How to Clear Your Mind, Get More Tasks Done and Increase Productivity

On this episode of the Process Breakdown Podcast, David Allen, who is the world-renowned author of the Getting Things Done (GTD®) books series talks in-depth on how he created systems to increase his productivity: by using these systems to clear his mind and arrange things he needed to do in an order of highest priority to lowest, and by doing this, accomplishing more tasks with ease and improving efficiency.

David Allen also talks about how he began his career as a consultant, how he remodeled and improved businesses using the systems he has created.

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Show Notes:

1:53 – Dr. Weisz introduces David Allen, world-renowned for his GTD (Getting Things Done) system and books. 

3:02 – Mr. Allen begins to talk about his past, how he got into consulting, and how he was influenced by his mentor. 

5:40 – Mr. Allen talks about the techniques he used for himself and his clients to produce good results, and how he was recruited to design a training program. 

8:50 – Mr. Allen talks about the usefulness of what he calls the “mind sweep.” 

13:40 – Here Mr. Allen points out the key to getting things done. 

15:09 – Mr. Allen points out how most people work, but they haven’t defined the art of work. 

16:01- The speaker, Mr. Allen, explains how most of his consulting turned into coaching, and how he was brought in for hands-on training. 

18:40 – Mr. Allen contrasts most businesses against what he has in his mind as what it should be, as chaotic, stating, “Everybody is in chaos, and the better you are, the more interesting and sublime the chaos is.” 

19:45 – “The more sophisticated and mature people are, the more subtle and sublime the chaos is internally.” 

20:53 – Mr. Allen gives an in-depth definition of the phrase “expand more.” 

23:25 – Mr. Allen points out how people trying to use their heads as their main office are doing it wrong. 

27:43 – The speaker talks about the steps involved in attention-capturing and decision-making. 

28:44 – Mr. Allen explains how a parent uses the GTD book to motivate his child to clean his room. 

31:00 – Mr. Allen refers to the GTD systems as an eternal model, explaining how and why. 

47:00 – Mr. Allen makes it clear to get a good grip on what reality really is, how much money one really has, and how life is always a challenge.  48:40 – Mr. Allen points out what the true essence of Getting Things Done is. 

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