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Studio Edrisa, an East African multimedia team who produces a weekly radio show called Planet Edirisa<\/a>, interviewed David Allen about his work and bestselling book Getting Things Done<\/em>. Here’s an excerpt of the interview:<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Did your philosophy come together before you actually wrote the book \u201cGetting Things Done\u201d? <\/strong>
The book was really written after 20 to 25 years of developing and researching the model which was the core of my consulting and training business. I didn\u2019t really know what I figured out concerning methodology and how unique it was for about 10 or 15 years. And finally, when I was able to test it in some of the best, busiest and smartest environments and people in the world, I found out that it really did work universally, and I was ready to put it down into a book form. I actually wrote it as a manual \u2013 in case I got run over by a bus I wanted to make sure the knowledge I discovered, uncovered and formulated would be available to everyone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Studio Edrisa, an East African multimedia team who produces a weekly radio show called Planet Edirisa, interviewed David Allen about his work and bestselling book Getting Things Done. Here’s an excerpt of the interview: Did your philosophy come together before you actually wrote the book \u201cGetting Things Done\u201d? The book was really written after 20 … <\/p>\n

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