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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We need to provide better supervision of our kids when we have kids over.
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We played awfully well. I hate to say we could do better ... but I think most of the guys would say we could.
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Where do most people hang out socially at home? The kitchen. No more maids, no more servants. Today, most of us live another lifestyle entirely, in which we're all in it together, and that's the fun.
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We are hoping to get through the season without any problems with local bears. Public lands are not the only issue, and we recommend people maintain their own lands too.
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Well, guess where most of those fires and crises come from? Correct - from secondary things that were ignored because of all the fires and crises. This syndrome does not self-correct, it self-perpetuates.
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Tricks are for the not-so-smart, not-so-conscious part of us. To a great degree, the highest performing people I know are those who have installed the best tricks in their lives.
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Its good to get a win. We lost a tough one on Tuesday. It was good to get the win. We got hits when we needed to get hits.
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Danville has a great pool of friendly, smart, and dependable people who provide superior service to our clients. This level of service has impressed our clients and enabled our Danville team to grow faster than expected. Danville's community leaders have also provided tremendous support and a business-friendly environment during this year of rapid growth.
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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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I hope you understand there is much more here than the state is saying.
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I've experienced (more times than I like to admit) avoiding slightly uncomfortable conversations with others I should have had on the front end and then endured much more excruciating ones on the back end.
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The base salaries for all management employees are being reviewed with those below market to be adjusted. I haven't heard of any downward adjustment.
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Anyway, I'm only willing and interested in growing the size of the business when I have an assurance that the delivery vehicles match the quality of the message.