Good morning and welcome to the 5 a.m. Miracle, episode number 612, 12 productivity strategies

from David Allen's Getting Things Done. I am Jeff Sanders and you have reached the podcast that

is dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast. I am a keynote speaker and corporate trainer,

and to learn more about that,

head over to jeffsanders.com slash speaking.

Now in the episode this week,

I will discuss David Allen's classic book,

getting things done,

and I will share a whole bunch of strategies from that book

that have changed my life and possibly

yours.

Let's get right to it.

So I have with me David Allen's book, Getting Things Done, I believe this is the second edition.

This one came out a few years ago, and it is the follow-up to his first version of this book

that really did set the stage for how to do things.

It really defined in so many ways what 21st century productivity actually looks like. Now, I interviewed David Allen

on this podcast over 10 years ago back in 2014. And at the time, I was struck in the interview

by the fact that when I asked David Allen, this legendary guy in the world of productivity,

you know, why are you so smart?

Or really, why is this book and these strategies?

Why are they so effective?

And his answer struck me as, you know, Jeff, I'm not actually that brilliant.

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