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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I'm happy that it's over with and I know where I'm going. I'm real excited about going out there and just playing football. The good thing about it is that I can get a great education and I get to play the sport I love.
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The new compensation plan is probably not as rich as it was under ISG. ISG would probably have had to make an adjustment too.
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If you have a son or daughter, there is a risk regardless of how you raise them.
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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.
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If you leave them stuck in 'In,' then you've got to rethink every time you open your e-mails.
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In the Haitian community, a lot of the parents believe the teacher is in charge of everything. They are intimidated to come to you, but you have to go to them and build that trust.
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Beginning drivers seem to make a lot of jerky movements with the wheel. Actually they're making smooth movements to very short horizons.
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By printing cases on-line, these printers provide a dependable means to substantially reduce packaging operating costs by eliminating the need for preprinted cases.
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If I don't know how a title will sell, I do a small run and scale up quickly if demand appears. Because I can now print as few as 100 books and turn a small profit I tend to keep all my titles in print.
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If you want to publish on the web you don't need a print shop, or an editor, or a publisher. You can just slap it up yourself and wait for traffic.
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If you want to catch fish, and really enjoy the sport, you will maintain your lures and line in some organized fashion. The best at it will always have their tackle ready.
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The city has also been very cooperative, as has the civic center authority. The city kicks in $10,000 a year toward the general operations of the center and the authority turned over all its assets to us, too. We all have a vested interest in seeing our civic center stay open. It's a good facility. We want people to use it and hope it stays that way.
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the first 15 laps were pretty scary today.
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The group was immediately misunderstood by this community. What the town needed was to get going.