David Allen: Trending quotes (page 5)

“Trying to ignore secondarily meaningful things gives them more meaning than they deserve.”

David Allen

30 January 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/8421130524
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“Simply ask & answer: if we were being wildly successful in fulfilling our purpose, what would it look, sound, & feel like? #SmallBizChat”

David Allen

3 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/15286917857
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Feeling , Success

“Not stopping to really catch up (Weekly Review, GTDers!) means trying to catch up constantly & never getting there.”

David Allen

9 August 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/20673625150
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“Organizing without first capturing & clarifying what needs organizing is simply rearranging your angst.”

David Allen

31 January 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/164480736064311296
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“Clearing the deck is great, but sailing adventurous waters is the real game. (Just can't do it w/out a clear deck.)”

David Allen

10 March 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/10288329405
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Game , Water

“If you figured out why making a list reduces overwhelm & confusion, you'd keep nothing in your head the rest of your life.”

David Allen

12 May 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/13858760270
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Life

“Only issues in life: u know what u want, but not how to get it; or u don't know what u want. Solution: #GTD”

David Allen

13 February 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/36571301049155584
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Life

“Good ideas are infinitely available. We've just limited our availablitly to them. The music's not in the radio.”

David Allen

3 December 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/6297004027
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Music , Idea

“Over-prepare. Then go with the flow.”

David Allen

28 December 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/7105732411
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“The greater your confidence w/how to achieve control & focus, as needed, the wilder & crazier you can be.”

David Allen

4 February 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/165951252906250240
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Confidence

“Outcome/next-action thinking, before you must, prepares you for when you must. And that time will come.”

David Allen

29 September 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/119375427386089472
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Thinking , Time

“Great news about lots of email is how consistently it forces you to get clear what's really meaningful to your work/life.”

David Allen

23 March 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/10943941311
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Life

“I've never had to go very far to learn everything I have learned. I just had to care about something & pay attention.”

David Allen

19 January 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/7933461617
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Learning

“What maps do you need to review, to see where you are & what to do next? Core to self-management systems.”

David Allen

23 August 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/238837461663490048
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“Using your head to manage your life = creativity constipation.”

David Allen

19 July 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/226141872467369984
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Life

“The coolest things I do usually aren't on my lists, but because of them.”

David Allen

23 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5965843348
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“Organizations' problems can all be traced to someone not telling the right someone what had their attention, when it did.”

David Allen

12 May 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/13822827287
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Problem

“Secret to finding, quickly, the corner pieces, then the outside edges, to the jigsaw puzzle of life: GTD”

David Allen

13 December 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/6614086802
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Life , Secret

“Top need for top professionals: psychic space. Fewer distractions & more contexts for thinking. Not more time.”

David Allen

12 October 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/27175167967
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Thinking , Time

“The nature of creative thinking runs counter to the nature of dealing w/its output. Ability & system to do both is freedom. GTD.”

David Allen

2 July 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/17537630593
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Nature , Thinking , Freedom