If you are a Costco member, each month you automatically receive Costco Connections magazine (if you aren't a member, you can still access it online). There is always a little nugget of information that I enjoy regarding running a business. In this months issue they interview David Allen of Getting Things Done (GTD).

I have read his book and did enjoy it. He is releasing a new book this December (of course at Costco), and in the article he talks about how GTD got started. Here is a short excerpt from the article that I really enjoyed and wanted to share with you.

The book was originally published seven years ago, but it feels more relevant today than ever. It’s also selling better today than it did then. Why do you think that is?

In the larger sense, the book is designed for anyone who can’t finish what they need to as soon as they think of it. All of us have more than one thing to keep track of. Why this book is becoming more and more meaningful, and why it’s now a must-have instead of a nice-to-have, is because the world is that much faster than it ever was. There’s nothing new except how frequently everything is new.  We live in such a virtual world, such a global world, so immediate and always becoming more so, that it’s increasingly difficult to stay on top of our  tasks. We’ve gotten really good at absorbing more and more, but not so good at dropping off the things we do not need to carry around with us everywhere we go. It’s triage most of the time. It’s harder and harder to keep track of, manage and renegotiate all your agreements with yourself, universally speaking. I’ve sold a million copies. I have 5.999 billion to go. In the larger scope, we’ve only just begun.