Traction

Could be described better

System feels like a solid approach to doing things. Nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a nice way to package a few important concepts into a system and get people to stick to it. I think it has potential.

I think the author could have done a better job describing it. I made it for a painful read to me. Could have been a great overview of a useful system without all of the rubbish around it.

Some specific issues that I found frustrating:
- talking about terms and concepts before they are explained or introduced
- examples are weak - it’s probably a fresh perspective to not only be talking about complete outliers, but mentioning a few companies that I doubt anyone has heard of and that are growing at a relatively modest pace of 20% per year just does not feel compelling enough.
- examples that are sprinkled throughout each part - I think would have been better to read this as theory/practice/examples for the whole system rather than having those tidbits sprinkled throughout
- all of the whacky names(tm) - props for respecting the copyright but just feels so cheesy that author is trying so hard to make this a thing and claim ownership instead of creating a system and helping people implement it. I think would have worked more nicely with more plain names that are easy to understand for everyone. Imagine if something like a GTD had a bunch of wacky trademark names wouldn’t imagine that adding any value to the system or David Allen’s consulting services
- examples of how his dad did something - again weak example - an anecdotal piece of info and gets repeated throughout the book too much
- Who cares about inc magazine and EY entrepreneur of the year? Seems to be some odd name dropping for clear vanity/self marketing pieces that are probably part of the ‘entrepreneur scene’ of where the author is based