Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiveness?

Re:Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiv... by CPLX on Saturday December 18, 2021 @06:43AM (#29603759)

Second this. I ignored it for 15 years unnecessarily because it sort of looks like a goofy self-help book.

It’s not. It’s a matter of fact analysis and framework for understanding the problem of how to keep track of all the varied messages and projects that come at you. And the advice is simple and highly effective.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiv... by tailspin2019 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @09:26AM (#29604679)

> it sort of looks like a goofy self-help book

I always think it's a shame that many of the books that have impacted my life in incredibly positive ways, all look like goofy self-help books at a first glance!

Some of them contain incredible wisdom. Aside from some of the inevitable fluff/padding, GTD is one of these.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiv... by huge87 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:22AM (#29605671)

Same. I had to force myself to continue with the book because I had the same thoughts: goofy, self help.

But I finished it and now implement the system across work and school (back to school in my mid 30s). It was like a level up in terms of how much I can handle at once while simultaneously lowering my levels of stress and increasing the feeling of control.

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