Productivity
David Allen's Book Recommendations

David Allen's Book Recommendations

Blinks on the GTD method and other productivity systems

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Productivity guru and bestselling author David Allen is considered the leading authority on personal and professional time management. His secret? “Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” Check out his famous ‘Getting Things Done’ method and compare it to some other top productivity systems that have been tried and tested by the Blinkist team.

David Allen's Book Recommendations

Blinks on the GTD method and other productivity systems

Eat That Frog!
Eat That Frog!
Brian Tracy
21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
13 min4.3
Making It All Work
Making It All Work
David Allen
Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life
21 min4.1
The Checklist Manifesto
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
How to Get Things Right
16 min4.0
Organize Tomorrow Today
Organize Tomorrow Today
Jason Selk and Tom Bartow with Matthew Rudy
8 Ways to Retrain Your Mind to OPDimize Performance at Work and in Life
18 min4.5
Personal Kanban
Personal Kanban
Jim Benson
Mapping Work | Navigating Life
17 min4.1
Singletasking
Singletasking
Devora Zack
Get More Done one Thing at a Time
15 min4.4
The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique
Francesco Cirillo
Do more and have fun with Time Management
16 min4.6

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