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Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System [Kindle Edition]

Leo Babauta (Author)

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Zen To Done takes the best aspects of a few popular productivity systems (Getting Things Done, 7 Habits and others) and combines them with the mandate of simplicity. It makes things as simple as possible, and no more.

Zen To Done is a simple system to get you more organized and productive, and keep your life saner and less stressed, with a set of habits. ZTD teaches you:

* The key habits needed to be productive, organized, and simplified... and no more than that.
* How to implement these key habits... tips on forming a habit.
* How to organize these habits into a simple system that will keep everything in your life in its place.
* How to simplify what you need to do.
* Includes an even simpler version called Minimal ZTD.

Dozens of readers have written to me with comments about how ZTD has changed their lives, made them more organized and less stressed, and has worked better than other productivity systems. It’s definitely worth a try.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 124 KB
Print Length: 114 pages
Publisher: Phatbits, LLC (24 April 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B001970HQU
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Useful, but conversion to Kindle needs improvement 26 April 2011

By frogplate

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This small ebook pulls together a number of articles from the author's website with the aim of producing a coherent guide to a more practical, simplified version of GTD. If you are planning on implementing Zen to Done then having this as a resource on your Kindle for easy reference is bound to be useful, however there are some caveats.

Firstly the reader needs a reasonable understanding of GTD; and some familiarity of Stephen Covey's Seven Habits also helps get the most from the book. Without this background a reader completely new to the subject is going to struggle. For example page three talks about planning your three MITs for the day, but it is not until page 6 that the acronym is expanded and explained.

Secondly the conversion to the Kindle looks good, with well laid out, readable text. However the content appears to contain many intended hyperlinks to further information on the author's website. These don't work on the Kindle or Kindle apps. This is most frustrating in the Resources section which as a result is just a list of headings like "Massive GTD Resources List". Google is your friend here - searching for "zenhabits Massive GTD Resources List" will find the relevant article - but how much effort would it have been to list the URL in the ebook?

Further, the example ZTD forms mentioned on the author's website as a feature of the ebook are listed in the Resources section but not included, or linked to, nor was I was unable to find them online.

Useful reference book let down by poor editing and conversion.

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Nicely done adaptation of David Allen's Getting Things Done 8 Mar 2009

By Jerry Saperstein - Published on Amazon.com

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David Allen has a near cult following for his Getting Things Done approach to, well, getting things done. I am a sometimes member of that cult, but I keep falling off the GTD wagon. Even David Allen admits to falling off the GTD wagon.

Getting Things Done is deceptively simple when it is merely described. You read it and think to yourself "I can do that!" But in reality, GTD demands the dedication of a monk to really make it work. Minutes to learn, a lifetime to master, so to speak.

Along comes Leo Babauta with "Zen To Done" which he freely and accurately describes as an adaptation of GTD - and it is a well-done adaptation.

"Zen To Done" (ZTD) offers a simplification of Allen's Gettiing Things Done. As Babauta describes it: "a set of 10 habits that will help you get organized, simplify your life, get things under control and actually get things done".

Conceptually ZTD appears simpler to implement than GTD with fewer nuances. Babauta distinguishes ZTD from GTD on a number of issues. He actually describes these details in an FAQ chapter at the end of the book which is quite helpful in comprehending ZTD.

With ZTD, you don't have to change a lot of habits at once, which GTD requires. ZTD also is more oriented to simplicity; it is not as all-encompassing as GTD. ZTD day imposes more of a structure on your day than GTD, which is actually helpful for people like me who find choosing between priorities sometimes difficult.

It is fair to see ZTD as GTD Lite, which is not to infer that Babauta has infringed on Allen or Covey or the others whose ideas he incorporates. All of them, matter of fact, have built on the shoulders of others.

Overall, "Zen To Done" is one of the more interesting time management books I've seen lately and I am going to give the ZTD method a rigorous try.

Jerry

64 of 69 people found the following review helpful

I feel cheated by the Kindle e-Book version, unfortunately 24 Jun 2010

By Mary - Published on Amazon.com

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I wish I had purchased the eBook directly from the author's website. Instead, I paid full price to get a Kindle ebook (which I read on my computer) that has NO links to the promised extensive references, and NO way to find the blank forms he promised. For the same price, elsewhere, I could have had the whole deal. Worse, the Author says at his Zen Habits blog, about why to buy the ebook: "7. Author support. If you have questions about the book or any of the concepts in it, I am available to answer questions. Just email me: zenhabits at the gmail. This in itself would probably be worth twice the price of the book if I charged for my services. :)" I figured he could simply send me a form email, with the links to the forms that are missing from the Kindle version. However, the author no longer uses or responds to email. I wish a disclaimer was put on this Kindle site, explaining that you are getting a seriously truncated version of this book. If you are thinking of purchasing this version, think twice. I suggest that you opt for the paper book OR the full-service ebook the author sells elsewhere.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful

Effective, Simple, Easy Read 31 Oct 2008

By J. McDonald - Published on Amazon.com

I like this book and the concepts within. I've read or read about all the hot time management and self improvement books. I've always wanted to read them all and distill their simple basics into one action plan. Now I don't have to make the effort. "Zen to Done" has done it for me. I'm implementing one habit at a time, as recommended. I'm even starting a group with my employees to read the book and each of us will tackle our own habit and report back progress and recommendations each subsequent week. The key to this book is flexibility and simplicity. You don't have to move a mountain all at once. One hand full of dirt and rock at a time will do it too. I recommend this book.

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