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Ready For Anything [Hardcover]

David Allen (Author)
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Publication Date: Sep 16 2003
In Getting Things Done, David Allen offered a breakthrough system to enhance productivity-at work and in daily life. Now "the guru of personal productivity" (Fast Company) asks readers what is holding them back and shows how they can be ready for anything-with a clear mind, a clear deck, and clear intentions.

Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, Principles of Productivity, Ready for Anything offers fifty-two principles to clear your head, focus productively, create structures that work, and get in motion, including: * stability on one level opens creativity on another * you can't win a game you haven't defined * the value of a future goal is the present change it fosters

With wit, motivational insights, and inspiring quotes, Ready for Anything shows readers how to make things happen with less effort, stress, and ineffectiveness, and lots more energy, creativity, and clarity. This is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best.

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This fundamentally different look at productivity makes David's book not just a good read, but something to truly live by Keith Tamashita, author of UNSTUCK: A Tool for Yourself, Your Team and Your World Noone makes the challenges of productivity more understandale and manageable Rob Johnston, President of Leader to Leader Institute These powerful and practical pointers for living a more productive life are as subtle and rich as they are simple Arianna Huffington David Allen's productivity principles are rooted in big ideas ... But they're also eminently practical Keith H. Hammonds, Fast Company --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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David Allen is president of The David Allen Company and has more than twenty years experience as a consultant and executive coach for such organizations as Microsoft, the Ford Foundation, L.L.Bean, and the World Bank. His work has been featured in Fast Company, Fortune, Atlantic Monthly, O, and many other publications.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tune-up after Getting Things Done Jan 4 2004
By peederj
Format:Hardcover
While this is an outstanding book, I highly recommend his first work, Getting Things Done. Since this doesn't have a consistent narrative but is instead broken up into numerous tiny essays, it will be harder to get the maximum benefit from his approach to personal productivity from this alone.

Readers who "got" Getting Things Done don't need my advice on this one...they've already bought it I'm sure.

David Allen is probably the smartest personal productivity coach in print. I would buy Getting Things Done for every employee in my organization, and I would have copies of this one lying around to remind people and elaborate on some of the finer points.

Oh and I would like to add one point. I believe there is one thing missing from Mr. Allen's algorithm. That is finishing. I think his plan is outstanding for getting unstuck: figure out the next action, and do it without hesitation. But I don't find any attention paid to how to decide how many actions are "enough" for a desired outcome of a project.

You can always find some next action, and founder in what software engineers like myself call "permanent beta" or "feature creep." Yet external constraints are best not relied on exclusively for these decisions. It's best to volunteer a ruthless focus on the essence of your project's deliverable, isn't it?

So I would like Mr. Allen to write his next book about finishing projects, if he is able to develop insights into that stage as strong as his insights into the process of the middle stages.

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5.0 out of 5 stars David Allen's new book hits the mark. Sep 15 2003
By Bruce C. Houghton
Format:Hardcover
Let me start by admitting that while I'm a huge fan of David Allen and his wonderful productivity theories and practices, I found his first book "Getting Things Done" a rather tough read. A lot of great info was certainly there, but somehow the way it was written left my head spinning. Eventually I began to understand the systems and implement them, but I couldn't get over the nagging feeling that these theories and practices that were so basic and logical did not have to be so hard to grasp.

All of these shortcomings have been fixed in this great new book. Allen's theories, practices and strategies are delivered in 2-5 page bite sized pieces which much better suit his writing style. Each of the 52 short chapters can be devoured in a few minutes and can be understood and internalized individually or in well organized clusters as fits you best.

In a perfect world I'd suggest skimming Allen's first book so that you get an over view of his "systems"; then read this book for a bunch of "I get it!" moments; and then back to "Getting Things Done" for a more careful read. In fact, that's what I'm going to do.

But even if you never read Allen's first book; this new one is well worth the time because it will force you to look at work, time, and all of the stuff that clutters your mind and life in entirely new ways.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, inspiring and intellectually stimulating Jun 6 2010
By Stardust
Format:Paperback
I often go back and re-read the essays by David Allen in this book. A very inspiring read, gives me ideas over and over again, and is a great supplement for his other book- 'Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress Free Productivity'.
Highly recommended for any GTD fan, or for someone looking to get straightforward, insightful ideas into the game of life and work.
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