Being easily swayed by peer pressure, Jeff convinced me to get on the GTD (Getting Things Done!, for those 3 people that have yet to hear about it) band wagon.  He promised me that if I jumped on board, I would be shown a life where woman flock to me and men tremble in fear at the mention of my name.  Well that never happened, but my productivity has improved and my stress has gone down considerably.  In case anybody is curious, I thought I would outline some of the tools/books I’ve bought that helps make my life a tad bit sweeter:

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity : The book on Getting Things Done (hence the title!)  I’ve read about half of it so far, and it’s already making a HUGE difference.
• Take Back Your Life!: Using Microsoft Outlook to Get Organized and Stay Organized :This book has the exact same concepts (I heard a rumour that these two authors/speakers/consultants used to work together).  Reading it along with the book above really helps to drive home the concepts of GTD
• Getting Things Done! Outlook Add-in: Picked this guy up not too long ago, and using it to keep my inbox free of “open-loops” has been great.  It makes Delegating, Deferring and Deleting a breeze.  Highly recommended.
• LookOut! Outlook Search: I know most people have moved on to MSN Desktop Search or Google’s search, but I still prefer using LookOut.  You can still download it from the original site.