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Ready for Anything 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

by: Allen, David

Ready for Anything 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

by: Allen, David

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Copyright: 12/28/2004
Publisher: Penguin Books

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Summary

In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now the personal productivity guru” (Fast Company) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder—every day. Based on Allen’s highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anythingoffers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head for creativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, and take action to get things moving.With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how to make things happen—with less effort and stress, and lots more energy, creativity, and effectiveness. Ready for Anythingis the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or her very best.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Making It Easy to Take It Easy

xix

PART I: CLEAR YOUR HEAD FOR CREATIVITY

Getting the Loose Ends to Leave You Alone

(2)

Cleaning up creates new directions

(3)

Prepared for the Unknown?

You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing

(3)

Why ``Getting Organized'' Usually Hasn't Worked

Knowing your commitments creates better choices of new ones

(3)

When the Center Is the Edge

Getting to where you're going requires knowing where you are

(3)

Forget the Future---Just Get a Grip

Infinite opportunity is utilized by finite possibility

(3)

The One-Minute Workflow Manager

Two commitments in your head create stress and failure

(3)

Getting Things Done: Reactive or Responsive?

Priorities function only at the conscious level

(3)

The Danger of ``Not as Important'' Projects

Closing open loops releases energy

(2)

The Magical Mundane

If it's on your mind, it's probably not getting done

(3)

The ABCs of Psychic RAM

Creativity shows up when there's space

(3)

Is This All There Is?

The deeper the channel, the greater the flow

(3)

Are You Really Ready for More?

Worry is a waste

(3)

Getting Thinking off Your Mind

You are not your work

(5)

The Big Secret About My Lists

PART II: FOCUS PRODUCTIVELY

What's the Point of a Point of View?

(2)

For more clarity, look from a higher place

(3)

The Play of the Day

You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it

(3)

Waking Up Again to Making It Up Again

Working hard enough is impossible

(2)

Is It Overtime All the Time?

Energy follows thought

(3)

What Are You Putting in Front of Your Door?

The clearer your purpose, the more ways to fulfill it

(3)

Are You Living in Your Living Room?

Best is much better than good

(3)

How to Be Invincible

A change in focus equals a change in result

(3)

Are You Ready for ``Ready''?

Perspective is the most valuable commodity on the planet

(3)

Bootstrapping Yourself into Better

You have to think about your stuff more than you think

(3)

Productivity Doesn't Happen by Itself

You don't have to think about your stuff as much as you're afraid you might

(3)

Being Complete with Your Incompletions

If you know what you're doing, efficiency is the only improvement opportunity

(3)

Stress Transcendence

Only one thing on your mind is ``in the zone.''

(3)

How Important Is Anything but the Most Important Thing?

The value of a future goal is the present change it fosters

(5)

To Do or to Be? Or Is That the Question?

PART III: CREATE STRUCTURES THAT WORK

It's Hard to Stay on Track Without Rails

(2)

Stability on one level opens creativity on another

(2)

Organization and Creativity: Friends or Foes?

Form and function must match for maximum productivity

(2)

The Visionary and the Doer---a Personal Division of Labor

Your system has to be better than your mind for your mind to let go

(3)

Can Your Mind Keep Its New Job?

Response ability improves viability

(2)

The Disorder Drug

Your system is only as good as its weakest link

(3)

How Is Your Wiring Firing?

The effectiveness of your system is inversely proportional to your awareness of it

(3)

System Success: Silent Running

Function follows form

(2)

Which Parts of Your Pot Need Stirring?

You can't win a game you haven't defined

100

(3)

The Scary Swampland Between Thinking and Doing

Whenever two or more are responsible for something, usually nobody is

103

(3)

The Inner Committee

Prime your principles instead of policing your policies

106

(3)

You Are at Your Best When. .

Use your mind to think about your work, instead of thinking of it

109

(2)

Is Form Formless?

You are thinking more valuably than you may think

111

(3)

Freedom and Form Fun

The necessity to plan and organize is inversely proportional to your perceived resources

114

(5)

Why the Human Race Is Taking So Long to Evolve

PART IV: RELAX AND GET IN MOTION

How to Be Where the Action Is

117

(2)

You're the only one playing your game

119

(3)

The New Fundamentals

Too controlled is out of control

122

(3)

Are You an ``Organizing Groupie''?

The better you get, the better you'd better get

125

(2)

Jump!

Trusting your action choice requires multilevel self-management

127

(3)

It's 9:45 in the Morning. What Should I Do?

Your power is proportional to your ability to relax

130

(3)

The Freedom/Productivity Equation

Surprises, expected, are no surprise

133

(3)

Productively Peering into the Pit

The longer your horizon, the smoother your moves

136

(3)

The Rhythm of Things

You speed up by slowing down

139

(2)

Should the Pot Simmer?

You don't have time to do any project

141

(3)

The Subtle Sirens of the ``Long Term''

Small things, done consistently, create major impact

144

(2)

The Critical 20 Percent

You have to do something to know something

146

(3)

Who's Really Interested in Productivity? (I Mean, Really?)

It's easier to move when you're in motion

149

(2)

Overwhelmed? Take the Helm

The biggest successes come from the most failures

151

(6)

The Year of Better Choices

PART V: REMIND YOURSELF OF THE FUNDAMENTALS

Common Sense Isn't That Common

155

(2)

The Five Phases of Workflow Mastery

157

(3)

Processing and Organizing Workflow

160

(1)

The Natural Planning Model

161

(2)

The Weekly Review

163

(2)

Afterword

165

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