Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an

aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to

write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you

who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder

of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of self-publishing.com.

For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to self-publishing.com

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Mark Bolt here and joining me today is David Allen. Now, if you never heard of David Allen, he's the

productivity guru. He's been around for a long time and his bestselling book,

getting things done. Many people refer to it as the productivity Bible. It is book on productivity, and it's the book on getting things done.

Now, he's got 35 years of experience as a management consultant and executive coach,

and that's earned the title of Personal Productivity Guru.

And I'm just really excited to chat with David today about the getting things done

approach to finishing your book or to writing your book.

So David's so great to have you with us.

Chandler, in line to be here.

Thanks for inviting me.

Sure.

Awesome.

Well, for starters, I want to go back to the beginning when you wrote your first book.

And what made you interested in writing a book in the first place?

And why did you decide to write that first book?

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