false 2581 7 In his bestselling first book, <I>Getting Things Done</I>, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now &#147;the personal productivity guru&#148; (<I>Fast Company</I>) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder&#151;every day. Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, <I>Ready for Anything</I> offers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head for creativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, and take action to get things moving.<P> With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how to make things happen&#151;with less effort and stress, and lots more energy, creativity, and effectiveness. <I>Ready for Anything</I> is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or her very best. 6547 2003 Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life total:216|5:28|4:74|3:77|2:34|1:3| 216 738 436 36 3 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 23:05:40 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 23:07:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 2 false false Wed Dec 26 16:10:50 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 16:19:08 -0800 2007 Getting Things Done, better know in left/anarchist circles as the GTD Revolution.more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 10:08:02 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 14:56:10 -0700 2008 Getting Things Done system, and while a lot of what the essays are saying is general, I think anyone reading would be better off already familiar with GTD.

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This is a nice follow on to Getting Things Done where David offers 52 short chapters each dealing with a different topic. Having spent some time working on GTD methodology...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:32:28 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 13:55:29 -0700 2009 Getting Things Done and Making It All Work twice and plan on listening to them again 4-6 months from now.

That being said the audio version of Ready for Anything escaped me on the initial listen. I plan on listening to it again, but if I ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Apr 24 19:16:17 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 15:37:49 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 19:16:17 -0700 2009
One's ability to be productive is a directly proportionate to one's ability to relax.
David Allen's program is irreducible. It is as simple as it can be and not simpler.

1. capture and corral ALL our internal and external "open loops" to regain clarity and e...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 05:45:25 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 05:47:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 07:26:50 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 07:29:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 08:10:01 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 08:11:21 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 14 11:47:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:48:56 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Feb 06 09:13:16 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 09:38:34 -0800 2008 Getting Things Done. Ready for Anything's one saving grace from one star is that it has useful appendices in the back that summarize Allen's productivity system. Save you time and skip reading this one; just go to the library and photocopy the a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 18:14:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 19:26:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 14:55:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 14:55:37 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:19:17 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:19:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 22 10:44:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 10:44:17 -0800 2009 Getting Things Done]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 04:35:30 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 04:36:40 -0800 2009 Getting Things Done" this book is all about the theory behind those principles. It was interesting, but nothing new. I liked his other book because I could put the book down and go DO something. This was just information for background's sake.more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 11:18:04 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 11:20:44 -0700 2007 Getting Things Done. The take away message is that getting everything out of your head and onto paper or a list is KEY to reducing mental stress. Not as easy to implement as it sounds, but ce...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 23:27:41 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 23:31:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 12 11:42:04 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 11:48:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 18 06:15:40 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 25 19:35:28 -0700 2008 Getting Things Done". I'm arill learning and absorbming more facets of his system, invaluable for people who have too much they want or need to get done, and not enough time/resources to do them more...]]>