Team by David Allen Summary
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"Team" transforms David Allen's iconic GTD principles into a powerful framework for collaborative success. Google Play's best business book of the year reveals how any group - corporate, sports, or family - can achieve extraordinary results with less stress. As Charles Duhigg says, it's the "roadmap to effective communication" for our post-pandemic world.
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When Your Team's Chaos Becomes Your Career Ceiling
Your inbox holds 2,400 unread emails. You've stopped even trying to keep up. Important things? They'll just have to find another way to reach you. Sound familiar? This isn't a personal failing-it's a design flaw in how most teams operate. While David Allen's Getting Things Done revolutionized individual productivity two decades ago, its team application might be even more critical today. We're drowning in four times the information we faced in the 1980s, switching between apps 1,100 times daily, and checking email 74 times before lunch. The cost? Nine billion euros annually in Germany alone from workplace burnout. Yet some teams operate differently. Their meetings end on time. Emails get answered within 24 hours. Everyone knows exactly what they're delivering. This isn't fantasy-it's what happens when teams stop automating dysfunction and start building systems that actually work.
The Five Steps That Transform Team Chaos Into Clarity
From Ground Level to Cathedral: The Horizons That Give Work Meaning
The Standards That Separate Functional Teams From Dysfunctional Ones
The Power of Pruning: Why Saying No Creates More Yes
Delegation as Multiplication: Expanding Impact Beyond Individual Effort
Your Move: From Knowing to Doing
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
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"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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