Comments on: GTD-ing A Used Bookstore

By: nigel

nigel — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:51:06 +0000

Thanks for turning me on to GTD- this Allen guy looks very reasonable. however when it comes to sorting books out ,what you are doing (10 places) is what I have been doing all along, occasionally haphazardly. It’s a question of space and in my case the ‘to do’ piles expands into a warehouse. And then theres the 550 boxes of books that I’m saving for later, there’s even a small pile of books I might read. When it comes to dealing with paperwork I do it in 25 minute bursts at my office desk. I find that 25 minutes is a bearable time to spend on something I find excruciating and sometimes I have so much fun it expand to 50 mins. But never more than once a day and sometimes just once a week. Off to AMZ to get a real cheap GTD! A 2 minute task. Thanks — Nigel

By: Jeanne Jarzombek

Jeanne Jarzombek — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:21:53 +0000

Brian~
An absolutely excellent post! I’ve also tried to implement GTD with mail, email, etc., but I have found that I’m not utilizing it as much as I’d like (a combination of family members who do not practice GTD, and my own fault for letting it slip). However, it is a brilliant concept to apply to bookselling. So obvious–why didn’t I think of that (slaps forehead). Thank you for putting GTD and the book process back into perspective, especially with the steps you’ve outlined. FYI for those of you who’d like to dive into GTD and don’t have the book (yet), there are many on-line resources. Many people have taken the concept and tweaked it a bit for their own approach.
Now off to organize piles,
Jeanne
The Book Prowler