Book Titles

Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

By David Allen

Year Published: 2015
ISBN-13: 978-0349408941
Categories: Productivity, Time Management

149 Quotes Found

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Getting Things Done:

…you can approach your priorities from any level, at any time.

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Getting Things Done:

The primary reason to work for this bottom-up direction is that it clears your inner decks to begin with…

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Getting Things Done:

…the most important thing to deal with is whatever is most on your mind.

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Getting Things Done:

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

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Getting Things Done:

If you’re not totally sure what your job is, it will always feel overwhelming.

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Getting Things Done:

…virtually all of us could be doing more planning, more informally and more often, of our projects and our lives.

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Getting Things Done:

No matter what level project ideas show up, it’s great to have good tools always close at hand for capturing the as they occur.

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Getting Things Done:

One of the great secrets to getting ideas and increasing your productivity is utilizing the function-follows-form phenomenon – great tools can trigger good thinking.

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Getting Things Done:

If you aren’t writing anything down, or inputting into a digital device, it’s extremely difficult to stay focused on anything for more than a few minutes…

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Getting Things Done:

…when you utilize physical tools to keep your thinking anchored and saved, you can stay engaged constructively for hours.

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