If we didn't have any stress, we'd never grow and you'd probably wouldn't test your mettle and you'd probably wouldn't come up… — David Allen Come up Copy Share Image
We suffer the stress of infinite opportunity: There are so many things that we could do, and all we see are people… — David Allen Alive 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
“From a nitty-gritty, practical standpoint, here is the drill that can get you there: Loose Papers Pull out all miscellaneous scraps… — David Allen Business Copy Share Image
Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact. — David Allen Consistently 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
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
“Merely having thoughts is one thing. Consciously feeding them is quite another. You are powerful all the time, by way of your… — David Allen Focus Copy Share Image
“We fought so hard against the small things that we became small ourselves. —EUGENE O’NEILL” — David Allen Small things Copy Share Image
“When do I need to see what, in what form, to get it off my mind?” — David Allen Psychology Copy Share Image
Some people have to move, physically, to "get" something. But if you're stuck in a chair, that's not your limitation - it's… — David Allen Chairs Copy Share Image
I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster… — David Allen Faster Copy Share Image
My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard — David Allen Breastfeeding 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
A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates. — David Allen Bigger Copy Share Image
There's a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually - it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is… — David Allen Bad thing 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
“Uncaptured, unclarified, and therefore unmanaged things that you have agreed to do own a piece of you and give you no rest.” — David Allen Copy Share Image
If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game. — David Allen Bigs Copy Share Image
