Do it Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management

"This is my first ever review for Amazon, which illustrates the way I feel about this book. The approach is simple and effective, however, it will require discipline and commitment to make it work. That said, you will need to forgive yourself when you do not quite make it.

This is the best book on time management I have ever read."
~ Written on 2008-09-24

"I normally don't leave comments and feedbacks for the books but I had to do it this time.
This book is really fantastic position to read.
Helped me so much. Methods to manage the time are so simple and very easy to implement.
I would recommend this book to everyone."
~ Written on 2008-08-01

"What a great concept. - this book was recommneded to me by a colleague who is having some business coaching. She is on the most highly effective and capable people I know, so when she told me about this book and suggested I read it, I took her advice seriously. I was surprised by the title as it seem to go against most of what I have read before about prioritising and not putting things off. Well all I can say is that I have tried it and it works! I like his closed list concept and some of his "how to fool yourself" concepts too. I never thought I would be recommending a book that says that, but "success breeds success". Therefore create any way to be successful and then you will become more successful. So go for the little things and build up to more. I have found it brings more joy when you do what Mark suggests and then the fun begins. I have had numerous "to do lists" and they are rapidly disappearing!"
~ Written on 2008-07-02

"After reading all the amazing praise for this book I bought it immediately, but I have to say that upon reading it I was slightly puzzled as to why everyone had been raving about it. I can only guess that these people are devoted fans since reading his previous work, as I found that the book was lacking for my purposes.

I did pick up some good tips, such as the use of a task diary rather than a to-do-list, and the tips on filing systems were good. The book also made me question whether I really wanted to 'commit'to many of the tasks I burden myself with, after which I decided that many of them aren't really that important.

However, my major problem with this book is the main concept of doing everything tomorrow. I think this idea would probably work fine if you work from home or by yourself in an office, and find that procrastination is a problem. If you do a more service-oriented job like mine though, I don't think you will find the information is very applicable. He does admit this at one point in the book, but doesn't offer much alternative advice if this is the case. For this reason I found most of the book pretty useless.

I also have to admit that I found his writing style pretty boring, he seems to spend most of the first half of the book telling you what he is going to tell you later in the book, then recapping everything at every possible opportuntity. It felt like reading an undergraduate dissertation!"
~ Written on 2008-05-13

"Picked this book up over a weekend and its had a massive impact on my organization, really useful advise which is refreshing and looks at the source of the problem. Its also well written and easy to digest

The book goes beyond simple tricks and techniques for sorting things out and assess all of your time, with realism and a understanding of free time"
~ Written on 2008-04-29