I read the book and tried to follow Allen's system until I stopped. But I did end up incorporating some of it into what I do. One big thing I took away was a d

I read the book and tried to follow Allen's system until I stopped. But I did end up incorporating some of it into what I do. One big thing I took away was a different way of looking at "someday" tasks - it is OK to record them even if they never happen - it doesn't mean they're useless. The second one was review, and is probably a bigger deal for me. I never really went over my lists previously, which in retrospect was really stupid. Now I do, keeping things not done pruned and relevant. But more importantly, I review things I did, including saving lists of tasks for things that might happen again. That has made a huge difference, especially as I manage more people. When someone asks "how do I do that?" and I can reply with a checklist, it makes me feel like maybe I'm not so bad at this gig after all. But really, the lists are for me - it is amazing how much I half-forget of things that don't come up much, and having last time's list saves me so much time.