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A Clear Space - David Allen - Episode # 042

A Clear Space - David Allen - Episode # 042

Episode 42 Published 4 years, 3 months ago
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David Allen is the Founder at the David Allen Company. He’s also the author of many books, including “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity”. Having your mind open and a clear space can help to keep you functioning at a high level and be better at what you do. David sits down with host Dan Ryan to share his thoughts on #hospitality and what it all means to him. 


Takeaways: 

 

  • Having a clear space in your mind allows you to deal with surprise and change in a better way. 
  • Hospitality is all about making others feel a welcome experience. You want those around you to feel at home. 
  • You need to have authentic conversations with those around you. If you are at a hotel and you don’t like your room, it’s ok to say so. 
  • Managing your staff in the right way is a key to success. You want to set a good standard for them to follow and make sure they keep up with it. 
  • A checklist is an incredibly important part of everyday life. Making a checklist can help to make sure that everything that needs to get done is actually done.
  • Communication is key. You want to make sure those around you feel appreciated and know that you are engaged in the conversation.
  • When working on a project, you want to think of two key components. You want to think of the outcome desired and the actual step required to reach that. 


Quote of the Show:

 

7:08 “When I think about when I have felt hospitable or being hospitable towards people with me, it was heartfelt. It was authentic and it was service oriented. It's a real communication from a caring place. It says, how can I help? How can I serve? So I think hospitality is not just for the industry. I think it's for the human being as an experience.”


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Shout Outs:

 

0:59 Danny Passman

10:21 Raul Leal

10:24 S.H. Hotels

12:07 Four Seasons San Francisco

13:24 Nanci Sherman

13:42 Hilton Hotel Miami

16:09 The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

17:30 Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, CA

17:35 Jerry Garcia 

17:38 The Warlocks

17:39 Grateful Dead

21:05 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

21:17 E-Myth Revisited by Michael E Gerber

32:48 Suzuki

32:49 Alan Watts

34:32 Franklin Covey


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