life richer?

[ArcCaster]

Nice list!

I've been hearing about flow for years, but have never read Csikszentmihalyi's book.

If I read it, will I learn anything in addition to the fact that flow is a desirable state, can take 15 to 20 minutes to get into, and can be dissolved with a simple interruption such as a phone call or text message?

Thanks,
Rob

[ArcCaster]

Should I read books about making my life richer or should I make my life richer?

Some people would say that change starts from within. Books can help with this inner change. Then, of course, it really gets interesting when you start to apply your revised inner vision to the world and your life.

So interesting, in fact, that when I say "theoretically, it looks easy; how hard could it be?", people who know me start laughing