1. “Everyone of you today are not getting a lot of things done because you are sitting right here.” ― David Allen
2. “You can fool everyone else, but you can’t fool your own mind.” ― David Allen
3. “Perspective and control are the two ingredients to time management.” ― David Allen
4. “Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.” ― David Allen
5. “Getting things done is not about getting things done.” ― David Allen
6. “The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.” ― David Allen
7. “It’s hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds. Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.” ― David Allen
8. “You can do anything, but not everything.” ― David Allen
9. “Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks – cutting loose debris that’s impeding forward motion.” ― David Allen
10. “If you had just two more hours what would you fill it with? Probably more stickiness like email.” ― David Allen
11. “The freedom to make a mess starts when you are clean enough to make a mess.” ― David Allen
12. “Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.” ― David Allen
13. “You can’t manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about time, it’s more about how do you manage your focus, how do you manage your actions and your activities in terms of what you do.” ― David Allen
14. “If it’s on your mind, get it out of your mind. Write it down…Then takes what’s on your mind and get things done.” ― David Allen
15. “Every one of you today are not getting a lot of things done because you are sitting right here.” ― David Allen
16. “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
17. “Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.” ― David Allen
18. “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
19. “A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity.” ― David Allen
20. “Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” ― David Allen
21. “Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.” ― David Allen
22. “A lot of stuff gets done that is not in a hurry.” ― David Allen
23. “You can only feel good about what you’re not doing when you know what it is.” ― David Allen
24. “Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don’t, no system will work.” ― David Allen
25. “You want things to be direction correct. Not perfect. You want to be able to steer as you going along.” ― David Allen
26. “Appropriate engagement is the key. Are you appropriately engaged with your staff, health, spiritual life, etc…?– David Allen
27. “If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.” ― David Allen
28. “Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen.” ― David Allen
29. “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” ― David Allen
30. “If you don’t fall off the wagon regularly, you’re not playing a big enough game.” ― David Allen
31. “You are most productive when you have freedom to make a mess.” ― David Allen
32. “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” ― David Allen
33. “Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.” ― David Allen
