Ready for anything : 52 productivity principles for work and life
 Author: Allen, David, 1945 Dec. 28-
 Format: Book
 Published: New York : Penguin, 2003.
 Language: English
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In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done , veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now "the personal productivity guru" ( Fast Company ) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder-every day. Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anything offers r... (see more)

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  • xxv, 164 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
  • ISBN: 0143034545 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780143034544 (pbk.)
  • OCLC Number: 57497001
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Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments (p. ix)
  • Introduction: Making It Easy to Take It Easy (p. xvii)
  • Part I. Clear your Head for Creativity or Getting the Loose Ends to Leave You Alone (p. 1)
  • 1. Cleaning up creates new directions (p. 3)
  • Prepared for the Unknown?
  • 2. You can only feel good about what youfre not doing when you know what youfre not doing (p. 6)
  • Why 8Getting Organizede Usually Hasnft Worked
  • 3. Knowing your commitments creates better choices of new ones (p. 9)
  • When the Center Is the Edge
  • 4. Getting to where youfre going requires knowing where you are (p. 12)
  • Forget the Future=Just Get a Grip
  • 5. Infinite opportunity is utilized by finite possibility (p. 15)
  • The One-Minute Workflow Manager
  • 6. Two commitments in your head create stress and failure (p. 18)
  • Getting Things Done: Reactive or Responsive?
  • 7. Priorities function only at the conscious level (p. 21)
  • The Danger of 8Not as Importante Projects
  • 8. Closing open loops releases energy (p. 24)
  • The Magical Mundane
  • 9. If itfs on your mind, itfs probably not getting done (p. 26)
  • The ABCs of Psychic RAM
  • 10. Creativity shows up when therefs space (p. 29)
  • Is This All There Is?
  • 11. The deeper the channel, the greater the flow (p. 32)
  • Are You Really Ready for More?
  • 12. Worry is a waste (p. 35)
  • Getting Thinking off Your Mind
  • 13. You are not your work (p. 38)
  • The Big Secret About My Lists
  • Part II. Focus Productively or Whatfs the Point of a Point of View? (p. 41)
  • 14. For more clarity, look from a higher place (p. 43)
  • The Play of the Day
  • 15. You wonft see how to do it until you see yourself doing it (p. 46)
  • Waking Up Again to Making It Up Again
  • 16. Working hard enough is impossible (p. 49)
  • Is It Overtime All the Time?
  • 17. Energy follows thought (p. 51)
  • What Are You Putting in Front of Your Door?
  • 18. The clearer your purpose, the more ways to fulfill it (p. 54)
  • Are You Living in Your Living Room?
  • 19. Best is much better than good (p. 57)
  • How to Be Invincible
  • 20. A change in focus equals a change in result (p. 60)
  • Are You Ready for 8Readye?
  • 21. Perspective is the most valuable commodity on the planet (p. 63)
  • Bootstrapping Yourself into Better
  • 22. You have to think about your stuff more than you think (p. 66)
  • Productivity Doesnft Happen by Itself
  • 23. You donft have to think about your stuff as much as youfre afraid you might (p. 69)
  • Being Complete with Your Incompletions
  • 24. If you know what youfre doing, efficiency is the only improvement opportunity (p. 72)
  • Stress Transcendence
  • 25. Only one thing on your mind is 8in the zone (p. 75)
  • How Important Is Anything but the Most Important Thing?
  • 26. The value of a future goal is the present change it fosters (p. 78)
  • To Do or to Be? Or Is That the Question?
  • Part III. Create Structures that Work or Itfs Hard to Stay on Track Without Rails (p. 81)
  • 27. Stability on one level opens creativity on another (p. 83)
  • Organization and Creativity: Friends or Foes?
  • 28. Form and function must match for maximum productivity (p. 85)
  • The Visionary and the Doer=a Personal Division of Labor
  • 29. Your system has to be better than your mind for your mind to let go (p. 87)
  • Can Your Mind Keep Its New Job?
  • 30. Response ability improves viability (p. 90)
  • The Disorder Drug
  • 31. Your system is only as good as its weakest link (p. 92)
  • How Is Your Wiring Firing?
  • 32. The effectiveness of your system is inversely proportional to your awareness of it (p. 95)
  • System Success: Silent Running
  • 33. Function follows form (p. 98)
  • Which Parts of Your Pot Need Stirring?
  • 34. You canft win a game you havenft defined (p. 100)
  • The Scary Swampland Between Thinking and Doing
  • 35. Whenever two or more are responsible for somethi
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Title Summary
In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done , veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented his breakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now "the personal productivity guru" ( Fast Company ) shows readers how to increase their ability to work better, not harder-every day. Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anything offers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head for creativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, and take action to get things moving. With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how to make things happen-with less effort and stress, and lots more energy, creativity, and effectiveness. Ready for Anything is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or her very best.
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