Book · recommended on 3 episodes
Getting Things Done
David Allen ISBN 0349423148
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David Allen ISBN 0349423148
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This book by David Allen has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Brian Armstrong, Chris Williamson, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-01-22 and the most recent from 2025-12-29. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential.
“People want a really really great productivity strategy. Getting things done by David Allen is is about as good as you can get.”— Chris Williamson
The guest here is Chris Williamson: British podcaster and host of Modern Wisdom, one of the world's biggest podcasts and a former nightclub promoter turned personal-development thinker now based in the US. Chris Williamson on designing realistic New Year goals, habit consistency, and the lonely cost of self-improvement, plus his brutal year battling mold illness.
“I like David Allen I think his name is has a good book getting things done right I mean I roughly follow some kind of a process like that”— Brian Armstrong
The guest here is Brian Armstrong: Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the crypto exchange he founded in 2012; also funder of biotech startup New Limit and scientific platform ResearchHub. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on building crypto, making unpopular leadership calls, and funding longevity science.
“getting things done by david allen incredible system david's been on the podcast is excellent for getting rid of all the stuff”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Richard Schwartz: Family therapist and Harvard Medical School psychiatry faculty member who developed the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model in the early 1980s. IFS is now an evidence-based form of psychotherapy widely used for trauma. Richard Schwartz explains Internal Family Systems therapy and leads Tim Ferriss through a live IFS session on his own anxiety and trauma.
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