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Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life

by David Allen

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now "the personal productivity guru" (Fast Company) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harderevery day. Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anything offers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head for creativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, and take action to get things moving.

With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how to make things happenwith less effort and stress, and lots more energy, creativity, and effectiveness. Ready for Anything is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or her very best.

Review:

No one makes the challenges of productivity more understandable and manageable. (Rob Johnston, President of Leader to Leader Institute) This fundamentally different look at productivity makes David's book not just a good read, but something [to] truly live by. (Keith Yamashita, author of Unstuck: A Tool For Yourself, Your Team, and Your World) These powerful and practical pointers for living a more productive life are as subtle and rich as they are simple. (Arianna Huffington)

Synopsis:

The bestselling author of "Getting Things Done" shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder, every day. Using wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen reveals how to make things happen with less effort and stress, and lots more energy, creativity, and effectiveness.

About the Author

David Allen is president of The David Allen Company and has more than twenty years experience as a consultant and executive coach for such organizations as Microsoft, the Ford Foundation, L.L.Bean, and the World Bank. His work has been featured in Fast Company, Fortune, Atlantic Monthly, The Oprah Magazine, and many other publications.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780143034544
Subtitle:
52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life
Author:
Allen, David
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Subject:
Time management
Subject:
Personal Growth - Success
Subject:
Motivational & Inspirational
Subject:
Self-management (psychology)
Copyright:
Publication Date:
January 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
7.90x5.72x.52 in. .36 lbs.

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