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
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Retention is the lifeblood of what we do. 80% of our new growth comes from retention so we pay particular attention to going out and interacting with our manufacturers on an on-going basis so we know what their issues are and we can address these issues and help keep them profitable.
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We want to be sure we have it all right. Reconciling all the various salaries between the two companies was more complicated than expected. We didn't want to put it in place before it was ready.
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Whenever I made a traffic stop (Hobbes was) always barking, creating noise. Nobody will really know how many times she saved me from being assaulted.
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With excellent company results, everyone should do very well.
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Well, yeah, I get to decide what I publish, which is nice.
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We will consolidate our existing Dallas headquarters and Plano contact center into a single convenient location with room for expansion, lowering our facility costs.
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We are excited to begin offering the Living Balance Sheet to our field force, which will transform the way our financial representatives do business. It will help our agents distinguish themselves in what has become an increasingly competitive environment.
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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.
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To date, many of the crabapple trees have been replaced with flowering cherry trees, which also have an alternating pink and white flower. We wanted to keep the same theme along the street in the spring.
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Going to cons is almost always a money-losing affair. You do it to meet your readers and show the flag with a hope of attracting new readers.
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Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher, motivator, and coach than I am an entrepreneur.
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Well you know, for my experience, your head's for having ideas, not for holding them.
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I found it was easier to sell a personality than a process, but we've tried to simply use the personality as a vehicle for the message, not an ego thing.
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He was an inspiration, to say the least, ... For all of us. ... He was our hero in a lot of ways.