David Allen Quotes

It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti.

Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.

You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it.

The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions.

Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.

You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.

If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game.

You don't manage priorities, you have them.

There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it´s getting done!

You can do anything, but you can't do everything

A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates.

The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity

When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.

The better you get, the better you better get.

The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.

Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.

A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

It's easier to change directions if you are in motion.

Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.

Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.