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'''David Allen''' (born December 28, 1945) is an American [[productivity]] [[consultant]] best known for the creation of a [[time management]] method called "[[Getting Things Done]]".
'''David Allen''' (born December 28, 1945) is an American author and productivity consultant. He created the [[time management]] method [[Getting Things Done]].


== Careers ==
== Careers ==
Allen grew up in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] where he acted and won a state championship in debate. He went to college at New College, now [[New College of Florida]], in [[Sarasota]], Florida, and completed graduate work in American history at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="Berkeley">Keith H. Hammonds, April 30, 2000. [https://www.fastcompany.com/40384/you-can-do-anything-not-everything "You can do anything – but not everything"] Fast Company, retrieved April 8, 2010</ref>
Allen grew up in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] where he acted and won a state championship in debate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/07/organize-your-life/303455/|title=Organize Your Life!|work=The Atlantic|date=July 1, 2004}}</ref> He attended New College (now [[New College of Florida]]) in [[Sarasota]], [[Florida]], and completed graduate work in American history at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="Berkeley">Keith H. Hammonds, April 30, 2000. [https://www.fastcompany.com/40384/you-can-do-anything-not-everything "You can do anything – but not everything"] Fast Company, retrieved April 8, 2010</ref>


After graduate school, Allen began using heroin and was briefly institutionalized.<ref name="Heroin">[[Gary Wolf (journalist)|Wolf, Gary]]. September 25, 2007 [https://www.wired.com/2007/09/ff-allen/ Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency] [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] : 15.10</ref> His career path has included jobs as a [[Magic (illusion)|magician]], waiter, [[karate]] teacher, landscaper, vitamin distributor, glass-blowing lathe operator, travel agent, gas station manager, U-Haul dealer, moped salesman, restaurant cook,<ref name="how mastered"/> personal growth trainer, manager of a lawn service company, and manager of a [[travel agency]]. He is an ordained minister with the [[Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness]].<ref>Jack Coats, 2000. [http://www.msia.org/newdayherald/archives/7497-david-allen-ministering-to-the-business-community "David Allen – Ministering to the Business Community"] The New Day Herald online retrieved January 18, 2008</ref><ref>Jack Coats, 2000. [http://www.msia.org/newdayherald/archives/7496-getting-things-done "Getting Things Done: David Allen's Keys to Completion"] The New Day Herald online retrieved October 24, 2007</ref> He claims to have had 35 professions before age 35.<ref>David E. Williams, February 9, 2007 [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/02/09/david.allen/index.html Cutting through the clutter to get things done] CNN</ref> He began applying his perspective on productivity with businesses in the 1980s when he was awarded a contract to design a program for executives and managers at [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]].
After graduate school, Allen began using heroin and was briefly institutionalized.<ref name="Heroin">[[Gary Wolf (journalist)|Wolf, Gary]]. September 25, 2007 [https://www.wired.com/2007/09/ff-allen/ Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency] [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] : 15.10</ref> He is an ordained minister with the [[Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness]].<ref>Jack Coats, 2000. [http://www.msia.org/newdayherald/archives/7497-david-allen-ministering-to-the-business-community "David Allen – Ministering to the Business Community"] The New Day Herald online retrieved January 18, 2008</ref><ref>Jack Coats, 2000. [http://www.msia.org/newdayherald/archives/7496-getting-things-done "Getting Things Done: David Allen's Keys to Completion"] The New Day Herald online retrieved October 24, 2007</ref> He claims to have had 35 professions before age 35.<ref>David E. Williams, February 9, 2007 [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/02/09/david.allen/index.html Cutting through the clutter to get things done] CNN</ref> He began applying his perspective on productivity with businesses in the 1980s when he began consulting at [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]]'s human resources department.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/09/ff-allen/|title=Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency|first=Gary|last=Wolf|magazine=Wired |via=www.wired.com}}</ref>

== Companies founded ==
He is the founder of the David Allen Company, an executive coaching firm using his "Getting Things Done" methodology. David Allen Company presenters, not Allen, regularly give one-day public seminars on the methodology, and Allen himself occasionally gives lectures or sessions. Allen has also licensed GTD to Crucial Learning, a learning company that offers a Getting Things Done course in a variety of formats. <ref>Crucial Learning. [https://cruciallearning.com/getting-things-done/ "Getting Things Done"] Crucial Learning retrieved September 21, 2022</ref>

Allen was also one of the founders of Actioneer, a company specializing in productivity tools for the [[PalmPilot]].


== Publications and habitat ==
== Publications and habitat ==
Allen has written three books: ''Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=David, December 28- |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44868871 |title=Getting things done : the art of stress-free productivity |date=2001 |publisher=Viking |isbn=0-670-88906-7 |location=New York |oclc=44868871}}</ref> which describes his productivity program; ''Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=David, December 28- |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1129684569 |title=Ready for anything : 52 productivity principles for work and life |date=2011 |isbn=978-1-4055-1075-2 |location=London |oclc=1129684569}}</ref> a collection of newsletter articles he has written; ''Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life'', a follow-up to his first book. In 2015 he also wrote a new updated version of ''Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity''.
Allen has written three books: ''Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=David |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44868871 |title=Getting things done : the art of stress-free productivity |date=2001 |publisher=Viking |isbn=0-670-88906-7 |location=New York |oclc=44868871}}</ref> which describes his productivity program; ''Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=David |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1129684569 |title=Ready for anything : 52 productivity principles for work and life |date=2011 |isbn=978-1-4055-1075-2 |location=London |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |oclc=1129684569}}</ref> a collection of newsletter articles he has written; ''Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life'', a follow-up to his first book. In 2015, he also wrote a new updated version of ''Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In 2024 David Allen has co-authored ''Team: Getting Things Done with Others'' on how to work effectively in groups using GTD Principles.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Allen |first1=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CevFEAAAQBAJ |title=Team: Getting Things Done with Others |last2=Lamont |first2=Edward |date=2024-05-21 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-593-65290-9 |language=en}}</ref>


