Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life
by David Allen
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I have learned a lot about how to create content and write books and other materials faster-- and one of the tricks of the trade is to write a chapter-per-week (52 essays) type of book like this. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I really expected more from David's second book. It is reiterating a lot of what has already been said, etc. I was underwhelmed.
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Read in April, 2008
I like David Allen's take, even when I don't agree with him. Like Chapter 7 about Prioritization. But I'm nitpicking.
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 I re-read this one and definitely took more from it than the first time!
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 I re-read this one and definitely took more from it than the first time!
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This is basically a regurgatation of Allen's classic: 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 appendices instead. Then get a copy of Getting Things Done and read it.
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Read in January, 2008
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If you're having trouble getting yourself organized and set off in a direction, this is a great book to read over. (Somehow or other, though, I seem to have come up with a lot of the techniques in here for myself on my own already. I have this problem a lot with personal effectiveness books.)
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David's follow-up book to GTD was a disappointment to me. It was a collection of essays that did not add much more value in my opinion. It's a 52 essay collection, one-a-week kind of idea. Easy way to write a book but I am not a big fan of this one.
- Lorie Marrero
- Lorie Marrero
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Read in November, 2007
I'm only on the introduction. I tend to be a little ADD with reading books and sometimes my currently reading list will be quite long.
So far, I like the introduction a lot. It's piqued my interest.
So far, I like the introduction a lot. It's piqued my interest.
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A great companion to GTD... and I would say you're going to be lost if you don't have GTD also. Would make a great set, those two. Go read my Getting Things Done review if you want.
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some pithy essays on managing "the game of work and the business of life," most valuable for dedicated David Allen/GTD fans
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Read in January, 2006
Fantastic - Allen's methods in quick soundbites.
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