The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen - #188

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hi friends, welcome back. My guest today is the grandfather of the modern productivity movement, David Allen, the creator of the best selling productivity book in history, Getting Things Done. The opportunity to speak to him about productivity is kind of like getting Floyd Mayweather to teach you how to jab. So get ready for today. Expect to learn David's five step process for organizing your life, why your brain is a terrible library, what apps and systems David uses to enhance his own life, where he sees the future of productivity going and much more. What you also need to listen out for is just how calm David is. Like he is the least rushed man in history. And that is obviously what happens when you have your entire productivity system mastered. So the goal for today's episode is to reach at least in part the level of serenity that David enjoys every single day. In other news, I wanted to let you in on my plans for the development of Modern Wisdom to the next level. I want to release a partner service to the podcast. Modern Wisdom University is the working title at the moment, but it would be a subscription blog that allows you to access summaries of every single episode that we release. So, on the day that an episode goes live, you will get in your email inbox and also on the member-only blog, a key point summary, 500 to 700 words, no fluff, just all of the main takeaways, curated, nested within bullet points, so that you never forget a podcast ever again. You listen to me and Greg McEwen talking about essentialism, or me and David Allen talking about the art of stress-free productivity. But in three months' time, you might not be able to remember what we said, however, you will have the best podcast notes writers on the planet writing curated notes every single episode, and you will have access to all archived episode notes as well. I just think it's a really cool idea. I don't know any other podcasts that are doing it. I think it would add a ton of value. I know that even I forget the things that I learn, and I'm the one that's having the conversation with these people, right? Like I would love that reference for myself, and therefore, it kind of makes sense that you might as well. I keep getting messages from people saying that they're applying lessons they learn from this podcast to their lives, and it's making such a profound impact. So how can we further enhance that, right? How can we magnify that? The best way that I could think would be to create this kind of a service. So let me know what you think at chriswillx or modernwisdompodcast.gmail.com. I'd love to hear your feedback. I'm thinking of a low ticket price for it, like maybe 10 pounds a month, and a discount if you buy a full year's membership or whatever. It's still kind of early days, but I'm so excited about the prospect of this. And I hope that you are too. So let me know what you think. In other news, this episode of the podcast is brought to you by Tailored Athlete. My favorite clothes are all from Tailored Athlete at the moment. It's kind of like when you first learned that driving an automatic car was so much easier than manual. Thinking back to when I didn't wear stretch jeans or stretch shirts or stretch polo shirts, it just feels like a different world. Everything that Tailored Athlete make is built for guys who go to the gym. Girls, sorry, there isn't anything for you just yet, but for the guys, you know what it's like, right? You start training in the gym, you gain a little bit of size and everything doesn't fit. It's hard to find jeans that fit your thighs, shirts that fit to your waist and your arms and your chest and all this sort of stuff. Tailored Athlete has found the solution and it is putting stretch in everything that they make, from dress shirts to polo shirts, t-shirts, jeans, shorts and so much more. If you are upgrading your wardrobe, just go and check their stuff out. It's phenomenal. I couldn't recommend it more. link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom or just follow the link that's in the show notes below this and you will get free shipping. I know that it's a.co.uk link, but if you're in America and you press it as well, they also ship to America and that will switch to your site and you get the free shipping deal. link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom or follow the link below this episode to go and check out their range. You will not regret it. But now it's time for the wise and wonderful David Allen.