You're listening to YAP, Young and Prophaning Podcast, a place where you can listen, learn, and grow.

I'm Halataha and joining us today is a very special guest. David Allen, best-selling author and inventor of the famed GTD or Getting Things Done System.

His framework helps you keep track of tasks, ideas, projects, and focuses on getting this type of information out of your head and into an external system.

So you can feel less bogged down by the never-ending list of things you have and want to do and essentially allow yourself to be in a clear space where you can be present, engaged, and super productive in the moment.

Hi, David. Thanks for joining us today.

Halataha, thanks for the invitation. Delighted to be here.

We really appreciate you taking the time to YAP with us. And before we get started, I just want to introduce you to our producer, Timothy Tan, who's on the line and a long-time fan of your work.

Oh my gosh. Did it hurt Tim?

No, not at all. I did it. It's really nice meeting you.

Thanks.

Like I mentioned, we're really excited to have you on the show.

And you are what my generation would call the goat of productivity. Are you familiar with that saying?

No, I'm not. But I love it. I'm going to steal that.

Yeah, it means you're the greatest of all time. That's what goat stands for.

Well, I love goat milk. I grew up drinking goat milk because I was allergic to cow's milk as a kid. So I love goats. They're great.

Perfect. So it's a perfect match. So for our listeners who might be new to you in your system, how would you describe yourself and the expertise in the area of productivity and your contributions to time management and things like that?

I'm the lazyest guy you ever met. And I love having absolutely a clear head with nothing distracting you.

I'm a Mr. Freedom guy. It's like, hey, don't distract me. Let me just stay focused on whatever I'm going to focus on and not be bothered by anything else.

So over these last 36 years, being 72 right now, I spent a whole lot of the last half of my life trying to figure out how do I stay clear and still have a nice profitable, fun, highly engaged professional life and personal life as well and not have that distract me and still be able to make that a sustainable thing to do.

So I just figured out the best practices about how to do that.

And do you think it's harder to be focused and productive in today's digital world as compared to like 20 or 30 years ago when things were more paper based?

Yes.

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