Get Everything Done

Why not give a summary of your book, main idea(s), how it differs from others...

I consulted the preface in Amazon, and I think it's rather an article than a book ( only 26 pages), the author name is not mentioned at all.
I think it needs more work and refinment.
Also the price (4.99$) should be revised.
Best wishes.

I'll give it a look, Gerry, but straight out, no one's gonna pay 5 bucks for 26 pages. I've seen books for 2.99 that were comprehensive, 235 page affairs.

I went ahead an read it because it was available for free from Kindle Unlimited. (Kindle Unlimited is a subscription that gives you the ability to check out a selection of ebooks, up to 10 at a time, but as often as you want. A lot of these are short self-published e-books such as Gerry's book, but I kind of like those. They give me new ideas to work with, in fewer pages.)

My honest review is that the writing style is not very good, and there are grammar and/or usage errors everywhere. I think it would benefit from a professional editor.

I think the first chapter, about why The Secret is not true does not need to take up the first ~25% of the book. I, for one, already know about that.

I like the idea of focusing on 3 areas at a time.

I really liked the "Theory of Action" and its corollary. Probably because I had also had a similar insight a few days before which was that at any given time, what I am doing is either moving me forward toward my main goal, or it isn't.

The book also discusses the idea that as you try to reach your goals, your relationships with people may change, and you may end up drifting away or cutting out certain people.

The actual method which is at the end, (and this is just a summary) is to list all goals, then narrow it down to 3, identify the resources that would be needed to reach the goal (there is an earlier chapter about resources), identify where the deficiencies are and why they exist, identify the 3 main things you can do to close the gap for each of those goals, then work every day to close those deficiencies (review your 3 goals each day to decide what to work on that day). It challenges you to do that for 100 days.

Hi Gerry - I bought the book and am implementing it, thanks!

Just wondering about the 3 daily actions...is it meant to be one per goal or 3 per goal? or a total of 3 actions spread across the goals (e.g. 2 tasks for one goal, one for another, and zero for the other goal)?

What happens if you complete a goal? Do you do just 2 actions per day?

Thanks, Joe.

Hi Joe,

If I remember correctly: You have one daily action step per goal -- so that would be three action steps per day. If you hit a goal then you do not add another until you start a new notebook. (I think that is correct).

I like Gerry's work -- it's a good system!