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  • Paperback: 164 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books (4 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749924799
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749924799
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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'David Allen's strategies for getting on top of your workload are invaluable. Read this book!' Praise for Getting Things Done by Ken Blanchard, co-author The One Minute Manager and Whale Done! David Allen, 'the guru of personal productivity' Fast Company Magazine) and author of the business bestseller Getting Things Done, inspires us to work better, not harder, in his new book, Ready for Anything. Offering over 50 productivity principles to help you clear your head and focus, Ready for Anything enables you to identify what drives you, what holds you back and how to be ready for anything. With motivational insights and inspirational quotes, Ready for Anything shows readers how to make things happen with less effort, stress and inefficiency, and lots more energy, creativity and clarity. This is the perfect inspirational and motivational book for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best.


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David Allen has had more than twenty years' experience as a management consultant, executive coach and educator and is the president of David Allen & Co and has been described as one of the world's most influential thinkers on productivity.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Productivity and Self Discovery, 3 Jul 2008
By kh82399ny (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life (Hardcover)
David Allen's "Ready for Everything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life" is excellent! As the companion book following his widely popular "Getting Things Done", it is a great addition to enhance personal productivity. I found myself revisiting the book time and again to get back on track whenever I felt overwhelmed. It inspired me to look with clarity and I discovered that it is entirely possible to make things happen with less stress and more effectiveness.

Another great resource I found that has helped me tremendously are books and podcasts by Ariel and Shya Kane. If you like David's approach, you might enjoy the Kanes' "Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment", and "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work: A Book About Instantaneous Transformation". Though not specifically tailored for productivity, the Kanes' books have made a huge impact on my work and life because they have inspired me to look at the root- how I operate in my life and not to judge what I have done or see. It is very freeing to learn to live in the moment. I can be appropriate to what's showing up in my life and this helps me get things completed with satisfaction. I highly recommend them!
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another superb book, 1 Mar 2006
By Mr. E. J. Lowe "edlowe690" (UK) - See all my reviews
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David Allen has written another superb book on a subject everyone could make better use of. This book gives guidelines on how to improve ones overall method of dealing with life on a day-to-day basis. It does not preach to the reader about what must and must not happen. It does however give relevant examples that most people will be able to identify with. David explains how most people tend to deal with these situations and why this increases stress. He then demonstrates why his recommendation can add to an organised work method and thus relieve stress.

David has a wonderful writing style that is easy to read. His use of the English language coupled with his clear examples makes this book a joy to pick up.

This book is much broader in content than "Getting Things Done". I would recommend reading "Getting Things Done" if your life is one big mass of confusion, contradiction and generally not moving in one direction. "Ready for Anything" is a secondary phase to give more direction to all aspects of your life. All in all I enjoy reading David Allen's books. The information in them is invaluable and should be adopted by everyone. I will be keeping my copies and making regular reference to them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with Knowledge!, 1 Mar 2004
By Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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Author David Allen lists 52 basic principles for productivity, including: write everything down, do the jobs that nag you, focus on the matter at hand and so on. As he notes, the principles are both simple to understand and difficult to implement. The book is essentially a collection of gleanings from the author’s previous writings, so it does not present a systematic or unified approach to time and productivity management. However, Allen’s straightforward tips are handy, if sometimes duplicative. The number 52 suggests that you might find one helpful tip to use each week in a one-year program of self-improvement and productivity management. In that case, repetition is probably a good thing, since bad habits tend to spring up again like weeds and require the same remedies often. The author is relentlessly upbeat, optimistic and witty, like a motivational speaker. That might be hard to read in a big chunk, but it is easy to digest if you spend a little time every week reading a recommendation and implementing it. We recommend this book to anyone who urgently needs help with time management and productivity.
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