Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax — David Allen Ability Copy Share Image
“Too much information creates the same result as too little:” — David Allen Too much information Copy Share Image
You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps… — David Allen Action Copy Share Image
“It’s the nature of human experience, which is always in some form of motion, to veer off course—sometimes in major, but consistently… — David Allen Human experience Copy Share Image
“The real challenge is to make good communication a handy and well-used tool. Then you are likely to pick it up and… — David Allen Communication Copy Share Image
Everything you’ve told yourself you ought to do, your mind thinks you should do right now. Frankly, as soon add you have… — David Allen Add Copy Share Image
“We need ways to validate and support our thinking, no matter how informal.” — David Allen Copy Share Image
“The value of goals is not in the future they describe, but the change in perception of reality they foster.” — David Allen Change Copy Share Image
“Taking the inventory of your current work at all levels will automatically produce greater focus, alignment, and sense of priorities.” — David Allen Focus Copy Share Image
“have discovered that one of the major reasons many people haven’t had a lot of success with getting organized is simply that… — David Allen Success Copy Share Image
Without a gut-level sense that you are ultimately in control of what's happening to you, you won't even consider the option that… — David Allen Guts Copy Share Image
“you can decide what, specifically, something means to you and what you intend to do about it, if anything; if you can… — David Allen Copy Share Image
Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things. — David Allen May Copy Share Image
If you’re at zero backlog, it’s a whole lot easier to change priorities. — David Allen Easier Copy Share Image
Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative. — David Allen Creative Copy Share Image
Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else. — David Allen Clear Copy Share Image
Isn't it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They've cleared up all of their to-do… — David Allen Feels Copy Share Image
Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose… — David Allen Cleaning Copy Share Image
“I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp; I know what I want to do, but I don’t know where… — David Allen Copy Share Image
“This would be a Zen-like state of productivity, in which you deal with what’s present from a perspective that is both detached… — David Allen Productivity Copy Share Image
Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will… — David Allen Feels Copy Share Image
Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do,… — David Allen Details Copy Share Image