READY FOR ANYTHING

52 Productivity Principles For Work & Life

Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life – the second book of David Allen, famous productivity guru.
Here you’ll find two parts of review. Each of them describes one major area of productivity, according to Ready For Everything.

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READY FOR ANYTHING

52 Productivity Principles For Work & Life

Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life – the second book of David Allen, famous productivity guru.
The universal problem of today’s world of work–too much to do–is the very thing Allen aims to help you handle. His tack is this: you can do more and be more productive if you relax and use his methods. His methods are all about doing the objective things, like making lists and cleaning up the small stuff, that clear your mind to be relaxed, creative, and free of stress.
This is an excellent self-development program, one that is up-to-the-minute in its use of metaphors like “mental RAM” and “open loops” and others drawn from our computer/network age. It speaks to the most contemporary issues in managing tasks, projects and energy. It draws on the best ideas of various traditions but is not merely a rehash of them. It sparkles with solid insights. It’s worth listening to over and over.
Here you’ll find two parts of review. Each of them describes one major area of productivity, according to Ready For Everything.

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“Getting Things Done”

by David Allen

GTD^® is the popular shorthand for “Getting Things Done^®“, the groundbreaking work-life management system and book by David Allen that transforms personal overwhelm and overload into an integrated system of stress-free productivity.
Sophisticated without being confining, the subtle effectiveness of GTD lies in its radically common sense notion that with a complete and current inventory of all your commitments , organized and reviewed in a systematic way, you can focus clearly, view your world from optimal angles and make trusted choices about what to do (and not do) at any moment.
GTD embodies an easy, step-by-step and highly efficient method for achieving this relaxed , productive state.

How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off

by Steve Pavlina

When your alarm wakes you up in the morning, is it hard for you to get up right away?  Do you find yourself hitting the snooze button and going right back to sleep?
That used to be part of my daily awakening ritual too.  When my alarm would blare its infernal noise, I’d turn the damned thing off right away.  Now it would actually be harder for me not to get up when my alarm goes off.

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The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

General Introduction

• The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, now in its third edition, is the Project Management Institute’s (“PMI”) flagship document. On it is based PMI’s very successful Project Management Professional (“PMP”) certification program and associated training and accreditation programs. This Guide has been developed by a large group of PMI volunteer members, in this latest case well over 200, who have an interest in this aspect of PMI’s activities. It is issued as an American National Standard.
• Notwithstanding, PMI is careful to note that while “it administers the process and establishes rules to promote fairness in the development of consensus, it does not write the document and it does not independently test, evaluate, or verify the accuracy or completeness of any information or the soundness of any judgments contained in its standards and guideline publications.”  And further, wisely disclaims any liability for “use of application, or reliance on this document.”  In short, buyers beware!
• The previous edition was issued in 2000, and this latest effort has clearly involved a substantial number of volunteer hours. The result has produced a doubling of the number of pages from around 200 to nearly 400. The question is: Does that represent an improvement and does it make sense? The answer is, of course, that there is good stuff and not-so-good stuff, but there are also some serious disappointments. Others may not agree exactly with our findings, but if this leads to constructive discussions and an improved document, everyone will benefit.

PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology

PRINCE2 is a method for managing projects. It helps you work out who should be involved and what they will be responsible for. It gives you a set of processes to work through and explains what information you should be gathering along the way.

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The PersonalBrain 4.0- visual Personal Information Manager

TheBrain screenshot

TheBrain is an associative information organization system-any piece of information can be linked to any other piece. The power of TheBrain lies in the flexibility of these links. You can quickly create structures of information that reflect the way you think about your information. Each item triggers related items, bringing relevant information together as you need it.