123: David Allen – How To Get Things Done

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

Business, Management, Careers

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🗓️ 11 May 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Episode 123: David Allen – How To Get Things Done

David Allen is an incredible leader. Between his best-selling book, "Getting Things Done," The 5 I's, and living in Europe, I was blown away by the depth of David. There is a great deal to learn from him and his experiences. We had a fascinating conversation on this episode of The Learning Leader Show.

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. That's why David Allen created Getting Things Done®. GTD is the work-life management system that has helped countless individuals and organizations bring order to chaos. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence.

After decades of in-the-field research and practice of his productivity methods, David wrote the international best-seller Getting Things Done. Published in over 28 languages, TIME magazine heralded it as "the defining self-help business book of its time." In 2015, he released a new edition of the book, with new insights, updates, and discoveries about the world of Getting Things Done and its many personal and professional applications.

Today, the David Allen Company is a thriving global training and consulting company, widely considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity.

Episode 123: David Allen – How To Get Things Done

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"This Material Is For Anyone But Not For Everyone."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Having a mix of strong ego and humility leads to sustained excellence
It's important to have an "openness" to what could be coming next
It took David 25 years to "figure it out"
He spent 4 years writing "Getting Things Done"
This process helps you create more space
Creating an "In" basket – Find things that have your attention, list them all out
Unwrap it – A "to do" list on steroids
Clarify you decisions and KEEP TRACK of them… Very important
The 5 I's:
- Information
- Inspiration
- Installation
- Implementation
- Integration
Bottom Up – Start where you are, not where you need to be
How heroin affected his thought process
Being a learning leader means you are authentic and will spend a lifetime learning

"Anything That Takes 2 Minutes Or Less… Do It Immediately"

Continue Learning:

See why over 1,200,000 people follow David on Twitter: @gtdguy
Read: Getting Things Done
Go To: GettingThingsDone.com
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From GettingThingsDone.com

Today, the David Allen Company is a thriving global training and consulting company, widely considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity.

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0:00.0	They said they would write a that selling business book and I went,
0:03.5	I don't know how to do that. You know, I've never done that before.
0:06.5	And so I'd sort of had it as a someday maybe back in the closet, but at some point that
0:11.4	probably would be a good idea for me to sit down and
0:13.2	and put what I had learned into writing because I never had enough time to
0:16.8	tell everybody all the implications and applications and ends and outs of what
0:21.0	I had uncovered you know with this model over the years.
0:24.6	So I said in case I could run over by a bus, I'll write the manual.
0:27.2	So at some point somebody would figure it out, but at least I'd have it in print out there.
0:31.7	So I kind of threw, I threw the kitchen sink and everything into it.
0:34.4	As a matter of fact, it's why the book is oftentimes a lot of people will perceive it as overwhelming
0:40.6	when they look at it because it looks like there's a lot of stuff to do in there.
0:45.0	I just put everything in there that I had learned in my 25, 30 years of working with this material
0:50.3	because I couldn't short cheat anybody. I said look here's the manual I'm not going to
0:54.6	teach you how to play tennis and not teach you how to hit a backhand you know come on that's
0:58.4	silly. Our leaders born or are they made. Our host Ryan Hawk believes that leaders can be made
1:04.8	through determined focused work on learning the art and science behind the
1:08.9	makeup of other successful leaders. Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success. You're listening to the Learning Leader
1:16.2	Show with Ryan Hawk. Hey everyone it's Ryan wanted to make a quick announcement a number of you had
1:29.9	sent me emails in regards to asking for a place to further this dialogue with
1:35.3	like-minded people other listeners fans and friends of the Learning Leader show
1:40.0	so I set up a group on Facebook, it's Facebook.com slash groups slash learning leader.
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