{"id":3422,"date":"2010-03-19T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:28:38","slug":"a-mom-who-is-ready-for-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2010\/03\/a-mom-who-is-ready-for-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mom Who is Ready For Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.davidco.com\/store\/catalog\/READY-FOR-ANYTHING-ABRIDGED-AUDIO-CDs-p-16177.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3423\" title=\"Ready For Anything\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2010\/03\/RFA-200x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>David&#8217;s second book, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.davidco.com\/store\/catalog\/READY-FOR-ANYTHING-HARDCOVER-p-16155.php\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ready For Anything<\/em><\/a>, is a wonderful little book, chock full of inspiring essays and helpful coaching questions.\u00a0 It was born out of the &#8220;Food For Thought&#8221; essays he does in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidco.com\/productive_living.php\" target=\"_blank\">free Productive Living newsletter<\/a> (formerly called Productivity Principles.)\u00a0 Kim, a mom in Ohio, wrote to David to share her experience with <em>Ready For Anything.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I just wanted to let you know that I really have gained a lot from your book, <em>Ready for Anything<\/em>!\u00a0 I am not a business person, or an entrepreneur.\u00a0 In fact I do not even get paid for my work&#8230;but I do work &#8212; I am a Stay At Home Mom.\u00a0 And, while I know I am not your target audience, I just wanted to let you know that this SAHM really got a lot from listening to your audio book.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My husband who does work outside the home in a small family business (providing me with the opportunity to stay at home with our &#8220;cherubs&#8221;) got your audiobook just before we left for a family vacation (which included a 13 hour drive).\u00a0 So, while the kids were DVD&#8217;d and headphoned-up in the back seat, we listened to your wisdom.\u00a0 I must say, I wasn&#8217;t actually excited to listen to some guy talk about organizing and prioritizing&#8230;but, damn, I&#8217;m glad I did.\u00a0 I really got some great tidbits that I have incorporated into my &#8220;work&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;thanks!<\/p>\n<p>-Kim Dettmer<br \/>\nFYI:\u00a0\u00a0 talked about it in my <a href=\"http:\/\/insearchofmeinmommy.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/my-somedaymaybe-list.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David&#8217;s second book, Ready For Anything, is a wonderful little book, chock full of inspiring essays and helpful coaching questions.\u00a0 It was born out of the &#8220;Food For Thought&#8221; essays he does in the free Productive Living newsletter (formerly called Productivity Principles.)\u00a0 Kim, a mom in Ohio, wrote to David to share her experience with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2010\/03\/a-mom-who-is-ready-for-anything\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Mom Who is Ready For Anything&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,32],"tags":[745,80,83,189,295,531],"class_list":["post-3422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david-allen","category-productivity-tips","tag-david-allen","tag-family","tag-community-contributions","tag-gtd-at-home","tag-gtd-for-moms","tag-ready-for-anything","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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