Editing Getting Things Done (section)

== Reception ==
In 2004, [[James Fallows]] in [[The Atlantic|''The Atlantic'']] described GTD's main promise as not only allowing the practitioner to do more work but to feel less anxious about what they can and cannot do.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fallows |first=James |date=2004-07-01 |title=Organize Your Life! |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/07/organize-your-life/303455/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |work=The Atlantic |language=en |issn=2151-9463}}</ref>  

In 2005, ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' called GTD a "new cult for the info age",<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Andrews |first=Robert |date=July 12, 2005 |title=A new cult for the info age |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |publisher=Condé Nast |url=https://www.wired.com/2005/07/gtd-a-new-cult-for-the-info-age/ |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> describing the enthusiasm for this method among [[information technology]] and [[knowledge workers]] as a kind of [[cult following]]. Allen's ideas have also been popularized through ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' (Stern referenced it daily throughout 2012's summer) and the [[Internet]], especially via blogs such as [[Merlin Mann|43 Folders]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Merlin |date=September 8, 2004 |title=Getting started with "Getting Things Done" |url=https://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done |access-date=May 2, 2020 |website=43 Folders}}</ref> [[Lifehacker]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Keith |date=March 21, 2006 |title=Best of GTD |url=https://lifehacker.com/best-of-gtd-161916 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |website=Lifehacker}}</ref> and The Simple Dollar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 9, 2020 |title=Review: Getting Things Done |url=https://www.thesimpledollar.com/book-reviews/review-getting-things-done/ |access-date=May 2, 2020 |website=The Simple Dollar}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Ben Hammersley]] interviewed David Allen for ''[[The Guardian]]'' article titled "Meet the man who can bring order to your universe",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hammersley |first=Ben |date=September 28, 2005 |title=Meet the man who can bring order to your universe |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/sep/29/businesssense.businesssense |access-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> saying: "For me, as with the hundreds of thousands around the world who press the book into their friends' hands with fire in their eyes, Allen's ideas are nothing short of life-changing".

In 2007, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine called ''Getting Things Done'' the self-help business book of its time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caplan |first=Jeremy |date=March 12, 2007 |title=The Oracle of Organization |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1595223,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref>

In 2007, ''Wired'' ran another article about GTD and Allen,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wolf |first=Gary |date=September 25, 2007 |title=Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-10/ff_allen?currentPage=all |access-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> quoting him as saying "the workings of an [[automatic transmission]] are more complicated than a [[manual transmission]]&nbsp;... to simplify a complex event, you need a complex system".

A 2008 paper in the journal ''Long Range Planning'' by [[Francis Heylighen]] and Clément Vidal of the Free University of Brussels showed "recent insights in psychology and cognitive science support and extend GTD's recommendations".<ref name="Heylighen2008" />