Getting Things Done (Abridged): The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity Audiobook

In today's world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top just don't work.

Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that "time management" is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; "setting priorities" isn't relevant when your email is down; "procrastination solutions" won't help if your goals aren't clear.

Allen's premise is simple: our ability to be productive is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve stress-free productivity and unleash our creative potential. He teaches us how to:

• Apply the "do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it" rule to get your in-box empty
  
  
• Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations
  
  
• Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed
  
  
• Feel fine about what you're not doing
  
  

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"I know this is a fairly bold statement to say, but this book has changed my life. As a doctoral graduate student I have found my life to feel constantly bombarded by deadlines and expectations. As a result I often feel out of control, like I'm dropping the ball, that there aren't enough hours in the day, and that I'm clearly failing at everything. It felt as though I couldn't keep up with anything whether it was staying up all night to finish a paper, missing/not responding to important emails, or failing to call my mom on her birthday. Each aspect of my life was suffering. Not only that but when I allowed myself down time, it didn't feel relaxing because I "knew" there were more important things I had to do. Occasionally, however, I would be working on something and fall into a Zen like experience of ease, comfort, and relaxation where I worked like a well-oiled machine and actually enjoyed my projects. This book is designed to help increase those times where your "mind is like water" and decrease the anxiety, procrastination, and emotional drain that not getting things done creates. Initially reading this book increased my anxiety as I thought of all the millions of things I needed to be doing. However I was diligent with the book and trusted that it would work/help. I'm so glad I did because within minutes of implementing the system I became increasingly more empowered and began finishing tasks that have been left undone for months (if not years). Not only that, but my energy increased dramatically because I was no longer bogged down by the guilt and mental anguish of falling behind or missing something. At work I began accomplishing more tasks with increased feelings of mastery and control. At home I allow myself some guilt-free down time which frees me up to work on my household responsibilities during the week rather than live my pattern of waking up, going to work, coming home, going to bed. It’s hard to get things done at home when you only have a few hours of a weekend. Needless to say this has also dramatically impacted my social relationships positively as well. In fact, I have never even written a book review because I didn’t feel as though I had the time and look at me now! I can’t say enough glowing things about how much this book has meant to me. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is willing to take that leap and trust in change."

— Rebecca (5 out of 5 stars)