It's hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides… — David Allen Best of both worlds Copy Share Image
Your brain has an in-built mechanism for finding patterns you've programmed because of where you've put your attention. Solutions, innovations, and success… — David Allen Attention Copy Share Image
Most people feel best about their work the week before their vacation, but it's not because of the vacation itself. What do… — David Allen Agreement Copy Share Image
“What behavior might undermine what I’m doing, and how can I prevent it?” — David Allen Habits Copy Share Image
“Doing nothing is not only a waste of energy—it often promotes decay and unnecessary complexity and stress.” — David Allen Energy Copy Share Image
“Time is that quality of nature that keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn’t seem to be working.” — David Allen Nature Copy Share Image
The balance you have between drive and patience may be your master key to success. — David Allen Balance Copy Share Image
Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined. — David Allen Lack of time Copy Share Image
Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention. — David Allen Attention Copy Share Image
Virtually every problem that would show up in your business can be traced back to communications; somebody didn't talk to somebody about… — David Allen Business Copy Share Image
“But sometimes I have to get out of my comfort zone to stay motivated to do excellent work over the long term.” — David Allen Comfort zone Copy Share Image
“Make an Inventory of Your Creative Imaginings What are the things you really might want to do someday if you have the… — David Allen Creative expression Copy Share Image
“Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen.” — David Allen Copy Share Image
“In knowledge work . . . the task is not given; it has to be determined. ‘What are the expected results from… — David Allen Productivity Copy Share Image
What you'll tend to avoid doing is probably the most important thing you need to do because it'll probably be the most… — David Allen Comfort Copy Share Image
The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender. — David Allen Dreams Copy Share Image
People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what… — David Allen Distracted Copy Share Image
You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. — David Allen Action Copy Share Image
Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the… — David Allen Complaining Copy Share Image
The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with… — David Allen Agreement Copy Share Image
Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance. — David Allen Crisis Copy Share Image
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its… — David Allen Full potential Copy Share Image
