Ready for Anything
by David Allen
Fifty-two short essays on productivity principles: cleaning up, getting clear, creating structures, being at ease. Each is a few pages and ends with questions. It is the lightest of Allen's books and works as a weekly reader for people already using his methods.
Read it if…
you want a GTD principle a week to reflect on.
Skip it if…
you want the system; this is reflection on it.
Three things you will actually use
- Clear the mind by trusting an external system.
- Incompletes drain attention even when forgotten.
- Ease comes from appropriate engagement, not from doing nothing.
Do this first
Read one essay a week and answer its questions in writing.
Our verdict
Light reflections for practitioners.
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