David Allen > Quotes

“If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.”
― David Allen

“You can do anything, but not everything.”
― David Allen

“Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.”
― David Allen

“Most people feel best about their work the week before their vacation, but it's not because of the vacation itself. What do you do the last week before you leave on a big trip? You clean up, close up, clarify, and renegotiate all your agreements with yourself and others. I just suggest that you do this weekly instead of yearly.”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it "done.”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“You can do anything, but you can't do everything”
― David Allen

“The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.”
― David Allen

“Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“Вы не можете выиграть игру, правил которой не знаете”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“The value of goals is not in the future they describe, but the change in perception of reality they foster.”
― David Allen

“It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.”
― David Allen, Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life

“There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“Способность быть производительным прямо пропорциональна способности расслабляться.”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“Знание своих текущих обязательств способствует правильному выбору новых.”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“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.”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“Эффективность системы обратно пропорциональна сосредоточенности на ней”
― David Allen, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done

“You can do anything, not everything”
― David Allen

“you can do any thing but not every thing”
― David Allen, Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life