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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Your mind excels at thinking yet badly struggles to remember things.
Chapter 3: To fully apply the GTD method, you need the proper workspace, tools, and filing system.
Chapter 4: Collect all your tasks, ideas, reminders, and more in trusted external collection tools.
Chapter 5: Clarify: empty every external collection tool each week.
Chapter 6: Organize: clear your collection tools and put items in the right place.
Chapter 7: Maintain a Projects list to track current projects, and always demand explicitly defined, clear next actions for them.
Chapter 8: Natural planning clarifies goals and the next concrete steps in your projects.
Chapter 9: Rather than a daily to-do list, keep a Calendar and Next Action lists.
Chapter 10: Waiting For lists are extremely useful when you collaborate with other people closely.
Chapter 11: Any ideas with possible future relevance should go on a Someday/Maybe list or into a tickler file.
Chapter 12: Reflect: Continual system review is essential for truly productive work.
Chapter 13: Engage: Decide what to do each moment, based on current context and your top priorities now.
Chapter 14: Understand your priorities by conducting a bottom-up examination.
Description
In Getting Things Done (2001), David Allen introduces his famous system for stress-free productivity. With this system, you can face an overwhelming amount of things to do, but still be productive, creative and relaxed as you tackle them.
Why you should care: Learn to do more and stress less.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who feels stressed or overworked
- Anyone who wants to be productive in their work and personal lives
- Anyone curious about the widely acclaimed Getting Things Done method