285 Quotes by David Allen

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    The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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    As the early years advanced, we were able to hit singles, then doubles, then triples, then home runs.

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    If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game.

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    It would be rude not to share what I know with those who want to hear it.

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    Isn't it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They've cleared up all of their to-do piles, closed up transactions, renewed old promises with themselves. My most basic suggestion is that people should do that more than just once a year.

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    The sense of not having control is the greatest human fear. If you don't know what the very next thing to do is, it freaks you out. The hardest thing is to get past the stage where you don't do anything.

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    Sometimes the greatest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the decks.

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    Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher,motivat or, and coach than I am an entrepreneur.

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    Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you.

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