Latest David Allen Quotes from Interviews

• 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 with a lot of creative stuff that people come up with by being somewhat on the edge.

  David Allen

  Stress, People, Creative

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."

  David Allen

  Running, Stress, Thinking

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• There's a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually - it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is it speeds up and makes you a little proactive about decision making.

  David Allen

  Decision, Doe, May

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

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

  David Allen

  Decision, Reason, Force

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

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

  David Allen

  Moving, People, Focus

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• The problem is, is when your focus is created by a crisis, then the frontal lobe shuts down essentially, the frontal cortex which is your intuitive intelligence. So you get very clever and very stupid in a crisis. Also, you pump adrenalin into your body from what you - physiologically you'll crash.

  David Allen

  Clever, Stupid, Focus

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.

  David Allen

  Pensamiento, Gente, Camino

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• 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

  Issues, Focus, Action

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• What you'll tend to avoid doing is probably the most important thing you need to do because it'll probably be the most daunting and the most potentially successful thing you could be doing and that's usually out of people's comfort zone.

  David Allen

  Éxito, Gente, Importante

  Source: www.stephanspencer.com

• Some people have to move, physically, to "get" something. But if you're stuck in a chair, that's not your limitation - it's simply not an optimal condition for you.

  David Allen

  Moving, People, Chairs

  "'Getting Things Done' Guru David Allen on Organizing Your Life". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. March 25, 2009.

• Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same is true for any kind of performance.

  David Allen

  Stress, Exercise, Expression

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

• Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The trick is to get used the clean feeling of having decided, instead of sitting on a fence.

  David Allen

  Blow, Decision, Feelings

  "'Getting Things Done' Guru David Allen on Organizing Your Life". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. March 25, 2009.

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