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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

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ISBN13: 9780142000281
ISBN10: 0142000280
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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 doing

From 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.

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"While an infomercial for the author's consulting practice, this road map for organizational efficiency may help many who have too much to do in too little time, both professionally and in their personal lives." Booklist

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"If you've tried other time managers and still feel harried, take a minute to check this one out." Entrepreneur

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"[T]his book can go a long way toward helping people relax, gain control...and focus on the really important stuff." Morning Star-Telegram

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, O, and many other publications.

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curtis721 , September 12, 2011
I'm reading this through a second time right now while implementing the changes that David Allen recommends. It has been a big help, a career-saver and a life-saver. I have been looking for a book like this my whole life. I have read countless "get yourself organized" books, attended seminars, purchased planners, PDAs, and on and on. . . Whew! The harder I try to implement the advice in these things the more disorganized I get. These always seems to be a gremlin or gargoyle lurking in my subconscious whose mission is to sabotage my best intentions. And this gremlin always succeeds. But David Allen is the Gremlin Slayer. He is the only get-organized guru who seems to understand this hidden gremlin and provides solutions to neutralize him. I highly recommend this book to anyone suffering from hidden gremlin sabotage.

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Peyton , August 24, 2008 (view all comments by Peyton)
Most of my friends and clients describe me as highly organized, but I have never felt that way. I have always felt as if I were spending far too much effort on being organized and far too little on accomplishing meaningful work. I had read and followed the traditional time management books. I thought they worked well, and that the problem was in my execution. Then, while looking at Firefox extensions, I ran across a Gmail organizer based on David Allen's Getting Things Done. I installed it and played with it. Within a few hours, I actually had an empty inbox and was getting things done. At that point, I realized there were ideas here that were new to me. I read the book. Since then, I've seen some very critical reviews of the book by people who either missed Mr. Allen's point or whose lives are not complicated enough to require a lot of organizing. I do marketing work for 10-12 book publishers at any given time, so my life is busy, and I have to get a lot done while quickly shifting from project to project. I like Getting Things Done. It works for me, and it works for my friends in engineering as well as for my friends in marketing. It works for people who have a lot to do. The worst criticism I have seen of GTD is that it is obvious and too simple, but for those of us who enjoy life by taking on more work than we can handle and by always pushing ourselves, it's great. I highly recommend it, and actually am on the Powell's site so I can have copies shipped to some friends.

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Ean , January 18, 2008
This was my favorite book of 2007. I recommend it to all my clients - from individual artists to executive directors of multi-million dollar companies. It is the most straightforward step-by-step way to get organized so that nothing falls through the cracks, but still allows for the "but I don't WANNA" factor when planning your day.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780142000281
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
12/31/2002
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pages:
288
Height:
.63IN
Width:
5.33IN
Thickness:
.75
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2001
Series Volume:
pt. 1.
UPC Code:
2800142000283
Author:
David Allen
Media Run Time:
B
Subject:
Self-management (psychology)
Subject:
Gestion de soi
Subject:
Self-management
Subject:
Business; Time management
Subject:
Budgets temps
Subject:
Time management

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