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David Allen is widely recognized as the world’s leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. His thirty-year pioneering research and coaching to corporate managers and CEOs of some of America’s most prestigious corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the U.S. and Business 2.0 magazine's inclusion in their 2006 list of the "50 Who Matter Now." Time Magazine called his flagship book, "Getting Things Done", “the definitive business self-help book of the decade.” Fast Company Magazine called David “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” in the arena of personal productivity, for his outstanding programs and writing on time and stress management, the power of aligned focus and vision, and his groundbreaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance.

David is the international best-selling author of "Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity"; "Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life"; and "Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life".

He is the engineer of GTD®, the popular Getting Things Done® methodology that has shown millions how to transform a fast-paced, overwhelming, overcommitted life into one that is balanced, integrated, relaxed, and has more successful outcomes. GTD’s broad appeal is based on the fact that it is applicable from the boardroom to the living room to the class room. It is hailed as “life changing” by students, busy parents, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. David is the Founder and Chairman of the David Allen Company, whose inspirational seminars, coaching, educational materials and practical products present individuals and organizations with a new model for “Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life.” He continues to write articles and essays that address today’s ever-changing issues about living and working in a fast-paced world while sustaining balance, control, and meaningful focus.

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Simple Citizen

No Book I have ever read led me to MAKE as many changes as this book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2023

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I have read a lot of books on how to organize your life:
Love People, Use Things
Essentialism
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
One Minute manager
The Fifth Discipline

I have also read books on leadership, self-help, therapy, productivity, working through failure, and on and on.

NOTHING ELSE HAS COME CLOSE.

Now, this may be because of where I am in my life. It may be that this book isn’t any better than the others, it’s just WHAT I NEEDED at this moment.
I have 5 teenagers, 3 jobs, my own clinic, I’m writing a book, speaking publicly often, and I’m also auditioning for a play next week. Oh, and I love free time, relaxing on weekends and evenings, spending time with friends, going to plays, and reading books.
I also WANT TO BE DEPENDABLE. I want to do what I have said I will do. I want to make less agreements, and have less obligations, so that I can NAIL the ones I have made.
That’s where this book was so very helpful. Yes the author eventually asks you to think about long term goals and life values and those things, but he really starts at the day to day level.
“HOW DO YOU GET DONE, THE THINGS YOU SAID YOU WOULD?” How do you meet your current obligations? How do you finish each day with a feeling of satisfaction.
How do you better handle the things you have already agreed to do, and manage the barrage of things coming at you all day every day that are unexpected?
DOING what he suggests has made me feel RELIABLE. I know what I can do, and what I can’t. I know when I can say yes, and when I have to say no. I know when I have to adjust, or change a previous agreement because it just AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN the way I had hoped.
It is an amazing feeling of peace to know that I can reliably say yes or no to things, and I will honestly get back to them, finish them, remember them.
My first attempts weren’t perfect. My first organizational attempt from early January has already been discarded. As have my second and third attempts. But each time was BETTER than what I was doing before, and each time I like the new system more and more, and it’s easier and faster to use and more reliable.
My wife and kids know exactly when I am free, and we can do ALL SORTS of fun things, and movie marathons, and visiting family in other cities, and on and on.
GETTING THINGS DONE has changed my life in just two months.
If your life feels out of control, your mind feels scattered, and you constantly miss things you agreed to… READ THIS BOOK.

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Far above your average productivity book

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I’ve read a lot of productivity books I used to think were good. This one just blows them out of the water. They’re all a 4/10 at best in comparison and this is a 10/10.
In a world that is always throwing new tasks at you rapid fire, this book totally teaches you how to handle it and for that I’m grateful.

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Overall, I like this system. I thin MKO the book could have outlined it throughly and been a fair amount shorter, though.

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Doug Wilson

Better the second time

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David Allen’s book is pretty clear and convincing about the most essential principles for achieving results. Chiefly, identify what needs to be done about every item the comes into your life’s in basket. Then build and maintain a system for keeping yourself on track with every project and priority in your life. As a result you will most likely experience a much greater sense of calmness and creativity, not to mention making progress on many goals you didn’t realize you had. On my second read, I realized I had forgotten some core principles and although I had already experienced good results, a revamp of my system (using Evernote) has moved me forward on several more goals.

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life long reference material

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more than just a book on productivity or organizing your life. both a philosophical and practical masterpiece on how to unlock the true potential of ANYONE.

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Diana Lucia Castillo Midence

great book!

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It’s very simple to understand, with clear examples and a step by step guide in how to organize your day to day and future vision in a way your mind can be free to flow and create !

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This is the go-to book for the GTD methodology

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Self help is not a genre of books I read very often, but I made an exception for David Allen’s Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. One of my goals for 2017 was to become better organised and to be more productive. I first learned about the GTD methodology through Carl Pullein’s YouTube channel that I follow. I’ve been working on this for around six weeks now, so it’s too early to tell, but I’m happy with what I’ve learned so far.

Getting Things Done, or GTD, is a productivity methodology based on a few deceptively simple concepts. Now, I’m still very new to GTD, but this is how I see it. One of the fundamental ideas behind GTD is that the human brain is excellent at processing ideas and being creative, but not a great storage facility. A key part of GTD is getting all ideas, projects and commitments out of your brain and into a trusted system or external brain.

