The problem is, is when your focus is created by a crisis, then the frontal lobe shuts down essentially, the frontal cortex… — David Allen Body 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
A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key… — David Allen Bases Copy Share Image
Change - even change meant to improve our lives - creates stress. We can get comfortable with our problems. — David Allen Change Copy Share Image
The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson — David Allen Action Copy Share Image
“Write all your notes and quotes on separate three-by-five-inch cards. Then, when you get ready to organize your thinking, just spread them… — David Allen 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 Copy Share Image
The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions. — David Allen Deadline Copy Share Image
The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity — David Allen Amount Copy Share Image
Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept. — David Allen Accepting Copy Share Image
You can't manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about… — David Allen Action Copy Share Image
“A vision without a task is but a dream; a task without a vision is but drudgery; a vision and a task… — David Allen Dreams Copy Share Image
It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really… — David Allen Able Copy Share Image
“A great way to think about what your principles are is to complete this sentence: “I would give others totally free rein… — David Allen Integrity 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 Copy Share Image
Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity. — David Allen Complexity 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
“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
When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding. — David Allen Avoiding Copy Share Image
“Trying to keep a list on the calendar, which must then be reentered on another day if items don’t get done, is… — David Allen Another day Copy Share Image
“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. —SUSAN ERTZ” — David Allen Death Copy Share Image
