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David Allen is a productivity consultant who is best known as the creator of the time management method known as "Getting Things Done". Wikipedia  

✵ 28. December 1945  •  Other names דיוויד אלן, Девід Аллен, 戴维·艾伦, 戴維·艾倫, Дэвід Алан
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David Allen Quotes

“Pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, so you can pay attention to what really has your attention.”

David Allen

15 September 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/114341777418354689 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Your attention will continue to be grabbed by anything until you give it the appropriate attention.”

David Allen

18 September 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/4084592042 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“I suggest that you use your mind to think about things, rather than to think of them. You want to be adding value... not simply reminding yourself they exist.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 11

“It's great to clear your psychic decks so you can go into the weekend ready for refreshment and recreation, with nothing on your mind.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 8

“The organizing system merely provides placeholders for all your oprn loops and options so your mind can... make the necessary intuitive, moment-to-moment strategic decisions.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 7

“[Y]ou must have a clear picture in your mind of what success would look, sound, and feel like.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“The goal is to get projects and situations off your mind, but not to lose any potentially useful ideas.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“[I]f it's just you, attempting to come up with a "good idea" before defining your purpose, creating a vision, and collecting lots of bad ideas is likely to give you a case of creative constipation.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“If you're waiting to have good ideas before you have any ideas, you won't have many ideas.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“The big problem is that your mind keeps reminding you of things when you can't do anything about them. It has no sense of past or future.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 1