Get Things Done With "Zen To Done"

Have you been looking for a system that would make you more productive? One that would eliminate all your distractions and help you focus on what is important?

I have been looking for something like this since I quit my job to work on my business full-time. I have finally found the resource I have been looking for.

It is the book, Zen To Done, by Leo Babauta. Amazingly, you can purchase this wonderful book at Leo Babauta’s site for only $9.50 at the moment.

Zen To Done builds on the concepts of GTD (David Allen’s Getting Things Done) and Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Successful People, and adds Leo’s own twists to it. I have read both of those books and never got a whole lot out of them. I like Zen To Done a lot better.

Maybe it’s my Feng Shui training, but I like to keep things as simple as possible. That’s what I like about this book. The emphasis is on keeping things simple. It is not an elaborate system like GTD. It is just a set of 10 habits that you practice. Once these habits become ingrained, you are all set.

I did have a few little problems with the book. In his effort to keep it short, I think Leo sometimes glossed over some things that could have been explained a little more thoroughly. For example, I was halfway through the book before I found out what he meant by the acronym MIT (it means Most Important Tasks). If he explained this earlier in the book, I missed it.

But that is just minor stuff compared to the value I have gotten from the book. As Leo suggests, I have just been working on one of the habits (he suggests working at one or two at a time). I don’t have it mastered yet – but I can really see the value of it.

I know a lot of you who are trying to get your internet business going are also struggling with getting your productivity level high. I believe this book is a good resource to help you with that, and you can’t beat the price.

Here is the link again: Zen To Done.

- Pat Doyle