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  • The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
  • Written by: David Allen
  • Narrated by: David Allen
  • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (308 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

David Allen reads an all-new edition of his popular self-help classic for managing work-life balance in the 21st century - now updated for the new challenges facing individuals and organizations in today's rapidly changing world.

Since it was first published more than 15 years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era and the ultimate book on personal organization. "GTD" is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.

Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.

©2001 David Allen (P)2001 Simon & Schuster

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Needs a PDF

Good book but needs a PDF to help action some of his instructions or plans for you.

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Good methodology, but the book is very repetitive.

I did help me change many things in my day to day working structure and organization, but the author keeps on repeating things that we already understood, it has too many examples and lists of things that becomes extremely boring at times. there is a whole chapter that just keeps on listing things that need to be organized, one by one, very boring, but the methodology is really great! I think the author should think of publishing a shorter version that goes to the point, quality vs quantity

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Grows on you

Subtly brilliant. Life changing! It's very interesting how he speaks in broad principles for hours on end, and as a listener, you fill in the specifics of your own planning challenges, and the end result is you come up with all sorts of solutions to your problems. Highly recommended!!

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Good advice, though bloated book

One of those self help books with some good advice and systems, but 80% of the book is selling you on the good advice and systems.

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This is a life changing book.

Easy to zone out to. But by the time it's done you have already started noticing the organizational improvements. Very very good!

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Content and Process is great

All the back story and studies are nice. But for someone who is trying to "get things done" I just need to be simply told the method and get to the point. Often I'm looking to skip ahead in this and then back up a bit then skip ahead.

The Narration is good. Clear, precise, pleasant. Content very good.

If this came with a downloadable PDF of the basic concepts it would be much improved.

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So much blah blah, it's painful

I'd recommend finding a brief summary of the book instead of reading it. Honesly got just as much value from that without it dragging for an eternity.

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About 90% too long

This book was recommended by a co-worker and I was very excited about its first couple of chapters. The premise for the idea is solid. The author, unfortunately, instead of trying to save reader's time, goes off on a very lengthy and excessively detailed description of each small detail in his system with a million examples. This book could have fit in a 30-minute slide show. Instead, it's a 10+ hour listen. One would be better off reading a summary or reading somebody else's digest of the book.

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very dry and long

5 hours In, and the author is still talking about making lists. the title is a little misleading. this book is very dry, and tends to go on and on, and on. it's the only book I have not finished.

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Save yourself. Get this book!

I’ve been a productivity junkie for years and this book is my ticket out of that addiction and into finally having a system that works so I can stop endlessly looking for something that can help me juggle everything. If you’re a high performer at work, life, and home (or want to be) then this book and GTD will not disappoint. It will take some time to set it up and learn it and make it second nature but I promise it’s worth it.

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