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My Beef with Getting Things Done and David Allen

Redeeming Productivity

CHAPTER

What the Bible Teaches About Our Work Is Cursed

i think for a long time, i believed that too. if i can just tweak all my systems, get him exactly right, then it'll be perfect. And really, the reason this doesn't work is because of David Allan's assumptions about what mankind is like. He believes in zen buddhism which has influenced his ideas on productivity and calmer living. So when i said its conalieachs zen like state, it literally is. The reason you find it hard to get through the day, the reason your work is frustrating, is because god has cursed our work.

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