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Productivity and Self Discovery
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...
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Not nearly as good as GTD
More philosophical musings than the hard useful advice of GTD. Funnily enough the summary at the end is better than the one in GTD, so it might be worth buying this book just for that summary.
Published 14 months ago by Jezza
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
Productivity and Self Discovery, 3 Jul 2008
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:
Another superb book, 1 Mar 2006
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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80 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
Packed with Knowledge!, 1 Mar 2004
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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A motivational resource, 28 Aug 2007
I greatly enjoyed David Allen's "Getting Things Done" and still read it regularly. Likewise with this book which makes an effective companion volume. Although it is not as detailed and systematic as his earlier book, it is a full of ideas that can be taken on board and developed. It is a good book to carry around for when you have a spare moment as each of the 52 principles are distilled into a short chapter complete with motivational quotes. My only reservation about the book is that there are so many of these quotes that they often distract from the main text.
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Excellent book - Food for thoughts., 9 Nov 2009
Whereas Getting Things Done is a very hands-on manual that not only help you understand GTD but also put it into practice, Ready For Anything is more of a reflection on GTD and all sorts of things that are related to it.
I strongly suggest reading this book AFTER you have read GTD, for it will allow you to better grasp the implications of, and the philosophy behind David Allen's method.
This book is only for those who are already familiar with GTD, I think.
Great stuff anyway.
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More insights about processing your stuff, 11 Aug 2009
This is a good companion book to the author's best-selling "Getting Things Done". As the title suggests, it is composed of brief essays (3 pages max) about key principles concerning personal productivity and development. I recommend reading this book after reading "Getting Things Done", in order to gain additional insights about processing your stuff and staying on track. It is worth 4 stars.
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Practical approach to GTD, 1 Mar 2009
This book gives an overview of best practices within the realm of the different areas of the GTD methodology. The book simplifies well through good examples. Enjoyable reading when trying to implement GTD.
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Not nearly as good as GTD, 12 Sep 2008
More philosophical musings than the hard useful advice of GTD. Funnily enough the summary at the end is better than the one in GTD, so it might be worth buying this book just for that summary.
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Disappointment, 21 Jul 2008
Had high expectations after reading GTD. Unfortunately, quite disappointed as the text is very philosophical and difficult to link with day-2-day life/actions. I still like David for GTD.
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