David Allen: Thing

“Keys to getting things done: know what "done" means & what "doing" looks like.”

David Allen

14 January 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/158292486358446081
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“The latest & loudest thing in your psyche is seldom the most important thing that should take up residence there.”

David Allen

3 August 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/98970279044321280
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“Changing what you want to get done takes a second. Recalibrating & getting the new thing to happen is a martial art.”

David Allen

7 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/144476364966346752
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Art , Change

“Get things under control first, then get focused. If your ship is sinking, you don't care where it's pointed.”

David Allen

25 January 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/8192067730
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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.

“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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“The purpose of a purpose? Tunes you to meaningful things you wouldn't be aware of, otherwise.”

David Allen

23 May 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/205390843010498561
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“Staying in control daily, weekly, & yearly requires different things for each. Handling one doesn't handle the others.”

David Allen

24 May 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/205804670864732161
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“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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“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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“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

Thinking

“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

Past , Future , Problem , Sense