Frases de David Allen
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David Allen es consultor e instructor de productividad. Es el creador de Getting Things Done , un método de productividad personal. Creció en Shreveport , Estados Unidos, donde actuó y ganó un campeonato estatal de debate. Fue a la facultad de New College, ahora conocida como New College of Florida, en Sarasota, estado de Flórida.

Su carrera profesional incluye trabajos como mago, camarero, instructor de karate, instructor de desarrollo personal y gerente de una agencia de viajes. El asegura haber tenido 35 profesiones antes de tener 35 años.[1]​

Comenzó a aplicar sus perspectivas sobre productividad con negocios en la década de 1980, cuando consiguió un contrato para proyectar un programa para ejecutivos y gerentes en la Lockheed Corporation.

Fundó la David Allen Company, que está enfocada en productividad personal y entrenamiento ejecutivo. El método Getting Things Done es parte de sus esfuerzos como instructor. También es uno de los fundadores de Actioneer, Inc. [1], una empresa especializada en herramientas de productividad para Palm Pilot.

Actualmente vive en Ámsterdam, Holanda, con su cuarta esposa, Kathryn, la cual él describe como su "extraordinaria compañera en el trabajo y la vida" en la dedicación a Getting Things Done. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. diciembre 1945   •   Otros nombres דיוויד אלן, Девід Аллен, 戴维·艾伦, 戴維·艾倫, Дэвід Алан
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“Outcome/next-action thinking, before you must, prepares you for when you must. And that time will come.”

29 September 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/119375427386089472
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“Great news about lots of email is how consistently it forces you to get clear what's really meaningful to your work/life.”

23 March 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/10943941311
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“I've never had to go very far to learn everything I have learned. I just had to care about something & pay attention.”

19 January 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/7933461617
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“What maps do you need to review, to see where you are & what to do next? Core to self-management systems.”

23 August 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/238837461663490048
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“Using your head to manage your life = creativity constipation.”

19 July 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/226141872467369984
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“The coolest things I do usually aren't on my lists, but because of them.”

23 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5965843348
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“Organizations' problems can all be traced to someone not telling the right someone what had their attention, when it did.”

12 May 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/13822827287
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“Secret to finding, quickly, the corner pieces, then the outside edges, to the jigsaw puzzle of life: GTD”

13 December 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/6614086802
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“Top need for top professionals: psychic space. Fewer distractions & more contexts for thinking. Not more time.”

12 October 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/27175167967
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“The nature of creative thinking runs counter to the nature of dealing w/its output. Ability & system to do both is freedom. GTD.”

2 July 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/17537630593
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“Every thought deserves its own place in the universe. How & where do you capture yours?”

7 February 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/8780594220
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“It takes a healthy sense of self to feel OK with nothing happening in your head.”

3 June 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/76664470704889857
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“The balance you have between drive & patience may be your master key to success.”

26 October 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/129326605360316416
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“Rivers of creative flow are log jammed w/ heads holding on to incompletions, old business, & avoided decisions.”

26 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/151401985902526464
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“Engaging in complexity is a key to simplicity. Fear of it will haunt your inner recesses.”

12 November 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/135526192148267009
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“A big surprise is coming toward you. How clear do you want to be about all your current commitments, when it hits?”

19 October 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/4977274727
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“The present-ness demanded by a crisis is possible w/out crisis. Understand the keys to appropriate engagement. GTD.”

13 August 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/235132922565369857
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“Cool how many layers of my mind there are to clear, each time I do it…& how different my world is then.”

12 February 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/36269718428073984
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“Your system is not your tech - it's the nature of the content & the behavior w/which you engage with it.”

26 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/17062938246
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“Pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, so you can pay attention to what really has your attention.”

15 September 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/114341777418354689
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“Your attention will continue to be grabbed by anything until you give it the appropriate attention.”

18 September 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/4084592042
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“I suggest that you use your mind to think about things, rather than to think of them. You want to be adding value... not simply reminding yourself they exist.”

David Allen libro Getting Things Done

Fuente: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 11

“It's great to clear your psychic decks so you can go into the weekend ready for refreshment and recreation, with nothing on your mind.”

David Allen libro Getting Things Done

Fuente: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 8

“[Y]ou must have a clear picture in your mind of what success would look, sound, and feel like.”

David Allen libro Getting Things Done

Fuente: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“The goal is to get projects and situations off your mind, but not to lose any potentially useful ideas.”

David Allen libro Getting Things Done

Fuente: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“If you're waiting to have good ideas before you have any ideas, you won't have many ideas.”

David Allen libro Getting Things Done

Fuente: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

“The big problem is that your mind keeps reminding you of things when you can't do anything about them. It has no sense of past or future.”

David Allen libro Getting Things Done

Fuente: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 1