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Zen To Done: The Simple Productivity E-Book!

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When I published the Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System series, a number of readers asked for it to be turned into an e-book. I heard the requests, and after some hard work, today I’m making it available for purchase.

Zen To Done takes some of the best aspects of a few popular productivity systems (GTD, Stephen Covey and others) and combines them with the mandate of simplicity. It makes things as simple as possible, and no more.

To get the ZTD system in a handy e-book, with additional material, resources and forms, you can purchase it here:

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Reader testimonial: “I had always dabbled in trying to establish some sort of productivity habits, but GTD and everything similar seemed too intensive to realistically implement. ZTD and its simplicity make perfect sense to me.” Christopher

What is ZTD?

Simply put, Zen To Done is a simple system to get you more organized and productive, and keep your life saner and less stressed, with a set of habits. ZTD teaches you:

  1. The key habits needed to be productive, organized, and simplified … and no more than that.
  2. How to implement these key habits … tips on forming a habit.
  3. How to organize these habits into a simple system that will keep everything in your life in its place.
  4. How to simplify what you need to do.
  5. Minimal ZTD. Also includes an even simpler version called Minimal ZTD.

Dozens of readers have written to me with comments about how ZTD has changed their lives, made them more organized and less stressed, and has worked better than other productivity systems. It’s definitely worth a try.

Why buy the e-book?
Of course, the ZTD series is still available for free on this blog, so that option is still available. So why would you buy the e-book? A number of reasons:

  1. It’s handy. All the articles are gathered in one easy-to-read e-book, making it easy to print stuff out, read it on any computer, or take it with you. Much more convenient than a bunch of scattered blog posts.
  2. There’s more material. To be honest, the series of ZTD posts was incomplete, simply because I didn’t have the time to write all the posts I had planned. Well, when I set out to write this e-book, I decided that I wanted to include everything that I had planned and more, from the 10th step (not available as a post on this blog) to an FAQ to a practical application of ZTD in my everyday life to resources to forms and more. More on this stuff below.
  3. Forms. I decided to give a sample of how you could set up ZTD with some simple forms. Of course, ZTD is flexible … you don’t need to use these forms, but I thought they’d be useful.
  4. Resources. Links to articles and tools are available in the e-book.
  5. FAQ. A number of readers had questions/comments about ZTD that I thought I’d answer in the e-book. I think this will be a useful feature.
  6. Snazzy new look. The e-book is much nicer looking than the blog, in my opinion, and is easier on the eyes. It was designed by James Wondrack, and I’m very grateful to him for his work on this.
  7. Author support. If you have questions about the book or any of the concepts in it, I am available to answer questions. Just email me: zenhabits at the gmail. This in itself would probably be worth twice the price of the book if I charged for my services. :)

And because I want to make sure you’re satisfied, I’m including a 100% money-back guarantee. If you aren’t completely happy with the Zen To Done e-book, email me and you’ll get your money back right away.

Pricing: To keep the book affordable, I’m pricing it at $9.50 … less than $10 for something that can improve your life right away … and again, with author tech support! :)

Buy the ZTD e-book now:

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Reader testimonial: “I’d say that the minimalist system is a safe first step. The beauty is, of course, that it needn’t be just a first step: it works as it is and some people don’t need to go any further.” Jeff

BECOME AN AFFILIATE:

If you’re a blogger and you’re interested in becoming an affiliate, you can earn 30% of each sale of this e-book by selling it on your blog. It’s easy and it can be a nice source of side income for you. Sign up here!

Update: I’ve increased the affiliate commission from 30% to 50%!

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1 Why ZTD?
2 Overview - What is it?
3 Minimal ZTD - the simpler alternative
4 Forming the 10 Habits
5 Habit 1: Collect
6 Habit 2: Process
7 Habit 3: Plan
8 Habit 4: Do
9 Habit 5: Simple, trusted system
10 Habit 6: Organize
11 Habit 7: Review
12 Habit 8: Simplify
13 Habit 9: Routine
14 Habit 10: Find Your Passion
15 A Day with Zen To Done
16 ZTD FAQ
17 Resources
Thank you



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