David Allen: Attention

“The less you are driven by what goes on in this material world, the more you will pay attention to its details.”

David Allen

29 October 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/29053579357
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Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

World

“Collect, process, organize & review what has your attention, so you can stop half-trying to be doing all that, constantly.”

David Allen

15 March 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/180374838857318400
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“A commitment kept only in your head will be given too much or too little attention.”

David Allen

23 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/16821970790
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“Things hold your attention hostage until you give them the appropriate attention.”

David Allen

27 June 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/85187098725974016
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Variant: Your attention will continue to be grabbed by anything until you give it the appropriate attention.

“If you could stop thinking, letting go of trying control your world w/your mind, where would your attention go?”

David Allen

3 December 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/10514000022343680
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World , Thinking

“Freedom to give full attention to what you want (vs. It being held hostage by unmanaged stuff) is the GTD promise.”

David Allen

17 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/148127884798730240
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Freedom

“GTD essence: attention cleared of residue & distraction, pointed at the right thing.”

David Allen

20 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5878721689
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“Does something have your attention because you want it to, or because you're avoiding it?”

David Allen

31 August 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/3669905898
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“How much attention have I given what really deserves my attention today?”

David Allen

23 October 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/28465522068
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“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

“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

“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
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“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
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