David Allen Quotes

Знание своих текущих обязательств способствует правильному выбору новых.

Over-prepare. Then go with the flow.

three different kinds of activities you can be engaged in: Doing predefined work Doing work as it shows up Defining your work Doing

I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

Choose one project that is new or stuck or that could simply use some improvement. Think of your purpose. Think of what a successful outcome would look like: where would you be physically, financially, in terms of reputation, or whatever? Brainstorm potential steps. Organize your ideas. Decide on the next actions. Are you any clearer about where you want to go and how to get there?

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

When you know you'll get email to zero, you're free to deal with the ones you choose, when you choose. Most productive.

The coolest things I do usually aren't on my lists, but because of them.

Great news about lots of email is how consistently it forces you to get clear what's really meaningful to your work/life.

Hold still enough to grapple w/the simple questions, & the complexities become clear.

There are no problems, only projects.

The more confidence you have that you can actually manifest things before you have all the knowledge and resources you might need, the more you can potentially overwhelm yourself with your own possibilities.

An ambient angst pervades our society — there’s a sense that somehow there’s probably something we should be doing that we’re not, which creates a tension for which there is no resolution and from which there is no rest.

It's hard to say no when you're not aware of everything you've said yes to.

Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. Mastering the art of stress-free productivity requires it.