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- Title:
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- Reading Level: Paperback
- Binding: Paperback
- No. of Pages: 267
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- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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- ISBN: 0142000280
- Product Size (W x H x L) inches: 5.28 x 0.87 x 7.95
- Shipping Weight: 0.49
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Review
Source: Product DescriptionIn 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.
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Customer Reviews
Number of reviews: 614 Average Rating:A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-09-04 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, Incredibly Practical Productivity Process.
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. Unfinished tasks and unfulfilled commitments create stress and pressure. 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. 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. This trust cannot be fully defined yet alone captured in any known system to mankind yet. 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.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-30 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity
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!
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-25 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, Makes Being On Top Of It All Seem Possible
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.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-12 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, Fantastic Resource
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. 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. His 10K, 20K etc. review plan and such, not so much. Great book, though, and I recommend it to everyone.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-07 and rated it
6 People found this review helpful, For Me An Old Book Was Much Better.
Had some significant success in business and in my community. Felt I should do more. Never took a business class or read a business book. In 2003 Allen's book was my first on time management. I had no knowledge on the subject, however this had nothing new at all. His thoughts were all obvious.
For my first time I searched Amazon for the right book. From YOUR reviews I selected: [{ASIN:B000LNIG02 How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life]], by Alan Lakein. He walked me through to decide where I should go and what to do. He took me through human nature. A simple approach with steps that felt natural. It was published in 1973, but it works. 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. Good book for me.
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