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
thinking people done
Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do.
stress thinking two
Everything you’ve told yourself you ought to do, your mind thinks you should do right now. Frankly, as soon add you have two things to do stored in your RAM, you’ve generated personal failure, because you can’t do two things at the same time. This produces an all-pervasive stress factor whose source can’t be pin-pointed.
positive-thinking tunnels light
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.
thinking people way
People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.
thinking people mind
Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.
running stress thinking
I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."
kid love putter thinking
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.
across attract bears cherry fruit hill quite seen signal trees
We have seen bears in the trees across from Signal Hill Elementary. Some fruit-bearing trees don't attract bears such as cherry trees because the fruit is quite small.
affected consumer extent less money
Ultimately, the consumer is going to be affected to the extent that they will have less discretionary money to spend,
inspirational goal vision
The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.
rain entrepreneur mountain
In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.
mind reactions clear
Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.
reason no-reason
There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.
mind want outcomes
Most often, the reason something is "on your mind" is that you want it to be different than it currently is, and yet: you haven't clarified exactly what the intended outcomes is; you haven't decided what the very next physical action step is; and/or you haven't put reminders of the outcome and the action required in a system you trust. That's why it's on your mind.