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Discover David Allen's powerful methods and vastly increase your personal organization, efficiency, and creative results-at work and in life. In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. Veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares his 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 results and unleash our creative potential. From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work and live, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down. Learn 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 and unstick projects * Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed * Feel fine about what you're not doing.Main Description
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 Allenshows 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 Donecan transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.
Veteran coach and management consultant Allen shares the breakthrough methodsfor stress-free performance that he has introduced to thousands. He shows howto assess goals, relax, and stay focused.
Author and productivity consultant David Allen was born on December 28, 1945. He attended New College in Sarasota, Florida. He is the founder and chairman of the David Allen Company, which is a management consulting, coaching, and training company. He wrote three books: 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.