Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-Free Productivity
Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In Getting Things Done David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft,...
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Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In Getting Things Done David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft, Lockheed and the US Department of Justice: Learn the 'do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it' principle to empty your in-tray. Handle e-mail, paperwork and unexpected demands in a system of self-management. Plan and progress projects. Reasses goals and stay focused. Apply the two minute rule when deciding what to do now and what to defer. Overcome feelings of anxiety and being overwhelmed. With clear and specific methods and advice, David Allen's tried and trusted formula for business efficiency could transform the way you operate and your experience of work.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780749922641 (0749922648)
ASIN: 749922648
Publish date: January 24th 2002
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Very clear and detailed, though it was aimed more at people who work in large companies than at anyone else.
Very clear and detailed, though it was aimed more at people who work in large companies than at anyone else.
If nothing else it made me think about how I do things and how I might make things work better. While I mightn't agree with all his methods, it does make sense to have a method to deal with things and make sure that you have a plan in place for dealing with the various things that arrive on your pl...
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen (?)
I appreciated the simple approach to productivity advocated in this book. The method is not so complex that it can't be implemented (I've been around people that use it.) and the explanations include enough examples that I find I can find where I fit in the process. I've going to have to buy my own...