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 did good. But we're both working artists. ... The time had come for someone to take over who knows how to run a computer.
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It feels great, ... That's what I'm here for.
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Remember, you're the one who creates speed, because you're the one who allows stuff to enter your life.
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I think Anne is just perfect (for this job).
OPAC is the policymaking board, ... ODFW is for the implementation.
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People are going to have to think twice once they hire more than 10 employees.
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Our primary role is to identify intellectual property that is disclosed to us by (researchers), patent protect and commercialize it,
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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.
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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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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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Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher, motivator, and coach than I am an entrepreneur.
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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.
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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.