285 Quotes by David Allen

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

Land on Mars' as a project still comes down to something like 'Call Fred about the Mars budget proposal' that can be accomplished as soon and as easily as any other activity in our inventory of work at hand.

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.

OPAC is the policymaking board, ... ODFW is for the implementation.

Most often, the reason something is "on your mind" is that you want it to be different than it currently is, and yet: you haven't clarified exactly what the intended outcomes is; you haven't decided what the very next physical action step is; and/or you haven't put reminders of the outcome and the action required in a system you trust. That's why it's on your mind.

People are going to have to think twice once they hire more than 10 employees.

Our primary role is to identify intellectual property that is disclosed to us by (researchers), patent protect and commercialize it,

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

Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.