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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. (David Allen (author))
I've never had to go very far to learn everything I have learned. I just had to care about something & pay attention. View quote
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The coolest things I do usually aren't on my lists, but because of them. View quote
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Organizations' problems can all be traced to someone not telling the right someone what had their attention, when it did. View quote
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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. View quote
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[I]f it's just you, attempting to come up with a "good idea" before defining your purpose, creating a vision, and collecting lots of bad ideas is likely to give you a case of creative constipation. View quote
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You can do anything, but not everything. View quote
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When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding. View quote
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Being organized simply means that where something is matches what it means to you. No more, no less. View quote
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Even the smallest knoll to climb, to see a little more than the machine guns firing at me, is salvation. View quote
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Living life in "emergency scan" mode self-perpetuates instead of self-corrects. Deal w/a non-emergency before it is one. (David Allen (author))
Maximizing is not optimizing. Sustainable engagement wins, in the end. View quote
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If you admit your wildest dream & uncover why you want it, you have a big key to make tomorrow a better day. View quote
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Changing what you want to get done takes a second. Recalibrating & getting the new thing to happen is a martial art. View quote
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What people call an "Interruption" is simply new input inappropriately managed. View quote
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Whether you know what you're doing or not, efficiency & style are your only improvement opportunities. View quote
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The latest & loudest thing in your psyche is seldom the most important thing that should take up residence there. View quote
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GTD gives freedom to the right, structure to the left. View quote
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Freedom to create a mess is proportional to your ability to know what "no mess" is and how to get there. View quote
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Are you overwhelmed pulling weeds, when you really just need to replant the garden? View quote
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You'll be motivated to exercise the #GTD method to the degree you really care about what you're doing. (David Allen (author))
Hold still enough to grapple w/the simple questions, & the complexities become clear. View quote
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When "this isn't right" changes to "this isn't optimal" in your vocabulary, you've moved up the food chain. View quote
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GTD essence: attention cleared of residue & distraction, pointed at the right thing. View quote
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You've really done your job when what's true? (Challenging question for all of us!) View quote
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