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.
stuck getting-things-done lack-of-time
Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.
motivation impact done
Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.
anne perfect
I think Anne is just perfect (for this job).
activity budget budgets easily fred inventory land mars project soon work
Land on Mars' as a project still comes down to something like 'Call Fred about the Mars budget proposal' that can be accomplished as soon and as easily as any other activity in our inventory of work at hand.
hire people twice
People are going to have to think twice once they hire more than 10 employees.
identify patent primary property protect role
Our primary role is to identify intellectual property that is disclosed to us by (researchers), patent protect and commercialize it,
creates enter stuff
Remember, you're the one who creates speed, because you're the one who allows stuff to enter your life.
few juries problem
I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few juries ever acquit.
kids provide
We need to provide better supervision of our kids when we have kids over.