Top Ten Personal Productivity and GTD Web Sites

Time is something we can never get enough of. Knowing how to make the best use of your time will allow you to become more productive and leave more time to enjoy the things you would rather be doing. Personal productivity, life hacks and “Getting Things Done” are all terms used to describe methods of becoming more productive at work, at home and in your personal life.

Following on my concept that there is always a better way to do something I give you a list of top ten web sites for personal productivity and getting things done tips.

Lifehacker

Lifehacker is a mega site for lifehacks and productivity. While not exclusively dedicated to productivity and Getting Things Done, their dedicated staff of writers turn out many quality posts per day. There is a lot of other coverage including Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux programs and better ways to use them. Lifehacker has become one site I must visit each day.

Welcome to Lifehacker, an award-winning, daily blog that features tips, shortcuts, and downloads that help you get things done smarter and more efficiently. Lifehacker launched in January 2005, and now ranks as one of the top-linked blogs on the internet according to Technorati. In 2006 Wired Magazine named Lifehacker Best Blog in their annual Rave Awards ceremony. Lifehacker’s also been mentioned in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, O, The Oprah Magazine and PC Magazine as well as other mainstream press outlets.

Zen Habits

Zen Habits is offers original and useful content nearly every day.

Zen Habits is one of the Top 100 blogs on the Internet, and covers: achieving goals, productivity, being organized, GTD, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, getting a flat stomach, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits.

Stepcase Lifehack

Stepcase Lifehack offers a daily dose of productivity tips, lifehacks and other tips for being more productive at work, at home and in your life.

This site dedicated to lifehacks. The phrase describes any hacks, tips and tricks that get things done quickly by automating, increase productivity and organizing. This site is built around this theme. This blog is endorsed by many major newspapers and publishers, and it is rated in the #100 most popular blog in the blogosphere by Technorati. It is a frequently updated blog, which provides news and articles which able you to get things done in a faster pace.

GTD Times

GTD Times is is literally all about Getting Things Done. GTD Times is the first web site that has been specifically authorized by David Allen (author of Getting Things Done).

GTD Times is about providing the most current GTD information from every source we can identify. We are looking forward to breaking new ground with the GTD Times. You can count on a vast array of GTD related content; not just text, but audio, video and even live-streamed events from time to time. There will be gadget and software reviews, a ton of “how tos”, a section devoted to GTD Tips and Tricks and many, many other valuable and exclusive information across all platforms. We’ve even been told that David himself, may author a post from time to time!

Ririan Project

Ririan Project offers articles on money and finance, motivation , productivity, psychology and self improvement.

The Ririan Project is about creating a new life, creating a brand new life that represents maximum achievement and inner peace, a life that has balance in all it’s areas. Starting from today start working toward a more purposeful, more joyous life!

Trizle

Trizle is geared towards productivity in business. Topics include leadership, management and tips to make your business and your work life easier and more productive.

Trizle is a business solutions firm based in the heart of Silicon Valley. Since 2003, we’ve helped businesses like yours empower themselves through our popular business tools . We also write our daily business journal that thousands read everyday.

David Seah

David Seah’s web site may be best known for “The Printable CEO Series” which is a PDF download about goal setting, task tracking and time tracking. His web site offers many very good productivity articles.

I get most excited by people making things and making positive changes in their lives in the face of doubt and uncertainty. I myself am in that very spot, so I write a lot about topics related to productivity, and have created several free tools to serve as concrete examples of my thinking.

The Cranking Widgets Blog

The Cranking Widgets Blog offers many good articles on productivity, GTD, career guidance, lifehacks and being successful. The site was started by Brett Kelly who has since moved on and left the site in the capable hands of Andy Parkinson who has continued the theme.

Brett Kelly started The Cranking Widgets Blog in December of 2006 after reading Getting Things Done by David Allen. His newfound excitement about personal productivity was the primary reason for starting this website: a way to communicate little nuggets of wisdom and whatnot to whomever on the old Internet wanted to read them.

My Stuff for Getting Things Done

My Stuff for Getting Things Done leans towards tips for being more productive using software and how to better use everyday software.

Tips for Getting Things Done, Life-Hacks & other Computer Miscellany

43 Folders

43 Folders launched in 2004 and became a GTD and productivity hot spot. in late 2008 the blog rebooted as the owner Merlin Mann changed the focus of the blog. The archive of articles of productivity and getting things done is still there and very useful.

Right now, 43 Folders is focused on an arc about how to improve the quality of your career and life by managing your attention in a way that allows you to work your ass off on the creative projects that matter most to you.

Too Many to List

There are a lot of very good web sites on productivity and getting things done. So many it was nearly impossible to list just ten of them. If you have a favorite that is not listed here please share it with us.