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Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds. — David Allen

One missed e-mail, untracked commitment, or decision avoided can have hugely magnified consequences. — David Allen

Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen. — David Allen

Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started. — David Allen

In his book Getting Things Done, David Allen shares a crucial insight: "You can't do a project. You can only do the next step. — Michael Bungay Stanier

It's fine to decide not to decide about something. You just need a decide-not-to-decide system to get it off your mind — David Allen

The better you get, the better you better get. — David Allen

When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding. — David Allen

Chaos isn't the problem; how long it takes to find coherence is the real game. - Doc Childre and Bruce Crier — David Allen

In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining. — David Allen

The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender. — David Allen

If you're at zero backlog, it's a whole lot easier to change priorities. — David Allen

If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for — David Duchovny

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics. — David Amram

My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce. — David Steinberg

There are no interruptions, only mismanaged inputs — David Allen

Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else. — David Allen

The greater the volume of thoughts you have to work with, the better the context you can create for developing options and trusting your choices. — David Allen

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions. — David Allen

It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer ... it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community ... — David Allen

You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it. — David Allen

Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative. — David Allen

If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve. — David Allen

At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering. — David Allen

Nothing is certain but the truth — David G. Allen

Anxiety is caused by a lack of control, organization, preparation, and action. - David Kekich — David Allen

There are no interruptions, really - there are simply mismanaged occurrences. — David Allen

Nothing is really new in this high-tech, globally wired world, except how frequently it is. — David Allen

A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates. — David Allen

Most stress they experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept. — David Allen

Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind. — David Allen

Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher,motivat or, and coach than I am an entrepreneur. — David Allen

You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind. — David Allen

The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself. — David Allen

Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do. — David Allen

Don't just do something. Stand there. - Rochelle Myer — David Allen

[T]he last thing a fish notices is water. — David Allen

A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized. — David Allen

The focus we hold in our minds affects what we perceive and how we perform. — David Allen

If you're not sure why you're doing something, you can never do enough of it. — David Allen

Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game. — David Allen

When time itself turned into a work factor, personal calendars became a key work tool. — David Allen

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. — David Allen

At any point in time, the first thing to consider is, what could you possibly do, where you are, with the tools you have? — David Allen

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard — David Allen

Virtually every problem that would show up in your business can be traced back to communications; somebody didn't talk to somebody about something. — David Allen

Mosquitos ruin the safari. — David Allen

I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen. — Carmen Ejogo

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because what "doing" would look like, and where it happens, hasn't been decided. In — David Allen

The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions. — David Allen

Every decision to act is an intuitive one. The challenge is to migrate from hoping it's the right choice to trusting it's the right choice. — David Allen

It's the nature of human experience, which is always in some form of motion, to veer off course - sometimes in major, but consistently in minor, ways. — David Allen

A great hammer doesn't make a great carpenter; but a great carpenter will always want to have a great hammer. — David Allen

It was a nice hat. — David T. Allen

The most experienced planner in the world is your brain. — David Allen

Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept. Even — David Allen

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control. — David Allen

Your Brain is for having ideas not storing them. — David Allen

Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy. — David Allen

You've got to think about the big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. - Alvin Toffler — David Allen

Get a purge for your brain. It will do better than for your stomach. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne — David Allen

The balance you have between drive and patience may be your master key to success. — David Allen

you have to think about your stuff more than you realize but not as much as you're afraid you might. — David Allen

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity. — David Allen

Minute-to-minute and day-to-day you don't have time to think. You need to have already thought. — David Allen

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. - WILL ROGERS — David Allen

When you start to make things happen, you really begin to believe that you can make things happen. And that makes things happen. — David Allen

Let our advance worrying become our advance thinking and planning. - Winston Churchill — David Allen

A renegotiated agreement is not a broken one. — David Allen

Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you. — David Allen

Change - even change meant to improve our lives - creates stress. We can get comfortable with our problems. — David Allen

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through. — David Allen

You can do anything, but not everything. — David Allen

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. — David Allen

It can be difficult to accept the fact that a lot of birds have to be identified as "possible" or "probable. — David Allen Sibley

The substantive issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real work is to manage our actions. That — David Allen

Klara Sztucinski, and Elliott Kellman. The administrative — David Allen

Whereas purpose provides the juice and the direction, principles define the parameters of action and the criteria for excellence of behavior. — David Allen

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. - Nadia Boulanger — David Allen

The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity — David Allen

Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance. — David Allen

The value of goals is not in the future they describe, but the change in perception of reality they foster. — David Allen

You must use your mind to get things off your mind. — David Allen

If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game. — David Allen

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. - Sally Kempton — David Allen

Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind. — David G. Allen

There is no reason to ever have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought. I — David Allen

Rule your mind or it will rule you. - Horace Between — David Allen

Suffice it to say that something automatic and extraordinary happens in your mind when you create and focus on a clear picture of what you want. — David Allen

Taking the inventory of your current work at all levels will automatically produce greater focus, alignment, and sense of priorities. — David Allen

If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves. — David Allen

You need no new skills to increase your productivity - just a new set of behaviors about when and where to apply them. — David Allen

Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives. — David Letterman

People think a lot, but most of that thinking is of a problem, project or situation - not about it — David Allen

It's easier to change directions if you are in motion. — David Allen

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges. - CHARLES BOYLE — David Allen

You don't manage priorities, you have them. — David Allen

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti. — David Allen

You can do anything, not everything — David Allen

Others need more physical horsepower. Some need very little of either. — David Allen