David Allen Quotes
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Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.
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Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.
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You can do anything, but you can't do everything
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Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding…
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Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people,…
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Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.
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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…
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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts youll see them at the right time, and listen to…
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You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it.
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Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.
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Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think…
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A Keyring? Achievements? These are not WoW-specific things. They are common sense. They exist in the real world.
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There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.
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There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it´s getting done!
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Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.
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We suffer the stress of infinite opportunity: There are so many things that we could do, and all we see are people who seem to…
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Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax
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The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.
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