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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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it.
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Commercial lending is a very competitive market for banks. To compete effectively and win, bankers need commercial credit tools that help them to simultaneously develop deep relationships with their customers and manage risk to their organizations. That's precisely the power behind our Optimist and Portfolio Strategist software solutions. Our products are designed to enhance financial communications between banker and customer and assist in positioning the banker as a trusted financial advisor. On the risk management side, these solutions enable a banker to diagnose customers who are showing signs of deterioration, closely monitor changes in their performance, and implement corrective action early on to save problem loans.
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You don't have time to do any project, because you actually can't do a project - you can only take action steps.
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With excellent company results, everyone should do very well.
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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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To have nearly half of employment in manufacturing at a time when we're losing manufacturing in Michigan and in the United States, is certainly something we need to concentrate on.
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As the early years advanced, we were able to hit singles, then doubles, then triples, then home runs.
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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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We were playing hardball and almost twisting their arm.
There is some growling. There's always growling with changes.
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We're still waiting to hear what resources are needed.