Your brain has an in-built mechanism for finding patterns you've programmed because of where you've put your attention. Solutions, innovations, and success come not from greater intelligence or creativity but from what we notice because of where we point those attributes.
More Quotes from David Allen:
If I don't know how a title will sell, I do a small run and scale up quickly if demand appears. Because I can now print as few as 100 books and turn a small profit I tend to keep all my titles in print.David Allen
So a core unique aspect of what Getting Things Done is about, is it deals with the thought process that has to be applied on your stuff before you actually know what to organize or can manage that inventory.
David Allen
I need milk' and 'I need to decide whether to buy this company' both tie up space in psychic RAM. The solution is simple. Write it down. Look at it. Do it or say to yourself 'not now'.
David Allen
Retention is the lifeblood of what we do. 80 of our new growth comes from retention so we pay particular attention to going out and interacting with our manufacturers on an on-going basis so we know what their issues are and we can address these issues and help keep them profitable.
David Allen
I'm happy that it's over with and I know where I'm going. I'm real excited about going out there and just playing football. The good thing about it is that I can get a great education and I get to play the sport I love.
David Allen
He was an inspiration, to say the least, ... For all of us. ... He was our hero in a lot of ways.
David Allen
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Attention Quotes, Creativity & Innovation QuotesBased on Keywords: in-built
I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.
Brion James
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
Robert Louis Stevenson
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
William Hazlitt