Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity

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In today's world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top just don't work.

Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that "time management" is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; "setting priorities" isn't relevant when your email is down; "procrastination solutions" won't help if your goals aren't clear.

Allen's premise is simple: our ability to be productive is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve stress-free productivity and unleash our creative potential. He teaches us how to:

Apply the "do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it" rule to get your in-box empty
Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations
Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed
Feel fine about what you're not doing

From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done has the potential to transform the way you work -- and the way you experience work. At any level of implementation, David Allen's entertaining and thought-provoking advice shows you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.

What Customers Say About Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity:

Almost always the problem is not lack of time but the clarity about what to do next.1) Collect all the things in a trusted system so that your mind can let go.2) Process your list by asking "What is it." and "Is it actionable." If it is actionable decide what the next action is.3) Organize the outcomes of your process in a trusted system.4) Weekly Review your organized system to see what is getting done.5) Doing entails doing pre-defined work, doing work that shows up or defining your work.In the final analysis, deciding and doing really comes down to a matter of trusting our hearts, our minds, our spirits or our guts. Unfinished tasks and unfulfilled commitments create stress and pressure. Core Idea: You can gain control of your life by following a five-stage process: 1) Collect 2) Process 3) Organize 4) Review and 5) Do.We have too many things on our minds. This trust cannot be fully defined yet alone captured in any known system to mankind yet. There is no way to achieve relaxed control if we keep everything only in our minds. "Managing actions" means deciding what to do at any point in time. However, David Allen's GTD system gives a better idea and a better foundation for doing so. This reason alone is sufficient to make sure we got a copy of this book in my humble opinion.

This book fills in the gaps that I have found missing in the past. It has a specific "how to" to implement the process into my life. Great book.

David sets out a great system to really get your arms around all that is currently buzzing around in your head. Still it all requires discipline, unfortunately not something you can get from a book.

Other reviews have sung the praises of this book, so I'll just add that the key for me in accessing the material was actually throwing away the half that I didn't need. His 10K, 20K etc. Allen's designed his system to have interlocking parts, but the basic ideas work well separately as well. His folder structure and the way he configures his lists is super helpful. review plan and such, not so much. Great book, though, and I recommend it to everyone.

Never took a business class or read a business book. He walked me through to decide where I should go and what to do. Had some significant success in business and in my community. His thoughts were all obvious. The sections I marked I will read again.Over each of the last 7 years I read 70 more books than I normally had time for, work with a volunteer group and do more with my family. In 2003 Allen's book was my first on time management. From YOUR reviews I selected: [{ASIN:B000LNIG02 How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life]], by Alan Lakein.

A simple approach with steps that felt natural. Felt I should do more. He took me through human nature. I had no knowledge on the subject, however this had nothing new at all. For my first time I searched Amazon for the right book. It was published in 1973, but it works. Good book for me.