Time Management - David Allen's Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done (GTD) is a book and a time management system created by David Allen. Many fortune 500 companies have had him speak at their companies and many follow at least follow some of his principles.What can you as an average person get from this system? If you do put his principles into action he stresses you can achieve stress free productivity, getting more done in less time.To start with he emphasizes writing down everything you need to do onto a piece of paper. One source of stress is keeping too many things in your mind. By dumping them onto paper you free your mind to think clearer and be more productive.Once you do your mind dump, then go through each item one by one. If the item can be done in less than two minutes, Allen says, just do it right there. For tasks that require more time then either schedule it, delegate it, or defer it.Also he urges to you keep lists of your tasks and to check them daily, and to go completely review them on a weekly basis. The
lists he suggests you keep are: next actions, projects, waiting for, and someday/maybe.You can organize your lists anyway you want but he really emphasizes checking them at least once a day. As with any organizational system, you eventually come to a point when you have to do the task. Endlessly organizing your tasks will not get them done.Everyone can benefit from David Allen's book. Read it and put it into use. When using his system aim for gradual improvement in your time management system. Eventually you to will achieve stress free productivity.

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