Get It Done

by Michael Mackintosh

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I am a HUGE productivity nerd so when the publisher asked me to write a review I was all over it. One thing that I have found in books such as productivity books is that after a while it seems as if the authors read each other books then decide to change a thing or two give it a new name and claim that THIER book is different. I was pleased to see after I had read a couple of chapters that Get It Done WAS different,

I think that one of the reasons that I read so many productivity books is that I have a horrible procrastination problem. Case in point: This review was supposed to go up on Tusday (October 23, 2018) yet here it is Thursday night, and I am just now sitting down to write the review.

I was feeling a lot of resistance for the past two weeks with my writing, and I am so glad that it wasn't just me. That hundreds think this way also. I also learned that procrastination is a form of resistance and you have to show your Inner teenager who is boss.

Most productivity books are written with overwhelmed people in mind, not people who are overwhelmed because they did not get off their buts and doing it which is why such books Such as David Allen GTD method never workes for people like me.

In Get It Done however not only does the author Michael Mackintosh explain WHY we creative people tend to procrastinate he tells us HOW to overcome it. He was so convincing that I am going to try out my 21-day thingie. As soon as I figure out my top 20 tasks.

The top 20 percent is based on the theory that wealth and the like are distributed among 20 percent of the people but 80 percent...are something. I have never been all that good with theories like this but what I do understand is your top 20 of your tasks are what propels your life and projects forward while 80 percent of the work you do is just an attempt at looking busy.  So I guess the 4 hour work week is a valid strategy after all. L thought   Get it Done explains it much better.

Another point Michael Mackintosh makes is how we tend to get stuck in rabbit holes with our phones and the internet. This is so true for me. I finally got fed up at my self, so I broke down and got a lifetime subscription to Freedom, I have it on all of my gadgets so if I am supposed to be working I can't get on the internet, and presto productivity tripled.

One thing that I loved about this book is that it acknowledges that time cant be managed, but instead, you should do your most important work when your energy is at its peak. I know for me that time is from 1 to 5 so that is when I write. I have tried to write early in the morning, but my brain won't cooperate until 1 pm. Another time it is gibberish.

These are the reasons that I loved Get it Done. If you feel like other productivity books, do not help your problem such as procrastination then give this book a try. It is full of ways to overcome procrastination and to mover forward in your life and projects.

 This review was originally posted on Adventures in Never Never Land