The Truth About Getting Things Done

by Mark Fritz, John Tobey

The Truth About Getting Things Done pulls together the most powerful 'truths' that encourage you to focus on doing what is really necessary. The 'truth by truth' format is in short and easy to digest chapters that make it quick and easy to find the advice that will make all the difference to your productivity. The Truth About Getting Things Done combines the success principles provided by many motivational books, as well as the practical ideas and tools for getting things done provided by time management books. This book will inspire you to take action with it's practical insights, ideas and examples. Once you have started to get things done, you will learn how to both build and maintain a high level of motivation. Part of The Truth About Series, each title covers an entire field of knowledge in a sharp and entertaining way. With approximately 50 honest answers to important questions in every book, you will find yourself thinking ‘aha’ as you read each page. The Truth and nothing but The Truth.

Genres: Productivity, Business, Self Help, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Stefan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, solid advice for becoming more productive and achieving your goals. It is reasonably short and can be read in a couple sittings. However, this can get tedious and the reader would benefit from taking some time in between each chapter to reflect on how to apply each of the 42 examples to their own situation. A good approach if you aren't in a hurry is to read 1 to 2 chapters as an inspiration during the day. Further resources are pointed to in the references section.

[hemlet kiai · Rating 3 out of 5]

i love the bite size truth. easy reading and understanding. good reflection tool for me.

[Adrian Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is not an avant-garde book. It's a book which speaks common sense. It emphasizes the 'why' behind our goals and the discipline we must imbue into ourselves. It advocates focus management rather than time management. Anyway it did provide me some insights, i.e. keep motivating me in the course of my study. I shall adopt Mark's ideas.
I found out that one of my past tutor's favorite quotations :-
'If everything is important, then nothing is important' is originated from Truth 5 (p. 17)in this book.

[Anugerah Erlaut · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book. Reinforces the common notion about how to get things done. It gives me clear guidelines, which I had already known, but do not know how to articulate. A good hold for people that finds it hard to focus, start and finish their work.

[Olwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Procrastinating? Got a head full of dreams that never seem to become reality? Then you need this book. It's direct, common-sense, do-able, and split into easy-to-digest chunks. You could read a chapter a day and transform your life.

[Mark Fritz · Rating 1 out of 5]

This hack who used to review the CD industry for marginal tech mags has been using my name and my work to sell shlocky self-help books for more than a decade. Disclaimer: All attempts to hijack my work are solely the work of a soon-to-be-sued parasite.

Mark Fritz at www.mark-fritz.com

[Omar Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple, easy reading. Tons of common sense advice that someone had to write on paper.

[Tania · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of advice, Captain-Obvious style. It probably makes sense (same as 2x2=4 makes sense) but it will probably not change your life. I will not recommend the book to anyone.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book when I was looking to change jobs and possibly careers. It had some great suggestions and thinking points. It's a quick and easy read.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good and to the point.

[Leslie Wong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truth 3: You need to believe it in order to achieve it.

You will see what you believe!

[Melvin R. R. Blann IV · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I’m feeling aimless & unmotivated I pull out this book and it always sets my head right. Simple advice and motivation for overcoming procrastination.

[Alina]

Page for truth #_ (with the basic sentence) and the a few pages elaboration