== Personal Life ==
Allen lived in [[Ojai, California]] with his fourth wife, Kathryn.<ref name="how mastered"/> In 2014, they moved to [[Amsterdam]] in the Netherlands.
Allen lived in [[Ojai, California]] with his fourth wife, Kathryn.<ref name="how mastered" /> In 2014, they moved to [[Amsterdam]] in the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/01/once-here-we-started-falling-in-love-with-amsterdam-even-more/|title="Once here, we started falling in love with Amsterdam even more"|first=Robin|last=Pascoe|date=January 17, 2024|website=DutchNews.nl}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | location=New York | publisher=Penguin Putnam | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-14-200028-1 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/gettingthingsdon00alle }}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | location=New York | publisher=Penguin Putnam | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-14-200028-1 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/gettingthingsdon00alle }}{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life | url=https://archive.org/details/readyforanything00alle | url-access=registration | location=New York | publisher=Viking Books | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-14-303454-4}}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life | url=https://archive.org/details/readyforanything00alle | url-access=registration | location=New York | publisher=Viking Books | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-14-303454-4}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life | url=https://archive.org/details/makingitallworkw0000alle | url-access=registration | location=New York | publisher=Viking Adult | year=2008 | isbn= 978-0-67-001995-3}}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life | url=https://archive.org/details/makingitallworkw0000alle | url-access=registration | location=New York | publisher=Viking Adult | year=2008 | isbn= 978-0-67-001995-3}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (revised edition) | location=New York | publisher=Penguin Books | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-14-312656-0}}
* {{cite book | author=Allen, David | title=Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | location=New York | publisher=Penguin Books | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-14-312656-0| edition=revised }}{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 16:06, 5 November 2024

David Allen
David Allen in 2015.
Born (1945-12-28) December 28, 1945 (age 79)
Alma materNew College
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Management consultant and author
SpouseKathryn[1]
David Allen's voice
Recorded in May 2016
Websitegettingthingsdone.com

David Allen (born December 28, 1945) is an American author and productivity consultant. He created the time management method Getting Things Done.

Careers

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Allen grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana where he acted and won a state championship in debate.[2] He attended New College (now New College of Florida) in Sarasota, Florida, and completed graduate work in American history at the University of California, Berkeley.[3]

After graduate school, Allen began using heroin and was briefly institutionalized.[4] He is an ordained minister with the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.[5][6] He claims to have had 35 professions before age 35.[7] He began applying his perspective on productivity with businesses in the 1980s when he began consulting at Lockheed's human resources department.[8]

Publications and habitat

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Allen has written three books: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity,[9] which describes his productivity program; Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life,[10] a collection of newsletter articles he has written; Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life, a follow-up to his first book. In 2015, he also wrote a new updated version of Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity.[citation needed]

In 2024 David Allen has co-authored Team: Getting Things Done with Others on how to work effectively in groups using GTD Principles.[11]

Personal Life

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Allen lived in Ojai, California with his fourth wife, Kathryn.[1] In 2014, they moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[12]

Bibliography

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  • Allen, David (2001). Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. New York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 978-0-14-200028-1.[citation needed]
  • Allen, David (2003). Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life. New York: Viking Books. ISBN 978-0-14-303454-4.[citation needed]
  • Allen, David (2008). Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life. New York: Viking Adult. ISBN 978-0-67-001995-3.[citation needed]
  • Allen, David (2015). Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (revised ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-312656-0.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Paul Keegan, June 21, 2007 How David Allen mastered getting things doneBusiness 2.0[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Organize Your Life!". The Atlantic. July 1, 2004.
  3. ^ Keith H. Hammonds, April 30, 2000. "You can do anything – but not everything" Fast Company, retrieved April 8, 2010
  4. ^ Wolf, Gary. September 25, 2007 Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency Wired : 15.10
  5. ^ Jack Coats, 2000. "David Allen – Ministering to the Business Community" The New Day Herald online retrieved January 18, 2008
  6. ^ Jack Coats, 2000. "Getting Things Done: David Allen's Keys to Completion" The New Day Herald online retrieved October 24, 2007
  7. ^ David E. Williams, February 9, 2007 Cutting through the clutter to get things done CNN
  8. ^ Wolf, Gary. "Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His Cult of Hyperefficiency". Wired – via www.wired.com.
  9. ^ Allen, David (2001). Getting things done : the art of stress-free productivity. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-88906-7. OCLC 44868871.
  10. ^ Allen, David (2011). Ready for anything : 52 productivity principles for work and life. London: Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4055-1075-2. OCLC 1129684569.
  11. ^ Allen, David; Lamont, Edward (May 21, 2024). Team: Getting Things Done with Others. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-593-65290-9.
  12. ^ Pascoe, Robin (January 17, 2024). ""Once here, we started falling in love with Amsterdam even more"". DutchNews.nl.

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