The book I chose to read is Doing Things: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. David Allen is considered one of the top five executive coaches in the United States by Forbes magazine. He has over thirty years of experience managing some of the most senior executives at some of America's largest companies. Time Magazine called this book "the defining self-help business book of its era." The book is divided into three main parts and thirteen chapters and subsections. The first part is titled The Art of Getting Things Done. It contains information about societal changes in the workplace and ways to manage work. Among his advice, he believes that everyone should physically write down every task they need to complete on a daily basis, whether they write it on paper or electronically. length and importance and deciding which tasks to accomplish and when to accomplish them. His main point in this first chapter is that the mind becomes too cluttered and short-term memory should be used for focusing and not for storing things. the author presents his five keys or steps to controlling/managing workflow. These are (1) collect, (2) process, (3) organize, (4) review, and (5) do. way of organizing the work that needs to be accomplished and carrying it out successfully. The last chapter of the first section is to focus vertically on the thought process to complete the projects. Allen outlines five additional steps to accomplish any task. This involves (1) defining the goal and principles, (2) visualizing the results, (3) reflecting, (4) organizing, and (5) identifying next actions. The second part of this book, which is well over half of the entire book. , is somewhat of a repeat of the first part but a much more detailed perspective of David Allen's methodology. He recommends taking two days at the start of your process to get organized. During these two days, it is necessary to set up a private workspace not only at work but also at home. In chapters five and six, Allen returns to his five keys to controlling workflow, emphasizing that one must complete the collection phase completely before moving on to the processing and organizing stages. This will eliminate distractions. During the processing phase, a person does not actually complete the items but rather identifies what needs to be done with each one..