Executives therefore generally need to multitask more than before. What’s more, numerous organizations have had their internal boundaries eroded, and their effectiveness rest on endless collaboration and communications using different services – and you can no longer avoid any of the many mail services in use. The author, who has been a business management and productivity consultant for 20 years, begins by showing that the working world has evolved and that managers often have to multi-task to get several things done at once, and even if they could dedicate their whole life to it, no doubt they would not have enough time to do things as well as they would prefer. Whilst I originally reviewed this book around 2008, I wanted to revisit it and see if his techniques are aging or still very valid compared to when I first used it. Let’s get right to the point: the Getting Things Done method is famous in the United States, it is a best seller for close to 16 years now with an updated version of his book re-published in 2015 ( Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity). Summary and Book Report of Getting Things Done : Summary of “Getting Things Done” : To be efficient, your mind must be crystal clear, like spring water to get to that point you need to get rid of all the parasitic thoughts that permanently distract you, which you can accomplish by putting everything that you want to, or must do into an external automated system, thus relieving your brain of the need to think – which it does badly, without directed prioritization and without consciously choosing the right moment.īy David Allen, 272 pages, published in 2001, updated in 2015. Welcome back to Books That Can Change Your Life ! Since it is not your first visit here, you must want to receive The 3 Vital Principles To Succeed in Life, backed by science : click here to get if for free ! 🙂

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