How David Allen Gets Things Done

A tour of David Allen's office (author of Getting Things Done), going through his systems and how he practices what he preaches.

Part of the You 2.0 Podcast series, a documentary on lifehacking.

http://www.lifehackingmovie.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• David Allen
• GTD
• organization
• clutter
• lifehack
• office

[LifeHackDoc]

Or pr0n??

[jogsingumboots]

I tried to go digital, even bought a PDA, but found that good old pen and paper works best for me. Our uni does a great diary that includes a 'Brain RAM dump place'.

[boobookins]

Transforming my brain from messy to David's GTD really is like training for a blackbelt. It seems so simple at first but has taken me years of pain. And then this three minute summary just pulls so much of it together. It has transformed my life so that I can reach my goals without wasted time and stress.

[redlightmax]

@Stahlross Yes, his approach seems like overkill to me. I think plenty of people would use this as an excuse to put off doing anything. "I can't work on that project now, I'm trying to update my GTD system."

[richardcadbury]

@Rettequetette Graag gedaan :)

[Rettequetette]

@richardcadbury Thank you so much for recommending The Now Habit. I had never heard of it - and it hasn't been translated in Dutch yet. I ordered the audio book; I'm only half way through now but I already think it might just save my life...

GTD is also on the shelf, but I'll first learn how to get rid of my procrastination habit :-)

Just wanted to say thank you :-)

[vutQy]

@J90JAM hell yes

[TheClintond]

Ha, his laptop is nearly the exact same one I have.

[magics999]

PAR.

[elforich]

@J90JAM yes

[ilyacibko]

i love this guy, he changed my life :)

[razanats]

Does anyone know what watch David Allen is wearing on this clip?

Thank you

[Stahlross]

A Electronic PDA, a wallet-notebook, an archive, ONE MORE archive, guess theres some GTD software on the PC... the fuck?! I'd go completely insane . I have one moleskine notebook with five post-it tabs, thats it.