David Allen Quotes

Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same is true for any kind of performance.

There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.

There's a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually - it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is it speeds up and makes you a little proactive about decision making.

Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds.

Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things.

Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.

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."

Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher,motivat or, and coach than I am an entrepreneur.

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.

If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve.

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!

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

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

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

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.

Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you.

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.

Change - even change meant to improve our lives - creates stress. We can get comfortable with our problems.

Whereas purpose provides the juice and the direction, principles define the parameters of action and the criteria for excellence of behavior.

Not being aware of all you have to do is much like having a credit card for which you don't know the balance or the limit - it's a lot easier to be irresponsible.

At any point in time, the first thing to consider is, what could you possibly do, where you are, with the tools you have?

It's fine to decide not to decide about something. You just need a decide-not-to-decide system to get it off your mind

Your Brain is for having ideas not storing them.

People think a lot, but most of that thinking is of a problem, project or situation - not about it

The greater the volume of thoughts you have to work with, the better the context you can create for developing options and trusting your choices.

When you start to make things happen, you really begin to believe that you can make things happen. And that makes things happen.

It seems that there's a part of our psyche that doesn't know the difference between an agreement about cleaning the garage and an agreement about buying a company