The book I chose to read is Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. David Allen is considered by Forbes magazine to be one of the five best executive coaches in the United States. He has over thirty years of experience coaching some of the highest-ranking executives at some of the largest companies in the United States. Time Magazine called this book "the definitive self-help business book of its time." The book is divided into three main parts and thirteen chapters and subsections. Part one is titled The Art of Getting Things Done. Contains information about social changes in the workplace and ways of managing work. Among his advice, he believes that everyone should physically write down every task they have to do on a daily basis, whether on paper or electronically, its length and importance and decide which tasks to do and when to do them. His main point of emphasis in this first chapter is that the mind becomes too cluttered and that short-term memory should be used for concentrating and not for storing things. the author introduces his five keys or phases for workflow control/management: (1) collect, (2) process, (3) organize, (4) review and (5) indicate these five phases as to organize the work that needs to be completed and to complete it successfully. The last chapter of the first section is about vertical focus on the thought process to complete projects. Allen outlines five more steps to accomplish any task. They are (1) defining goals and principles, (2) viewing outcomes, (3) brainstorming, (4) organizing, and (5) identifying follow-up actions. The second part of this book, which takes up well over half of the entire book, is somewhat of a repeat of the first part but a much more detailed perspective on David Allen's methodology. He recommends taking two days at the beginning of the process just to get organized. Within these two days, you should set up a private workspace not only at work but also at home. In chapters five and six, Allen refers to his five keys to controlling workflow, emphasizing completely completing the gathering phase before moving on to the processing and organizing phases. This will eliminate distractions. During the processing phase, a person does not actually complete any items but rather identifies what needs to be done with each of them.