David Allen Quotes (58 Quotes)

All the growth rates for 2004 and 2005 and forecast for 2006 all point to mobile. ... It's not just us saying it. It's happening around the world.

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.

Once you've taken inventory, you can start to make sense of your runway. But then comes a second challenge finding the time to do what you need to do.

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.

Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts you'll see them at the right time, and listen to your brain breathe easier.

To have nearly half of employment in manufacturing at a time when we're losing manufacturing in Michigan and in the United States, is certainly something we need to concentrate on.

It's Bill who's there at the center every day and it's Bill who has hustled and made all the bookings. He's devoted a lot of time to the center.

He was an inspiration, to say the least, ... For all of us. ... He was our hero in a lot of ways.

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

With excellent company results, everyone should do very well.

I know it's fashionable in some circles to predict that all strips will be animated in the future, thanks to massive CPU power, wide pipes and powerful animation software, but I don't see it.

I hope you understand there is much more here than the state is saying.

Your power is proportional to your ability to relax.

Anyway, I'm only willing and interested in growing the size of the business when I have an assurance that the delivery vehicles match the quality of the message.

I look at 2005 as the year where, for the first time, Moore's Law continued but delivered more and more unique benefits in the CPU as opposed to just more speed. And I find that significant.

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.

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

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.

Where do most people hang out socially at home The kitchen. No more maids, no more servants. Today, most of us live another lifestyle entirely, in which we're all in it together, and that's the fun.

The management of PCs -- we're going to see some really nice enhancements in 2006 on the corporate side.

We are hoping to get through the season without any problems with local bears. Public lands are not the only issue, and we recommend people maintain their own lands too.

If you leave them stuck in 'In,' then you've got to rethink every time you open your e-mails.

Beginning drivers seem to make a lot of jerky movements with the wheel. Actually they're making smooth movements to very short horizons.

I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few juries ever acquit.

That's a growth opportunity for desktop CPUs as they evolve into a new form factor and usage model.

I miss that. It's very, very quiet in my patrol car.

I found it was easier to sell a personality than a process, but we've tried to simply use the personality as a vehicle for the message, not an ego thing.

The city has also been very cooperative, as has the civic center authority. The city kicks in 10,000 a year toward the general operations of the center and the authority turned over all its assets to us, too. We all have a vested interest in seeing our civic center stay open. It's a good facility. We want people to use it and hope it stays that way.

Seriously, people still like the feel and smell of a book. It doesn't need batteries, cables, and you never get spammed.

We played awfully well. I hate to say we could do better ... but I think most of the guys would say we could.

If you want to publish on the web you don't need a print shop, or an editor, or a publisher. You can just slap it up yourself and wait for traffic.

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

The next time you want to hires someone and are evaluating performance and skill sets, look at the person's ability to get ready fast. When has she been really surprised (positively or negatively) How long did it take her to integrate it and navigate a positive response.

One of the things I've learned is how to use humor when I communicate. When I'm joking around with the guys and they can get a little bit of a laugh out of the situation, then they look forward to coming in there. ... Most people learn better when they enjoy the learning process.

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.

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.

A lot of on-line comics have very involved storylines, and even though the archive is online, it is faster to flip open a book and read than plow through an electronic archive.

Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things. You'll just discover even more stuff that's important to you.

The new compensation plan is probably not as rich as it was under ISG. ISG would probably have had to make an adjustment too.

Commercial lending is a very competitive market for banks. To compete effectively and win, bankers need commercial credit tools that help them to simultaneously develop deep relationships with their customers and manage risk to their organizations. That's precisely the power behind our Optimist and Portfolio Strategist software solutions. Our products are designed to enhance financial communications between banker and customer and assist in positioning the banker as a trusted financial advisor. On the risk management side, these solutions enable a banker to diagnose customers who are showing signs of deterioration, closely monitor changes in their performance, and implement corrective action early on to save problem loans.

You don't have time to do any project, because you actually can't do a project - you can only take action steps.

I've experienced (more times than I like to admit) avoiding slightly uncomfortable conversations with others I should have had on the front end and then endured much more excruciating ones on the back end.

Danville has a great pool of friendly, smart, and dependable people who provide superior service to our clients. This level of service has impressed our clients and enabled our Danville team to grow faster than expected. Danville's community leaders have also provided tremendous support and a business-friendly environment during this year of rapid growth.

We are excited to begin offering the Living Balance Sheet to our field force, which will transform the way our financial representatives do business. It will help our agents distinguish themselves in what has become an increasingly competitive environment.

The base salaries for all management employees are being reviewed with those below market to be adjusted. I haven't heard of any downward adjustment.

In the Haitian community, a lot of the parents believe the teacher is in charge of everything. They are intimidated to come to you, but you have to go to them and build that trust.

We did good. But we're both working artists. ... The time had come for someone to take over who knows how to run a computer.

The group was immediately misunderstood by this community. What the town needed was to get going.

Whenever I made a traffic stop (Hobbes was) always barking, creating noise. Nobody will really know how many times she saved me from being assaulted.

So, I'm willing to grow the company as big as it wants to get, but I frankly don't care what that size is. I don't know yet, really, how ready the planet is for my message, and that's the thing I must guard.