Getting Things Done

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In today s world, yesterday s methods just don t work In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country Allen s premise is simple our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential In Getting Things Done Allen shows how to Apply the do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it rule to get your in box to empty Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations Plan projects as well as get them unstuck Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed Feel fine about what you re not doingFrom core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down. New Download [ Getting Things Done ] By [ David Allen ] – kino-fada.fr Ironically, looking in to the GTD Getting Things Done system has been bouncing around in the back of my head as something to do for quite some time now This approach to maximizing productivity is popular among the nerdegalian, probably because of its minimum bullshit approach to actually processing, classifying, and executing what the author David Allen calls stuff to do This book discusses the GTD system in its entirety and,importantly, teaches you how...I like reading about organizing my life and beingproductive, but I think the major lessons of this book could have been condensed in a page or two Here are the things I remember 2 minute rule if you remember to do something and it takes you less than two minutes to do it, just go ahead and do it write things down in lists so that they don t float around your head and nag at you all of the time check your lists frequently and often, actually doing the things on the list or delegating I like reading about organizing my life and beingproductive, but I think the major lessons of this book could have been condensed in a page or two Here are the things I remember 2 minute rule if you remember to do something and it takes you less than two minutes to do it, just go ahead and do it write things down in lists so that they don t float around your head and nag at you all of th...I bought this book, and I read some of it It sat on a shelf unfinished I read someIt sat in my car unfinished I eventually made the decision to never finish it I think this is self explanatory Later Now I m reading 26 Reasons Not to Use GTD, and it does a good job of articulating the ehhhh ness that I felt while reading this Even later And if you think GTD s followers are a little cult like see, for instance, the comments on this review , check this out When David Allen say I bought this book, and I read some of it It sat on a shelf unfinished I read someIt sat in my car unfi...I m a big geek, and here s proof if you needed it I learned about GTD from Merlin Mann s 43 Folders site, and became an instant convert Because I love folders, lists, diagrams, flow charts, of course, but most of all because with GTD, you have to have a labeller...If you find yourself turning a little moist and your pulse quickening with pleasure when you read words and phrases such as High performance workflow management Family commitments Priority factors The ability to be successful, relaxed, and in control during these fertile but turbulent times demands new ways of thinking and working key work tool assembly line modality workforce values thinking desired results ups the ante in the game deal effectively with the complexity of life in the twenty fir If you find yourself turning a little moist and your pulse quickening with pleasure when you read words and phrases such as High performance workflow management Family commitments Priority factors The ability to be successful, relaxed, and in control during these fertile but turbulent times demands new ways of thinking and working key work tool assembly line modality workforce values thinking desired results ups the ante in the game deal effectively with the complexity of life in the twenty first centuryas well as quotes around colloquial phrases, such as ringing your bell which I think he uses incorrectly, at least according to MY understanding of a what a bell is and what it means to ring it then not only is this the book for you, this is also the society and era for you, because these things are inescapable and evenso in this book If such terms instead have you thinking wistfully...With first chapter allusions to martial arts, flow, mind like water, and other concepts borrowed from the East and usually mangled , you d almost think this self helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance Not quite Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free floating gotta do s clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever With first chapter allusions to martial arts, flow, mind like water, and other concepts borrowed from the East and usually mangled , you d almost think this self helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance Not quite Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free floating gotta do s clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you re working on However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organized, we could turn ourselves into 24 7 productivity machines To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast..., , ,, , ,, , ,, , ,, , ,2002 , , , , , 1 , .2 .3 .4 .5 , , , , ,, ,, , , , , ,, ,1,, , .2 ,, ,This book should have been a 3,000 word article It was full of useless details e.g listing the types of materials out of which an inbox might be made , redundant to the point of making me crazy, and overflowing with multi step systems for this, that, and the other seriously, keeping the 3 or 4 or 6 step filters straight would require flashcards.While it had some useful tips, I can t imagine anyone having the free time to implement the system fully Clearly, though, I am wrong in this, jus This book should have been a 3,000 word article It was full of useless details e.g listing the types of materials out of which an inbox might be made , redundant to the point of making me ...I have not had much success applying strategies from productivity gurus I am referring to books like The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, and other books which share use top down strategies to order our lives There are two reasons why these have not worked for me The first is technical day to day life happens on the level of stuff The myriad of small tasks of varying importance and in multiple contexts hampers the effectiveness of top down approaches The second I have not had much success applying strategies from productivity gurus I am referring to books like The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, and other books which share use top down strategies to or...Probably the best self help book I ever read in any case the one I most adapted to the organization of my life It does not have an annoying religious aura to it like 7 Habits or the selfish haberdashery spirit of How to Win Friends and Influence People, but is down to earth and highly practi...

Getting Things Done
  • English
  • 26 May 2017
  • Paperback
  • 267 pages
  • 0142000280
  • David Allen
  • Getting Things Done