David Allen grabs Lotus Notes

David Allen , who in 2002 invented the concept of GTD (Getting Things Done), believes that in this case you can do fine without a computer. He always recommended that customers use paper and pencil only.

The main principle of GTD is to make the largest possible list of what needs to be done. “If your list has less than 150 cases, then it’s not complete,” Allen likes to say. This makes it clear that a normal list will be a thick stack of paper.

However, recently Allen began to deviate from his principles and gradually began to resort to PC help. He uses a custom version of Lotus Notes that syncs with his phone so that he can add cases from the phone. This is quite enough, because in GTD everything is extremely simple. Nothing to complicate. David generally criticizes most of the computer programs on the market. According to him, only a few of them are quite simple. A person should not think how to use the program, says Allen. Every click is superfluous.

Recently, more than a dozen computer programs based on the GTD concept have appeared on the market. The most successful are Omni Focus and Things .

After the publication of his famous book “Getting Things Done”, which sold over 1.2 million copies, David Allen founded a company named after himself and is engaged in personal consultations. Businessmen pay $ 3,000 a day for helping organize their lives. David has 12 consultants. The methods he invented help manage the company without leaving his own garden (pictured above).

via CNN Money