Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done [Paperback]

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, Readyfor Anythingoffers 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 Anythingis the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or her very best.

Introduction: Making It Easy to Take It Easy xvii

PART I: CLEAR YOUR HEAD FOR CREATIVITY
or Getting the Loose Ends to Leave You Alone 1
1. Cleaning up creates new directions. 3
2. You can only feel good about what you’re not doing when you know what you’re not doing. 6
3. Knowing your commitments creates better choices of new ones. 9
4. Getting to where you’re going requires knowing where you are. 12
5. Infinite opportunity is utilized by finite possibility. 15
6. Two commitments in your head create stress and failure. 18
7. Priorities function only at the conscious level. 21
8. Closing open loops releases energy. 24
9. If it’s on your mind, it’s probably not getting done. 26
10. Creativity shows up when there’s space. 29
11. The deeper the channel, the greater the flow. 32
12. Worry is a waste. 35
13. You are not your work. 38

PART II: FOCUS PRODUCTIVELY
or What’s the Point of a Point of View? 41
14. For more clarity, look from a higher place. 43
15. You won’t see how to do it until you see yourself doing it. 46
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