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David Allen, né le 28 décembre 1945, est un écrivain et consultant américain spécialiste de la productivité. Connu pour avoir créé une méthode de planification nommée Getting Things Done, il est l'auteur de plusieurs autres livres sur le management. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. décembre 1945  •  Autres noms דיוויד אלן, Девід Аллен, 戴维·艾伦, 戴維·艾倫, Дэвід Алан
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“Maximizing is not optimizing. Sustainable engagement wins, in the end.”

David Allen

8 October 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/26778825813 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“If you admit your wildest dream & uncover why you want it, you have a big key to make tomorrow a better day.”

David Allen

28 May 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/14933593727 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“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 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“What people call an "Interruption" is simply new input inappropriately managed.”

David Allen

19 June 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/2240630593 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“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 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“What would you do w/more space, if you had it? Without a good answer, you'll not have the juice to really do #GTD.”

David Allen

5 January 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/155111659122339840 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“If u can't see everything you've committed to, at all levels, you'll be driven by latest and loudest. #SmallBizChat”

David Allen

3 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/15288280784 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Things hold your attention hostage until you give them the appropriate attention.”

David Allen

27 June 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/85187098725974016 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy <br class="br">Variante: 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 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“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 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Resistance to deciding the next action (before we have to) stems from how it exposes the vulnerability of our intelligence.”

David Allen

28 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/17222176055 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Valuable thought occurred today to share. Obvious in the moment. Can't retrieve now. Didn't capture. I teach this. Damn.”

David Allen

18 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5819997093 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“To be free to be spontaneously & creatively shallow requires depth of character & a disciplined focus.”

David Allen

29 April 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/63977062188335104 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Are you overwhelmed pulling weeds, when you really just need to replant the garden?”

David Allen

16 February 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/170372170025934848 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“When you know you'll get email to zero, you're free to deal with the ones you choose, when you choose. Most productive.”

David Allen

23 November 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/139536702476783616 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“You'll be motivated to exercise the #GTD method to the degree you really care about what you're doing.”

David Allen

1 November 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/29413783209 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Hold still enough to grapple w/the simple questions, & the complexities become clear.”

David Allen

6 July 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/88499341613989888 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“When "this isn't right" changes to "this isn't optimal" in your vocabulary, you've moved up the food chain.”

David Allen

9 February 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/35205999514091520 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

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

David Allen

20 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5878721689 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“You've really done your job when what's true? (Challenging question for all of us!)”

David Allen

4 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/43507841134362624 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“If you're appropriately engaged w/your life, you don't need more time. If you're not, more time won't help.”

David Allen

15 August 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/235900635395022848 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Eternal #GTD paradox: when you get the principle, the tool doesn't matter. But simultaneosly it matters so much more.”

David Allen

16 February 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/9169795220 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Perfection is graciously dealing with imperfection.”

David Allen

4 November 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/29641324869 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“If your backlog of stuff isn't zero'd regularly, you're hostage to your own incessant angst that you should.”

David Allen

5 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/43813369337217024 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“When you know how, any time, to get to the place where it's all sort of funny, you've mastered GTD.”

David Allen

8 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/145022728494264321 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“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.”

David Allen

15 August 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/21206170236 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“Meetings handled well reduce email. Email handled well reduces meetings.”

David Allen

18 January 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/159780367153373184 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

“If you're already in a mess, you're not free to make one.”

David Allen

24 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/51036707474259968 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy