I discovered GTD 4 month ago(I’m living in France and GTD has not (yet) been translated. Reading the book from one end to the other in one go, I was just carried away. This is a KISS concept! Keep It Simle S….., and no offence meant. In my book the more simple the better. I think I would compare it to certain aplications, in the sence that you get started in one minute. Even if you just scratch the surface when starting (easy to start, but also easy to stall and then restart). However even if you might need month and years to acquire and implement the full solution, you can use it and see results right away. I’ve made HUGE progress managing my mailbox, I’m using the Thinkingrock aplication as my “second” inbox, to keep all the input that comes from outside Outlook, and prerocessed actions and projects from outlook. Reading blogs and websites that talk of GTD, there is often requests for more rules on how to manage the stuff lifecycle. Most of the software that I’ve seen and tried (both Mac & PC software) tries to enhance the system with predefined rules and constraints. I have a certain fear that Thinkingrock might stray from the road of simplicity on which it is now (there are lots of requests for rules and additional features on their forum). The beaty of GTD is that it gives us the WHAT, but not the HOW. This enables the knowledge worker, who has to be a creative person in his job/existance, to creative when adapting himself to GTD. Merlin you use 43 folders, I use no folders, and would go crazy with a filing system, but I still use GTD and while my existence is not stress free, there is more work done in a more efficient way, and stress is less. I just listened to #8 GTD v2 (I’ve have had enormous pleasure of listening to this series of poscaste, a great thanks to both of you) and feel quite content that David sees GTD as complete, with no need for a new book. From a personal level what I like is probably that implementing is probably never over. And that is, for me, extremly satisfying. I feel that I am in a continous cycle of improvement, so why should it stop.

And once again thank you for 43 folders, the podcasts, and a special thanks to David Allen Best regards Lars