Summary of Getting Things Done E-Book

Alexander Cooper

• Herausgeber: Ben Business Group LLC
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

Summary of Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity! - A Comprehensive Summary

PART 1 – A PROBLEM
In the first part of the book, Allen presents a common problem for his readers. It is a problem of being able to function normally, like a normal and responsible person. The author also says that humans have a variety of effectiveness and efficiency levels, meaning that humans can function regardless of the circumstances that surround them. The only thing to do is to learn how to do it.
According to Allen, there are two crucial things that everyone should find within his book. One of them is an ability to compile all of the things that need to be done, dividing them in one functional system. The other one is that, when doing so, one should keep himself discipline, keeping a solid plan for his/her life.
However, it is not simple to do that, and one of the main reasons, as the author suggests, why people find it hard to get their things done is because people are dealing with high stress levels.
Why is that? An example of this is when people do their jobs, there are demands for people to prove themselves, and these demands may somehow feel as if they are too big.
There, the author then mentions of how one should get into a ‘Productive State’.
And the author continues saying that it is, similar with anything else, everyone’s responsibility to get into a...

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Table of contents

SUMMARY of Getting Things Done

SUMMARY

PART 2 – CONTROLLING YOUR OWN LIFE

PART 3 – PHASES OF PROJECT PLANNING

PART 5 – COLLECTING ITEMS FOR SUCCESS

PART 6 – FIRST THINGS FIRST

PART 7 – HOW TO ORGANIZE RESPONSIBILITIES

PART 8 – YOUR SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE FUNCTIONAL

PART 9 – CHOICES BEFORE ABILITIES

PART 10 – GETTING EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL

PART 11 – COLLECTION HABIT

PART 12 – POWER OF THE NEXT ACTION

PART 13 – FOCUSING ON THE OUTCOME

CONCLUSION

SUMMARY of Getting Things Done

by David Allen - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity! - A Comprehensive Summary

SUMMARY of Getting Things Done

In the first part of the book, Allen presents a common problem for his readers. It is a problem of being able to function normally, like a normal and responsible person. The author also says that humans have a variety of effectiveness and efficiency levels, meaning that humans can function regardless of the circumstances that surround them. The only thing to do is to learn how to do it.

According to Allen, there are two crucial things that everyone should find within his book. One of them is an ability to compile all of the things that need to be done, dividing them in one functional system. The other one is that, when doing so, one should keep himself discipline, keeping a solid plan for his/her life.

However, it is not simple to do that, and one of the main reasons, as the author suggests, why people find it hard to get their things done is because people are dealing with high stress levels.

Why is that? An example of this is when people do their jobs, there are demands for people to prove themselves, and these demands may somehow feel as if they are too big.

There, the author then mentions of how one should get into a ‘Productive State’.

And the author continues saying that it is, similar with anything else, everyone’s responsibility to get into a...

To be continued...

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⁃ An Analysis

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INTRODUCTION

Getting Things Done is a book written by American author David Allen. It is a book of successful time-managing, stress-free activity, explanatory guide for everyday life for every man. The first edition of the book came out in 2002, but here, we will talk about Allen’s Second Edition of his book, which came out in 2015, and which was a revised edition of the 2002 version.

David Allen was born on December 28 th 1945 in Louisiana. He graduated in American history at the University of California, Berkley, and after his graduation, his career was very colorful; he worked as a magician, a waiter, a karate teacher, a vitamin distributor and many more. He claims that he had thirty-five professions before he was thirty-five-years-old.

In his book, Getting Things Done, Allen uses two of his elements—which he considers the most important ones—control and perspective. Throughout his book, he proposes an efficient workflow process in order to control all the tasks and commitments that one needs or wants to get done. In his book, he states that once a person has a ‘mind like water’, he or she will be able to regain a clear vision on perspective, which then includes six horizons of focus.

Surely an interesting literature, one that definitely offers to its readers more than just a plain ‘self-help’ or ‘how-to’ book, but a literature that will attract attention of many readers.

SUMMARY

PART 2 – CONTROLLING YOUR OWN LIFE

PART 1 – A PROBLEM

In the first part of the book, Allen presents a common problem for his readers. It is a problem of being able to function normally, like a normal and responsible person. The author also says that humans have a variety of effectiveness and efficiency levels, meaning that humans can function regardless of the circumstances that surround them. The only thing to do is to learn how to do it.

According to Allen, there are two crucial things that everyone should find within his book. One of them is an ability to compile all of the things that need to be done, dividing them in one functional system. The other one is that, when doing so, one should keep himself discipline, keeping a solid plan for his/her life.

However, it is not simple to do that, and one of the main reasons, as the author suggests, why people find it hard to get their things done is because people are dealing with high stress levels.

Why is that? An example of this is when people do their jobs, there are demands for people to prove themselves, and these demands may somehow feel as if they are too big.