Summary of Getting Things Done: by David Allen - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity! - A Comprehensive Summary
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Summary of Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity! - A Comprehensive Summary
PART 1 – A PROBLEM
In the first part of the book, Allen presents a common problem for his readers. It is a problem of being able to function normally, like a normal and responsible person. The author also says that humans have a variety of effectiveness and efficiency levels, meaning that humans can function regardless of the circumstances that surround them. The only thing to do is to learn how to do it.
According to Allen, there are two crucial things that everyone should find within his book. One of them is an ability to compile all of the things that need to be done, dividing them in one functional system. The other one is that, when doing so, one should keep himself discipline, keeping a solid plan for his/her life.
However, it is not simple to do that, and one of the main reasons, as the author suggests, why people find it hard to get their things done is because people are dealing with high stress levels.
Why is that? An example of this is when people do their jobs, there are demands for people to prove themselves, and these demands may somehow feel as if they are too big.
There, the author then mentions of how one should get into a ‘Productive State’.
And the author continues saying that it is, similar with anything else, everyone’s responsibility to get into a...
To be continued...
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PART 1 – A PROBLEM
In the first part of the book, Allen presents a common problem for his readers. It is a problem of being able to function normally, like a normal and responsible person. The author also says that humans have a variety of effectiveness and efficiency levels, meaning that humans can function regardless of the circumstances that surround them. The only thing to do is to learn how to do it.
According to Allen, there are two crucial things that everyone should find within his book. One of them is an ability to compile all of the things that need to be done, dividing them in one functional system. The other one is that, when doing so, one should keep himself discipline, keeping a solid plan for his/her life.
However, it is not simple to do that, and one of the main reasons, as the author suggests, why people find it hard to get their things done is because people are dealing with high stress levels.
Why is that? An example of this is when people do their jobs, there are demands for people to prove themselves, and these demands may somehow feel as if they are too big.
There, the author then mentions of how one should get into a ‘Productive State’.
And the author continues saying that it is, similar with anything else, everyone’s responsibility to get into a...
To be continued...
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⁃ A Full Book Summary
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⁃ Fun quizzes
⁃ Quiz Answers
⁃ Etc.
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