David Allen: Mind

David Allen is American productivity consultant and author. Explore interesting quotes on mind.

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

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“You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.”

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“First of all, if it's on your mind, your mind isn't clear. Anything you consider unfinished in any way must be captured in a trusted system outside your mind, or what I call a collection bucket, that you know you'll come back to regularly and sort through.”

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

“Your mind doesn't have one. If it did, it would only remind you of something when you could do something about it.”

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

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“You don't have to like your life to get it off your mind. You DO have to renegotiate your agreements w/yourself about it.”

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“Most often, the reason something is "on your mind" is that you want it to be different than it currently is, and yet: you haven't clarified exactly what the intended outcomes is; you haven't decided what the very next physical action step is; and/or you haven't put reminders of the outcome and the action required in a system you trust. That's why it's on your mind.”

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

“Your mind receives, remembers, & reminds, & sucks at all 3, compared to an objective external system a la GTD.”

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“Cool how many layers of my mind there are to clear, each time I do it…& how different my world is then.”

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“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

“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