戴维·艾伦（David Allen）

全球管理咨询公司戴维·艾伦有限公司的创始人及总裁。在开发个人和企业潜力方面，他被普遍认为是世界级权威。过去20多年来，他提出GTD这样一套提高效率的方法，为成千上万职场人士提供培训，对一些全球企业提高工作效率起到推进的作用，亦被誉为提升工作效率方面世界上最具影响力的思想家之一。他曾在默克公司、福特基金会、世界银行、纽约人寿等机构做主题演讲，推进效率提升项目。他开展的工作被《财富》、《快公司》、《华尔街日报》、《洛杉矶时报》等众多媒体报道。他发布的《效率原则》电子简讯订户超过3万人。

In Getting Things Done , David Allen offered a breakthrough system to enhance productivity-at work and in daily life. Now "the guru of personal productivity" ( Fast Company ) asks readers what is holding them back and shows how they can be ready for anything-with a clear mind, a clear deck, and clear intentions.

Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, Principles of Productivity , Ready for Anything offers fifty-two principles to clear your head, focus productively, create structures that work, and get in motion, including:

* stability on one level opens creativity on another

* you can't win a game you haven't defined

* the value of a future goal is the present change it fosters

With wit, motivational insights, and inspiring quotes, Ready for Anything shows readers how to make things happen with less effort, stress, and ineffectiveness, and lots more energy, creativity, and clarity. This is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best.