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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

117: Maximizing Productivity to Get Things Done with David Allen

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2015

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Real estate entrepreneurs are busy people… but this doesn’t have to mean getting overwhelmed! In this episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we sit down with world-famous productivity author David Allen to learn tips and tricks for getting more things done in your life. You’ll learn how to accomplish more things, in less time, with less stress using the Getting Things Done (GTD) system. This show will inspire and encourage you to do even more in your business. Whether you’re just starting out as an entrepreneur, or you just want to run your business more effectively and seamlessly, you’ll definitely get something valuable out of this episode! In This Episode We Cover: David Allen’s backstory The two elements of self management you should know What hats you should learn to wear Areas in life you need to make sure you’re keeping an eye on How to keep yourself oriented in the right direction What exactly an “external brain” is and how to build it What you need to know about Getting Things Done Important notes on research and development The 5 steps of the GTD system The big question: What is the next actionable step? The ins and outs of the 2-minute rule The importance of making a mess And SO much more! Books Mentioned in this Show Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (revised edition) by David Allen The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin BrainChains by Dr Theo Compernolle Tweetable Topics: “You need to make sure you have the map, but you’ve got to have a good map with all the right data on it.” (Tweet This!) “It’s terrible to go play soccer without a goal.” (Tweet This!) “If you can take the action step in two minutes or less, do it right then.” (Tweet This!) “You’re going to learn more doing it than reading a book.” (Tweet This!) “The core key in getting in control and focused is the weekly review.” (Tweet This!) “If you don’t spend any time on reviewing, you will just go fumble around and be driven by the latest and loudest.” (Tweet This!) “You’re most creative when you have a space to make a mess.” (Tweet This!) “Your head is for having ideas, not for holding them.” (Tweet This!) Connect with David David’s Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast, Show 117.

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The way you get things done is define what done means and what doing looks like and where it happens.

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You're listening to Bigger Pockets Radio, simplifying real estate for investors large and

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small if you're here looking to learn about real estate investing without all the

0:19.2

height you're in the right place stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of others

0:24.8

who have benefited from bigger pockets.com.

0:27.8

Your home for real estate investing online.

0:30.7

What's going on everybody?

0:31.6

This is Josh Dorkin, host to the BiggerPockets Podcast here with my co-host, Brandon Turner.

0:37.0

What's up, B?

0:38.0

Hey, what's up, Jay? How you doing?

0:39.7

Oh man, I'm good, I'm good.

0:41.2

It's a beautiful snowy winter day here in Denver and we've got a really kind of a cool and unique show planned today.

0:49.0

We do yeah today is something totally different than people have ever heard before here on the show.

0:53.4

We're actually talking to somebody who is not a real estate investor.

0:57.4

But he's got some-

0:58.4

Are they in the real estate business?

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Period.

1:00.7

Not at all.

1:01.7

But he is also one of the, guess most successful business authors in American history at least

1:07.2

Yeah, you know the guys amazing. He's cool. He's funny. He's smart. Did I say he's smart? He's really smart I mean like talking about some kind of

1:15.1

cognitive science and all sorts of stuff that's fascinating but we're gonna get

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