There are five activities to GDT: Capture, Clarify, Organise, Reflect and Engage. If I can take from the GTD website, this translates to:

Capture: Collect what has your attention. For me, this means adding all my ideas, commitments and to-dos in my list manager application of choice, Todoist. I really love this application and regret that I don’t have it at work. I try to capture everything from my doctor’s appointments, to buying cat food for Lushka to a reminder to ask my husband if we have picture hooks. I’m planning a trip to Europe this summer, so any time I think of something like oh, I must remember to get Swiss francs, into Todoist it goes.

Clarify: Process what it means. Here I can’t be any more concise than or as clear as the workflow diagram on the GTD website:

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Honestly, if I take away nothing more from my experience with GTD than the two minute rule (if you can do it in two minutes, do it now, otherwise delegate it or defer it) and the discipline to define the next physical action to move a task along it will have been worth it.

Organise: Put it where it belongs. This is probably the area of GTD that’s least intuitive for me – I’m not very organised! At the very least, I try to put any appointments on my calendar, any tasks in the appropriate section of Todoist, and potentially relevant non-actionable information in Evernote. One interesting aspect of GTD is the use of contexts. This means organising your tasks not by priority but by the tools, location, and/or person you need to be able to complete them successfully. So, for example, in my Taxes 2016 list I have an item; pick up tax receipt from pharmacy. I tagged that as “pharmacy” along with other items like pick up Polysporin and drop off new prescription. So when I go to the pharmacy I just check that tag to be reminded of all the things I have to accomplish while I’m there. Similarly, while planning my trip to Europe I have a context of Susanne, the friend I’m visiting. Any time I think of something I need to ask her, I add it to that list of things to discuss next time I call or email her.

Reflect: Review your to do list and calendar frequently. The idea here is to keep your “external brain” current with everything that you need to accomplish. If you don’t add to it or clear our stale items, your real brain will no longer trust your system and it will break down. Most GTDers do a review at least once a week.

Engage: Simply do. Pick the tasks that are available to you based on your contexts and get cracking!

The book itself is very well written and the edition I have was updated in 2015 to include discussion of new technology (not specific applications) and how it impacts the GTD workflow.

if you are interested in improving your productivity and generally getting things done you could do a whole lot worse than to check out this book.

I gave Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free productivity five stars out of five.

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Gurpreet Singh

Great book and Equally Great Narration!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2023

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Great book, and very well narrated by David Allen! I have implemented GTD in my life, and it has been a game changer. Read the book, and give the system a whirl!

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Alison

I wish I’d read this book earlier

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on July 16, 2021

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I wish I’d read this book earlier. I see so much of myself in Allen’s words and GTD methodology from the intensity/passion of his explanations to seeking spiritual flow.

For so long I felt guilty for not sticking to rigid time management systems and schedules but as it turns out, I’ve already largely implemented the GTD method and am in fact, more productive than I gave myself credit for. That in essence, there is nothing wrong with me and to get over the thought that I’m spending my days wastefully.

This book is for anybody who cringes at the idea of becoming a productively machine and instead desires to create meaningful work efficiently and on your own terms. Getting Things Done is without a doubt a book that touched my soul. i can’t thank David Allen enough for his work.

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Chris Kang

Holistic approach to getting the right things done

Reviewed in Singapore 🇸🇬 on January 14, 2023

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Fantastic wise advice and practical strategies for getting the right things done, at the right time, in the right order, with due regard for who we are and what we cherish at our core.

Amazon Customer

Familiar story written in a different way

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on January 11, 2021

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There are a number of books on the market which use a similar format but different catch phrases. This text is not set out as logically as some of the others I have studied. The principles are the same but dressed up in a different way. I think the author would benefit from using an experienced editor who should be able to make the book more readable. It would also make the franchise more marketable.

k84

使えそうではあった

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on May 19, 2019

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気になることを頭に抱え込んでいると、頭の中でどんどんふくらんでくるような気がするから、全部書いてしまいなさいという本。そこで、仕事場から私室から、全部のものを整理して、頭の中に浮かんでいる考えも全部書き出して、徹底的に整理して、プロジェクトにすべきものはしてしまおうという一大理論。

かなり面白いものではあったが、星三つの理由は私の気質に合わないから。というか、合いすぎるから。

プロジェクトにしたものは必ず「次の一歩」を書いて、毎週見直す。そういったところが特に、元々強迫障害気質の私には、やり過ぎて一週間で気が狂いそうになるのが見えていたので、やらなかった。

ちゃらんぽらんだったり、根をつめるのが苦手な人は、やっても大丈夫だろうからやってもいいかもしれない。生真面目な人には危険思想。

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Metodo semplice e brillante

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on June 9, 2019

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Ho comprato questo libro tre anni fa. Posso ora affermare che ha avuto un importante impatto positivo sulla mia vita.
Preferisco chiarire subito che non promette illuminate soluzioni ai dilemmi esistenziali: come ho letto nel libro stesso “Getting Things Done is more about the art of implementation and execution than about how to define goals and vision”.
Il libro, infatti, offre un metodo da seguire per gestire al meglio il proprio tempo, ornanizzando e affrontando le cose da fare in maniera pratica, efficiente e senza stress. Un metodo tanto semplice quanto brillante, che tutti possono mettere in pratica, in ogni sfera della propria vita, senza cambiare abitudini o stile di vita. A cambiare è solo il modo in cui ci si approccia alle cose da fare, il modo… of “Getting Things Done”

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