David Allen quotes

If it's a truth, the simpler something is said, the greater its impact. Compression creates
power.
David Allen

Often the only way to make a hard decision is to come back to the purpose.
David Allen

There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.
David Allen

It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a
focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of
your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater
stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.
David Allen

We need to transform all the "stuff" we're trying to organize into actionable stuff we need to
do.
David Allen

The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in
the present they engender.
David Allen

Bailing water in a leaky boat diverts energy from rowing the boat.
David Allen

Taking off midday, midweek, to play golf. Seems naughty, but so should holding such
irrational beliefs.
David Allen

Your best thoughts about work won't happen while you're at work.
David Allen

Having a total and seamless system of organization in place gives you tremendous power
because it allows your mind to let go of lower-level thinking and graduate to intuitive
focusing, undistracted by matters that haven't been dealt with appropriately. But your
physical organization system must be better than your mental one in order for that to
happen.
David Allen

If your filing system isn't fast, functional, and fun, you'll resist the whole process.
David Allen

If the project is still on your mind, there's more planning to do.
David Allen

The key ingredients of relaxed control are 1. clearly defined outcomes (projects) and the next
actions required to move them toward closure, and 2. reminders placed in a trusted system
that is reviewed regularly. This is what I call horizontal focus. Although it may seem simple,
the actual application of the process can create profound results.
David Allen

When you know how, any time, to get to the place where it's all sort of funny, you've
mastered "Getting Things Done."
David Allen

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.
David Allen

You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of
the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches
your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it "done."
David Allen

If you're appropriately engaged with your life, you don't need more time. If you're not, more
time won't won't help.
David Allen

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.
David Allen

When I get people to focus on a successful scenario of their project, they usually experience
heightened enthusiasm and think of something unique and positive about it that hadn't
occured to them before. "Wouldn't it be great if..." is not a bad way to start thinking about a
situation, at least for long enough to have the option of getting an answer.
David Allen

You need no new skills to increase your productivity - just a new set of behaviors about
when and where to apply them.
David Allen

Moment-to-moment collecting, thinking, processing, and organizing are challenging enough;
always ensure that you have the tools to make them as easy as possible.
David Allen

The in-basket is a processing station, not a storage bin.
David Allen

When in doubt, relax and listen.
David Allen

Every decision to act is an intuitive one. The challenge is to migrate from hoping it's the right
choice to trusting it's the right choice.
David Allen

You often need to make it up in your mind before you can make it happen in your life.
David Allen

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