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    Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life

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    The companion to the blockbuster bestseller, Getting Things Done.

    Since its publication in 2001, Getting Things Done has become, as Time magazine put it, "the defining self-help business book" of the decade. Having inspired millions of readers around the world, it clearly spoke to an urgent need in an increasingly time-pressured society. Now, in the highly anticipated sequel Making It All Work, Allen unlocks the full power of his methods across the entire span of life and work. While Getting Things Done functioned as an essential tool kit, Making It All Work is an invaluable road map, providing both bearings to help you determine where you are in life and directions on how to get to where you want to go.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 22, 2009
    ISBN9781101015131
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    • 4/5
      Imagine David Allen got to write his doctoral thesis on the topic of... David Allen. And suppose no one told him he needed an editor... or concrete examples. What would you have?

      You'd have Making it All Work, of course: a very insightful, very in-depth exposition of Getting Things Done stuff in which Allen never says "use" when he could say "utilize" (or at least it feels that way). It's for serious scholars of his philosophy. If you pretend you're walking into Allen's graduate seminar and don't mind strapping on your abstract hat, you might be inspired.
    • 5/5
      At the turn of the millennium, David Allen released his landmark work Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity and changed how many of us managed our time and work environment. Striving for the "mind like water", Allen, urges readers to use straightforward filing systems and trusted systems, like calendars and useful lists, freeing the mind to focus on the needs of the moment. The "mind dump," unloading all the things that are on our mind, organizing them into meaningful lists of what we can do now, what are projects that need multiple actions, and what can, or should be, delayed until some future date we can develop focus to decide what is the next action to perform and stay "in the moment" with that task knowing that the other work is not forgotten and has its place. Part of my approach to Focus and Flow...

      I would recommend Making It All Work instead of the classic volume that introduced us to Allen, Getting Things Done. Making It All Work provides a mature analysis of the philosophy of his organizational approach and better focus on the horizon view of planning. Much of the criticism of his work arises from a misconception that Allen is not solving the task overload problem, only organizing it. Making It All Work is clearer, though GTD explained it as well, the framework includes determining what needs to be done, what can wait, and what should be ignored.
    • 5/5
      This book is a condensed, somewhat more personable/relatable version of his seminal work, Getting Things Done. Great to get an overview for how to apply the GTD system without getting bogged down in the details. The first book is better for practical application but this is excellent for getting a grip on the concept more holistically.
    • 4/5
      I love the book, particularly because it develops even further different aspects of the GTD method. The audiobook is a good reminder at times but this book deserves to be studied carefully and slowly.

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    • 3/5
      Allen delves deeper into some of his fundamental concepts, then explores how to apply them at higher levels, such as personal principles, goals, and areas of focus. Compared to his first book, this one feels more balanced.
    • 5/5
      David Allen's "Making It All Work" addition to the Getting Things Done methodology family of books and resources is, in my opinion, an almost essential addition for anyone who is interested in implementing the Getting Things Done Method in their life and work but aren't sure how a complete system will look or for those who are attempting to implement the system but find themselves getting "stuck"... especially around the processing and list setup areas. After reading GTD, I was pumped to set up and start using the system in my world. I immediately began doing the mind sweeps and using collection tools. However, I kept running into problems moving past the collection phase. The Processing and Organizing phases, while intellectually coherent and understandable in GTD were somewhat difficult for me to set up from scratch. Making It All Work really made clear how to go about setting up my own system and lists, what that might look like using an example of a possible real-life upheaval event. The "Organizing on the Road Map" really helped me to make the distinction between "types" of things -- projects vs. goals vs. areas of focus, etc.I gave this work 5 stars. It does re-hash a lot of the material covered in GTD, which may put off some who already have at least a somewhat functional and successful system in place. For the rest of us who, while excited about the idea and possibilities, just can't seem to get a system off the ground -- This book is a must have. Direct regurgitation of material is minimal, most of the work seems to address the same issues but from a different perspective and explains the actual physical method in slightly different ways that (for me, at least) really clarified and un-stuck my blocks.I'm still in the process of "setting up" and populating my system, but thanks to "Making It All Work" I feel much more confident about how I'm practicing it and that it will continue to get easier, better, and more well refined to remove all of my leaks!
    • 5/5
      Making it All Work is David Allen's latest work. If you are only getting one book on organizing. Purchase this one. It is much less about the specific "how to" of organzing and more about the why. It enables you to construct your own customized system for making everything in your life work.
    • 5/5
      I've read Getting Things Done and it appealed to the right brain in me. Making It All Work spoke to me on a more emotional level. I like that he approached the subject from a different angle. It helped me realize some of the different ways I could think about an approach the many things I'm trying to manage and accomplish with my life.
    • 2/5
      I've read Getting Things Done by David. It was life changing for me. This book is not. The only thing I find useful is the slightly expanded chapters on the different horizons, which is renamed perspective in this book. Reading GTD again may be more useful. This book is useful if you have trouble applying GTD to your life. It'll give you more examples how on to use them. But ultimately, the process and principles do not change. It's the actions you take that'll change your work, your life. :)