I had mentioned in one my book reviews about the wonderful book “Getting Things Done” by David Allen, widely regarded as one of the best productivity systems designed for modern times. It takes time to learn the system and be able to implement it effectively, but once you master it, it helps you make your work life stress-free and relaxed.
Here’s a wonderful video that explains the GTD system in just a few minutes.
“Anxiety is caused by a lack of control, organization, preparation and action.” – David Kekich
This book by David Allen is considered a masterpiece in productivity improvement and a bible in productivity as far as I am concerned.
He starts by analyzing the typical challenges corporate employees face today :
• Overwhelming number of things to do
• A constant dilemma – What to do, When to do, How to do
• Day to day fire-fighting
• High levels of anxiety
• A feeling of too much to handle, not enough time to get it done
• More stress despite better workplaces and quality of life
• Fast paced changing nature of their jobs themselves
• The pressure of Multi-Tasking and the risk of errors and efficiency loss that comes with it.
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Our typical day is filled with things to do. Sometimes it looks like that’s all there is to life.. DOING THINGS! And when you finish doing things… you have more things to do!
It can be overwhelming. In the kind of complex world we live in, there is no shortage of things to do. There’s things to do at work, at home, on the way home, on weekdays, on weekends and even on vacation.
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