Whole Life Organizing: Resources
Course Notes as PDF file
Books
Most are aimed at white-collar workers, but many of the techniques can be used by anyone if you can set aside the examples which don’t apply to you.
Getting Things Done – David Allen
- Excellent for capturing and recording needed actions, projects, paperwork and filing, reviewing.
- Less strong on how to choose what to do, motivation, procrastination
- Very definite on what you need to do to be organized, but flexible on how you set up your system.
- The best all-round, if you only read one book, make it this one.
Do It Tomorrow – Mark Forster
- Excellent on how to decide what to do and when
- Deals with motivation and procrastination
Organizing from the Inside Out – Julie Morgenstern
- Strong on organising Stuff and getting rid of clutter
- Deals with different personality traits and how they affect organising
Time management from the Inside Out – Julie Morgenstern
- Deals with different personality traits and how they affect organising and time management
- Her actual system (Time Mapping) is quite strict and doesn’t fit everyone
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
- Classic of the “life goals” type, much good advice
First Things First – Stephen Covey
- 7 habits applied to time management, very “top-down”
- Strong on balancing work and personal life
Online discussion groups
Analog GTD (paper-based Getting Things Done)
Organizing from the Inside Out
Piling vs Filing
Canadian “Do not mail” service
Canadian Marketing Association
