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Episode 10: David Allen Asks, What Are You Here To Do?

Posted on 11 June 2008

 
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What are you here to do? If you don’t know, it might be because you’re weighed down by details of life and work.

Listen in as host Duff McDuffee and Executive Producer Ryan Oelke talk with David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, about mastering the mundane to allow your spirit to soar.

In this final part of the conversation, you will learn…

  • Why “if you go to the beach to get a tan and you don’t get a tan, you’re unproductive.”
  • What the advantages of working from the bottom-up are instead of starting with visioning and working down.
  • Why if you are here on the planet to do something, and you aren’t doing it, you are going to feel strange.
  • Some highlights from David’s next book, due in December of 2008, on the deeper principles behind the principles of GTD.
  • How to accept current reality, so it doesn’t own you.
  • What about GTD changes and what stays the same when applied in a group or relationship.

Also, David answers a question from Dustin Wax of Lifehack.org about what David still has to learn.

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This is part 3 of 3. Listen to part 1 and part 2 from the previous two weeks for more great conversation with David Allen.

Resources:

- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life
- Making it All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life
- David Allen Company

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The Precision Change podcast is a production of Duff McDuffee and Ryan Oelke. To amplify your online voice, please visit PowerUp Productions. Duff McDuffee is a Modern Magician. He has studied many esoteric tomes and learned many practical incantations for making change happen as a Life Coach, and in his own personal development. Duff is Host of the Precision Change podcast. Read his full bio on the About page. Ryan Oelke is a Producer who designs and orchestrates ideas, passion, and talent into creative media--from music to podcasting to film. Envisioning and identifying passionate ideas, Ryan has a keen eye for bringing the right mix of talented people together, and cultivating and designing the ideas through his creative and practical direction to bring them to life. Read his full bio on the About page.

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