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.
stress thinking two
Everything you’ve told yourself you ought to do, your mind thinks you should do right now. Frankly, as soon add you have two things to do stored in your RAM, you’ve generated personal failure, because you can’t do two things at the same time. This produces an all-pervasive stress factor whose source can’t be pin-pointed.
positive-thinking tunnels light
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.
thinking people way
People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.
thinking people mind
Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.
running stress thinking
I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."
kid love putter thinking
If you'll be doing something you'd love to be doing anyway, get started, and don't kid yourself. If you're just thinking you'll putter around with something because it'll make you a little money, don't bother.
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.