Getting Things Done: A Summary of David Allen's Book on Productivity

by Shortcut Summaries

This is a summary of David Allen's popular book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity ." We've taken all the great concepts, strategies & tips and rephrased them into an easy to read, but complete summary. Time management, in and of itself, is of little value unless it's combined with an effective, dependable and easy to use organizational system. Information overload and the need to process large volumes of data and work projects will choke your productivity unless you have an efficient work flow system in place that you trust completely and will ACTUALLY USE. The strategies and tips in this book will give you the tools you need to develop and utilize precisely that type of empowering system.

Genres: Productivity, Business

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Steven Kolber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too meta, but I likely should have just saved time by avoiding it!

[Brian Keller · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good concise reference method for organizing calendars and tasks. It sounds a bit mundane, but good organization has far reaching consequences. This summary text is short on examples, so it isn't immediately obvious precisely how to implement some of the ideas, or how to resolve the contradictions that will arise in implementation. Perhaps David Allen's full text covers all of that, but that research will have to wait for another day. Recommended reading for everyone who feels overwhelmed by their work or home schedules and tasks.

[David Welling · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to save time reading a book about it.

[Eric Hurst · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear, concise & encouraging. Would recommend to anyone considering the GTD way of living, but who doesn't have the time to read David Allen's complete work.