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
change stress problem
Change - even change meant to improve our lives - creates stress. We can get comfortable with our problems.
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Virtually every problem that would show up in your business can be traced back to communications; somebody didn't talk to somebody about something.
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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.
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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.
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First of all, if it's on your mind, your mind isn't clear. Anything you consider unfinished in any way must be captured in a trusted system outside your mind, or what I call a collection bucket, that you know you'll come back to regularly and sort through.
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The balance you have between drive and patience may be your master key to success.
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Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.
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A Keyring? Achievements? These are not WoW-specific things. They are common sense. They exist in the real world.
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It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.
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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game.
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Isn't it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They've cleared up all of their to-do piles, closed up transactions, renewed old promises with themselves. My most basic suggestion is that people should do that more than just once a year.
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Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher,motivat or, and coach than I am an entrepreneur.
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A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized.