David Allen
David Allen
Notable for his self-help books Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001) and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life (2008), Allen formulated a method of time management called "Getting Things Done" and founded both Actioneer, Inc. and the David Allen Company.
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 December 1945
thinking people done
Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do.
mind done proportion
There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it´s getting done!
knowing done terrain
At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.
causes doe getting-things-done
Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.
taken done outcomes
You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it "done.
motivation impact done
Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.
across attract bears cherry fruit hill quite seen signal trees
We have seen bears in the trees across from Signal Hill Elementary. Some fruit-bearing trees don't attract bears such as cherry trees because the fruit is quite small.
inspirational goal vision
The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.
rain entrepreneur mountain
In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.
mind reactions clear
Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.
reason no-reason
There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.
mind want outcomes
Most often, the reason something is "on your mind" is that you want it to be different than it currently is, and yet: you haven't clarified exactly what the intended outcomes is; you haven't decided what the very next physical action step is; and/or you haven't put reminders of the outcome and the action required in a system you trust. That's why it's on your mind.
games ruins mosquitoes
Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.
priorities manage
You don't manage priorities, you have them.