In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't… — David Allen Entrepreneur Copy Share Image
The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is… — David Allen Action 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
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 Busy Copy Share Image
“Uncaptured, unclarified, and therefore unmanaged things that you have agreed to do own a piece of you and give you no rest.” — David Allen Piece Copy Share Image
If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves. — David Allen Attention 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
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
“should enhance and align with the ones above it. In other words, your priorities will sit in a hierarchy from the top… — David Allen Hierarchy Copy Share Image
Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts youll see them at the right time,… — David Allen Action Copy Share Image
“Projects, Waiting For, and Someday/Maybe lists need to be reviewed only as often as you think they have to be in order… — David Allen Stop Wondering 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 Consider Copy Share Image
A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized. — David Allen Organized Copy Share Image
“I’ve discovered that the greatest challenges in defining your work are (1) to think about what you’re doing and (2) to do… — David Allen Work Copy Share Image
“You’ve got to think about the big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the… — David Allen Big things Copy Share Image
“When change is required, there must be trust that the initiatives for that change will be dealt with appropriately.” — David Allen Change Copy Share Image
'I need milk' and 'I need to decide whether to buy this company' both tie up space in psychic RAM. The solution… — David Allen Business Copy Share Image
“That said, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with creating a quick, informal, short list of “if I have time, I’d really like to . . .”… — David Allen Time 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
“of professionals down in the trenches, I can safely say that virtually all of us could be doing more planning, more informally… — David Allen Career Copy Share Image
If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve. — David Allen Attention Copy Share Image
Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same… — David Allen Capability 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 Consistently Copy Share Image
“Suffice it to say that something automatic and extraordinary happens in your mind when you create and focus on a clear picture… — David Allen Psychology 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 Feel 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
Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about… — David Allen Adding value Copy Share Image
