Getting Things Done (2001) (edit title/settings)

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• David Allen: David Allen (born December 28, 1945) is a productivity consultant who is best known as the creator of the time management method known as "Getting Things Done" .He grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana where he acted and won a state championship in debate. He went to college at New College, now New College of Florida, in Sarasota, Florida, and did graduate work in American history at University of California, Berkeley.<2> His career path has included jobs as a magician, waiter, karate teacher, landscaper, vitamin distributor, glass-blowing lathe operator, travel agent, gas station manager, U-Haul dealer, moped salesman, restaurant cook,<1> personal growth trainer, manager of a lawn service company, and manager of a travel agency. He is an ordained minister with the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.<3><4> He claims to have had 35 professions before age 35.<5> He began applying his perspective on productivity with businesses in the 1980s when he was awarded a contract to design a program for executives and managers at Lockheed.He is the founder of the David Allen Company, which is focused on productivity, action management and executive coaching. His "Getting Things Done" method is part of his coaching efforts. He was also one of the founders of Actioneer, Inc., a company specializing in productivity tools for the Palm Pilot.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allen_(author)
• David Allen: A typical reader who is engulfed in a tidal wave of paper and emails.
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• “"Corraling all your stuff..."”

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• We (1) collect things that command our attention; (2) process what they mean and what to do about them; and (3) organize the results, which we (4) review as options for what we choose to (5) do.

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• 1 | Every open loop must be in your collection system and out of your head. 2 | You must have as few collection buckets as you can get by with. 3 | You must empty them regularly.

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• 1 | Defining purpose and principles 2 | Outcome visioning 3 | Brainstorming 4 | Organizing 5 | Identifying next actions

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• To manage actionable things, you will need a list of projects, storage or files for project plans and materials, a calendar, a list of reminders of next actions, and a list of reminders of things you’re waiting for.

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• First of all, if it’s on your mind, your mind isn’t clear. Anything you consider unfinished in any way must be captured in a trusted system outside your mind, or what I call a collection bucket, that you know you’ll come back to regularly and sort through. Second, you must clarify exactly what your commitment is and decide what you have to do, if anything, to make progress toward fulfilling it. Third, once you’ve decided on all the actions you need to take, you must keep reminders of them organized in a system you review regularly.

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• Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.

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• The Weekly Review is the time to Gather and process all your “stuff.” Review your system. Update your lists. Get clean, clear, current, and complete.

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• There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it’s getting done.

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• Here are three basic steps for developing a vision: 1 | View the project from beyond the completion date. 2 | Envision “WILD SUCCESS”! (Suspend “Yeah, but…”) 3 | Capture features, aspects, qualities you imagine in place.

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• Thinking in a concentrated manner to define desired outcomes is something few people feel they have to do. But in truth, outcome thinking is one of the most effective means available for making wishes reality.

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• The David Allen Company: Company founded by David which continues to coach and spread the GTD message around the world. They can be found at www.davidco.com
• GTD Times: A website maintained by the staff at the David Allen Company for the propose of creating a d supporting a community of GTD-learners and practitioners. It can be found at www.gtdtimes.com

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1. David Allen (Author)

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• Library of Congress: BF637.T5 A45 2001
• Dewey: 646.7

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