| Author | David Allen |
| Genres | Self Help, Productivity |
| Rating | 💖💖💖💖💖 |
| Date Finished | 15/07/2024 |
🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences
- Focus on what to do next and don’t think about the rest.
- What’s the next action?
- Make it up and make it happen
🎨 Impressions
I think it’s a good book that collates all the emergent productivity hacks each one of use uses, but it merges them into a coherent system. The system in itself is very simple and could be explained in a few pages, so I think the book could have been at least 50 pages shorter especially considering that the people who need it the most might not find the time to read all of it.
How I Discovered It
Through the book How to Take Smart Notes.
Who Should Read It?
Self employed people and those who work in office environments or similar.
🍀 How the Book Changed Me
I started implementing the system described in the book. For now I can appreciate the peace of mind of having everything outside my head. Also the 2 minute rule changed how I approach simple tasks and I now tend to procrastinate less. The book also made me a bit “suspicious” of people who say they will do stuff, but don’t write it down.
📒 Summary + Notes
Focus on what to do next and don’t think about the rest.
Stages: Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect, Engage
What’s the next action?
Choose the next action based on:
- context
- time available
- energy available
- priority
- Current actions (next action)
- Current projects (projects list)
- Areas of focus and accountability (job roles, personal responsibilities)
- One-to-two-year goals
- Long-term visions
- Life (purpose and principles)
5,4,3 are the future. 2,1,0 are the present.
Not completing an agreement causes broken trust with oneself:
- Don’t make and agreement
- Complete an agreement
- Renegotiate an agreement
Make it up (done, vision) and make it happen (doing, actions)