015: David Allen, The World's Leading Authority on Productivity and Creator of Getting Things Done (GTD)

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🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

If you ever find yourself going crazy with all the “stuff” on your mind, this episode is for you. Legendary productivity expert, GTD (Getting Things Done) originator, and best-selling author David Allen shares keys to getting work and life under control.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) Why “write it on your butt“ can be a valid system.

2) The core principles, science, and practices underlying the world’s most-used personal productivity system.

3) How to cultivate the space our brains to generate power and creativity.

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— ABOUT DAVID —

David Allen is widely recognized as the world’s leading authority on personal and organizational productivity. He’s an author, consultant, international lecturer, and Founder & Chairman of the David Allen Company, which serves over 40% of the Fortune 100. His 30 years of pioneering research, coaching, and education have earned him recognition by Forbes, Fast Company, and many others as “One of the world’s most influential thinkers” in the arena of personal productivity. PC Magazine called him one of the “Top 100 to Follow” on Twitter. His book Getting Things Done has sold about three million copies in 30 languages. His GTD system has given rise to a thriving industry of websites, blogs and software applications.

• David’s book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity

• David’s website: gettingthingsdone.com

• David's Twitter: twitter

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: The Trello platform

• Video: GTD with OmniFocus software

• Personality: Peter Drucker

• Article: 43 great quotes from David Allen

• Film: Office Space

• Book: Brain Chains by Dr. Theo Compernolle

• Personality: John-Roger

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:18.3	Well, this episode is a special honor episode 15
0:22.2	with Mr. David Allen.
0:24.1	And David Allen is a key person I had imagined
0:29.0	having on this podcast in terms of one of my top 10 dream guests months and months ago when I first
0:34.6	conceived of the How to Be Awesome at your Job podcast and and here he is. It's been so
0:39.5	gracious as to to give us an interview so it's exciting and I'm just saying Amy Cuddy, Patlincioni, Robert
0:49.1	Chaldini, I'm coming for you. In a fun friendly way as opposed to a threatening way. Great
0:54.4	voices with great perspectives all that need to be shared here. So you're to come away
0:58.2	with some great stuff here. So David Allen is famous for his getting things done or GTD system. About half the folks I talked to were blown away that we got him and half the folks said I've never heard of that guy. What's the big deal? So if you find yourself in the ladder camp, please have a
1:14.4	thorough listen to this and definitely check out those extra resources available
1:18.8	at awesome at your job.com slash eep one five to see how you can start integrating these pieces in your life
1:25.4	because it makes a world of difference, a world difference in terms of
1:29.4	feeling that sense of of peace and clarity in your brain and your stuff and eliminating all the stress that comes from just too many things on our mind distracting us and having us
1:40.4	inappropriately engaged with our surroundings, as David would say.
1:44.7	So in this episode, there's some fantastic takeaways including one, why write it on your
1:51.0	butt can be a valid system.
1:53.2	Two, the core principles, science, and practices
1:56.2	underlying GTD, the world's most used personal productivity system.
2:00.0	And three, how to cultivate that space our brains need to generate power and creativity.
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