Summary of David Allen's Getting Things Done

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of David Allen's Getting Things Done in the Room in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. "GTD" is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.

Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638154402

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With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

It’s possible to have a ton of things to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control if you practice what martial artists call a mind like water.

#2

A mind like water is a state of doing and being in which your mind is clear, and productive things are happening. When you throw a pebble into a still pond, the water responds according to the force and mass of the input and then returns to calm.

#3

Most stress comes from inappropriately managed commitments. Even if you are not consciously stressed out, you will experience increased productive energy when you learn to effectively control the open loops of your life. Open loops are anything pulling at your attention that shouldn’t be.

#4

You can train yourself, almost like an athlete, to be faster, more receptive, more driven, and more focused on dealing with everything you are facing. But first,