Photo by ARTHUR YAO on Unsplash Principles to be a real ninja of productivity: 1) Being effective vs being efficient: Knowing the principles, you can be free to create your own productivity system. The principles that will allow you to create the method that suits you. The principles that will allow you to create your own methods. The first is to internalize the principles to be more productive. If you want to increase your personal productivity. Each person is free to organize in their own way. The best productivity system is the one that adapts to each person. The problem with GTD is that it is a method.ĭavid Allen never stops to explain to you the principles behind his system.Īnyone who seeks to be 100% orthodox in Getting Things Done will fail trying it. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. “The man who grasps principles can successfully handle his own methods.

The real productivity is about knowing the principles. The first thing is to forget about the GTD methodology. “A low shot of a person with a backpack and a camera standing on a white arrow on asphalt” by Smart on Unsplash What do I propose? I understood that I could create my own productivity system. That he didn’t have to choose David Allen’s system. However, over time I discovered that there are better options. I was completely in love with his philosophy. I underlined quite a few phrases by David Allen. In this case, I wasn’t the exception either. There is a moment that you come across David Allen’s book: “Getting Things Done”. I was looking for amazing results.Īnd as happens to every entrepreneur. I was looking for ways to do as many things as possible. I was looking to read all kinds of books about personal productivity. We begin to read about personal productivity. Bruce Lee, Martial artist and creator of the Jeet Kune DoĪt some point in our lives, when we begin to be entrepreneurs. “ Do not settle in one way, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow.”” Learning the principles of being a real productivity ninja Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash

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